Creating and managing groups using the CLI

Use the commands in this section to create and manage appliance groups.

To add a new group:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Add a new group:

hostname (config) # cmc group <groupName>

(Optional) Add a comment about the group:
```
hostname (config) # cmc group <groupName> comment "<comment>"
```
where commentText must be enclosed in double quotation marks.
Verify your changes:
```
hostname (config) # show cmc groups
```
Save your changes:
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```

To rename a group:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Rename the group:

hostname (config) # cmc group <groupName> rename <newGroupName>

Verify your change:

hostname (config) # show cmc groups <newGroupName>

Save your change:
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```

To delete a comment:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Delete the comment:

hostname (config) # no cmc group <groupName> comment

Verify your change:

hostname (config) # show cmc groups <groupName>

Save your change:
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```

To delete a group:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Delete the group:

hostname (config) # no cmc group groupName

Verify your change:
```
hostname (config) # show cmc groups
```
Save your change:
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```

Example

This example creates a "Milan" appliance group, deletes the "Sydney" group, renames the "Milan" group to "Venice," and adds a comment to the group.

hostname (config) # cmc group Milan
hostname (config) # show cmc groups
Group Milan
   Comment:
   No members.
Group Sydney
   Comment:
   Appliances:
       NX-01
Group sysgroup.Email_MPS
   Comment:             System Group: eMPS
   Appliances:
       EX-02
.
.
.
hostname (config) # no cmc group Sydney
hostname (config) # show cmc groups Sydney
% Unknown group.
hostname (config) # cmc group Milan rename Venice
hostname (config) # cmc group Venice comment "Italian region appliances"
hostname (config) # show cmc groups Venice
Group Venice  
   Comment: Italian region appliances
   No members.