Zenoss allows you to group any objects in the system (devices, subsystems, zProperties, templates, etc.) The groupings can be created in any way that you desire or define. There are also device classes that are tied to events coming into the system and inheritance works the same for any of these groupings. So each device can belong to several different groupings including groups, systems, locations and device classes. In the example below, you can see the device tilde.zenoss.loc belongs to 5 different classifications. Any zProperties and monitoring settings for each of these groups are now applied to to tilde.
Zenoss uses several organizers to classify and organize devices in the system.
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Class - the most important organizer - templates and zproperties are inherited through this hierarchy
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Systems
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Groups
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Locations
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