Administration Guide

You can group Zenoss objects, including devices, sub-systems, zProperties, and templates. A device, for example, can belong to multiple groupings, including groups, systems, locations, and device classes.

In the following illustration, the device tilde.zenoss.loc belongs to five different classifications. Any zProperties and monitoring settings for each of these groups are now applied to this device.

Figure 9.1. Device Groupings

Zenoss uses several organizers to classify and organize devices in the system.