Add a New Group

How to get here in the StoreGrid Web Console?
  In the top menu, select: "Server Admin->Group Management" and click on the "Add New Group" Icon on the left hand side.

While you have the option of retaining all your clients under the 'Default Group', you may find it more manageable to segregate your groups. Note that a group can have multiple PCs/servers (clients) which need to be backed up. You need to add the group to the server first before adding the clients under the group. Clients can easily be shifted from one group to another.

You need to provide the following information while adding a new group:

Set Group Information - At the bare minimum, you need to give the group a name. Other group information like Email, Postal Address, Phone etc is primarily to help you keep 'organized' records.

Set Basic Configuration - Here's where you configure some basic server settings specific to the group: authentication requirements, default starting state, etc.

You can configure the following settings for the group:

• Allow / Deny Auto Authorization : If you want the clients in this group site to backup without your adding the client names (StoreGrid IDs) manually in the server, then keep the Auto Authorization enabled for this group (RECOMMENDED OPTION). The Clients will be automatically created in the server when the clients backup to this server for the first time. Please note that only StoreGrid clients tagged with the group name ABC Inc. (entered during installation) will be allowed to backup to this server under the group ABC Inc. Clients without a valid group name would come under the Default Group.

• Default Status when starting: Activate /Deactivate : Only active groups' clients are allowed to backup to the server. By default all groups start off 'Activated'. If you prefer to start this group in a deactivated state, you can do so. Of course, you can prevent a group (and hence all the clients under the group) from backing up to the server by simply deactivating the group at any time.

Consolidated Report : You can choose to send a ‘Consolidated Group Report’ of all clients under this group. Specify the Email ID of the recipient(s) and the frequency of generation of the consolidated group report (Daily/Weekly/Monthly)

Space Utilization Snapshot :

• Total Backup Space On Server - The total disk space configured in the Server for the backup data.

• Total Backup Space Allotted to Groups - The sum of the disk space allotted to the different groups in the Server.

• Free Backup Space available in server - The free space available in the server that is not allocated to any group. It is difference between total backup space in the server and the total backup space allotted to group.

• Allotted Space - The disk space allotted for the backups from the clients under this group.

The link “Edit Disk Space Allotted for Server/Group/Client” takes the user to Server Admin -> Disk Space Management. . This lists the groups, their clients and their backup schedules with their Space details. The space settings can be edited here.