Adding Upgrade Groups

When you create an upgrade group, you select the Master Grid members for that group, and specify whether the software distribution and upgrade occur on all group members at the same time, or successively in the order they are listed in the group members list. A Master Grid member can belong to only one upgrade group.
To add an upgrade group:

From the Master Grid tab, select the Upgrade tab.
Click Toggle Group List View to display the list of upgrade groups, and then click the Add icon.
In the Add Upgrade Group wizard, complete the following:
- Name: Enter a name for the upgrade group. The name can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, underscores, hyphens, and dashes.
- Distribute to Members: Select one of the following to specify how the Multi-Grid Master distributes software to the members in the group.
  - Simultaneously: Select this to distribute software upgrade files to all group members at the same time.
  - Sequentially: Select this to distribute software upgrade files to group members in the order they are listed in the group members list.
- Upgrade Members: Select one of the following to specify how the group members upgrade to the new software version.
  - Simultaneously: Select this to upgrade all group members at the same time.
  - Sequentially: Select this to upgrade group members in the order they are listed in the group members list.
- Comment: Enter useful information about the upgrade group, such as the location of the group.
Click Next to select members for the group. Complete the following:
- Click the Add icon. Multi-Grid Manager adds a row to the Member Assignment table.
- Click Select. In the Member Selector dialog box, select the Master Grid members you want to add to the group, and then click the Select icon. Use Shift+click and Ctrl+click to select multiple members. Note that if you choose to distribute and upgrade members sequentially, the distribution and upgrade occur in the order the members are listed. You can reorder the list by dragging a member to a desired location or by selecting a member and using the up and down arrows next to the checkbox to place the member at a desired location. You can also delete a member from the list.
  Note: After you add a member, the appliance adds it to the group members list. The first Master Grid member in the list determines the time zone of the group when you schedule the distribution and upgrade. Therefore, Multi-Grid Manager displays the time zone of the first Master Grid member in the list. (For information about setting time zones, see /wiki/spaces/mgmadminguide/pages/911180119.)
Save the configuration.