Server Groups settings organize monitored servers into named groups. Groups make large Mini DBA estates easier to navigate, filter, report, and delegate.
What You Can Do
- Require explicit group membership.
- Add server groups with a name and description.
- Delete groups.
- Select a group and review members.
- Assign monitored servers to a group.
- Add users to a group using a domain username format.
- Remove users from a group.
Tree View Shortcut
The Servers panel has a Groups button at the top of the navigation tree. Select Groups to toggle grouped navigation on or off. When grouped view is active and group data is available, select Edit beside the Groups button to open this Server Groups settings page directly.
Create A Server Group
- Open Settings.
- Select Server Groups, or select Edit beside the Groups button at the top of the server tree.
- Enter a group name.
- Add a description if useful.
- Select Add Group.
- Select the group and assign monitored servers.
- Add users or membership rules as required by your deployment.
Grouping Ideas
Useful groups include production, development, customer, region, platform, business application, and support ownership. In MSP mode, groups can also separate customer estates.
Server Group Design
Good server groups make monitoring easier to scan and delegate. Create groups around the way your team responds to issues: production versus development, customer estate, business application, region, platform, or operational owner. Avoid creating many overlapping groups unless they support a clear workflow.
Server groups also help with reporting and managed service operation. A customer group can support customer-specific dashboards and reports, while a production group can help prioritize alert review. In larger deployments, group membership should be reviewed whenever servers are added, retired, migrated, or transferred between teams.
If explicit group membership is required, make sure new monitored servers are assigned during onboarding. Otherwise, important servers may appear outside the expected views.
Server Groups FAQ
What is the best grouping strategy?
Use the structure your support process already follows: customer, environment, application, region, platform, or owner.
Should one server be in multiple groups?
Only when it helps real workflows. Too many overlapping groups can make ownership unclear.
How do server groups help MSP mode?
They help separate customer estates and make cross-engine views easier to filter and report.