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I've found with latest update that if a host is added to a hostgroup via the Host Groups configuration in CCM, it does not display that it is a member of that hostgroup if I pull up the properties of that host in Host Management and then click the Manage Hostgroups button. instead, it shows the target hostgroup greyed out with a mouseover indication "relationship established elsewhere", but assigned is empty.

The reverse is also true where if I assign the hostgroup from the Host Management\Manage Hostgroups section then look at the Host Groups and pull up the properties of the hostgroup i just assigned it to, the host is not listed as a member and it is grayed out with same mouseover.

The configurations have been successfully applied so I'm not sure that this is an expected operation or not and perhaps I misunderstand the host/hostgroup relationships.

Hey Zovy,

As far as I know, this has always been like that. Imho you better choose one way of assigning host to a hostgroup and try stick with that way in order to avoid confusion.

Grtz

Willem

This is expected behavior, though maybe not intuitive. There are a few ways to assign a host to a group, but you can't do them both at once so we gray out the option anywhere else besides where it was set.

Cool thanks. I had an old version like pre-2012 that allowed declaration in either or at least it displayed in either. I think we'll assign them at the host level to keep it clean. I should be able to get a report on these from the SQL database if not from somewhere in XI, right?

If you go to the Host Groups in CCM and click on the "Relationship Info" icon for a Host Group, it will show you the Dependent Relationship for the Hosts assigned to that Host Group, is that what you are looking for?