HOST_GROUP

Defines a group of hosts for use in INCLUDE, INCLUDEALL, INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT, INCLUDEALL_ENTITLEMENT, EXCLUDE, EXCLUDEALL, EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT, EXCLUDEALL_ENTITLEMENT, and RESERVE option lines.

HOST_GROUP group_name host_list

Multiple HOST_GROUP lines add all the specified hosts into the group.

HOST_GROUP Terms

Term	Definition
group_name	Name of the group being defined. Host group names are case sensitive.
host_list	List of host names in that group. Host names are case sensitive.

For example, the following option syntax defines the host group Pacific consisting of tokyo, seattle, and auckland:

HOST_GROUP Pacific tokyo seattle auckland

Anywhere a host name can be used in an options file, an IP address can be used instead.