can nodes be excluded from smart labels?
Is there a way to exclude a particular server/workstation from a smart label (if it would normally fall into the criteria putting it there) without rebuilding the smart label and excluding it there by name, for example?
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you can always create a "Excluded systems" label and then also use "label does not equal" that name when you need to exclude that machine or group of machines.
you can always create a "Excluded systems" label and then also use "label does not equal" that name when you need to exclude that machine or group of machines.
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SMal.tmcc
11 years ago
you can always create a "Excluded systems" label and then also use "label does not equal" that name when you need to exclude that machine or group of machines.
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that sounds like the best solution--but it will require me to rebuild the label one more time, I guess I can suck it up! thanks for the idea - SureFoot 11 years ago
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the advantage is you will always have that exclude for future uses. - SMal.tmcc 11 years ago
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Be careful, though. Labels-based-on-other-labels are not foolproof. I have not found out how to ensure that the K1000 checks label conditions in a specific order (i.e. its non-deterministic). Let me give a concrete example: Label "C" requires a machine to be both a member of label "B" and label "A". If the K1000 tries to apply label "C" _before_ applying both label "A" and "B", machines are going to be missed. We've found that stacking labels 2 deep (i.e. Label "C" requires a machine to also have label "A") works most of the time. But further layers of recursion do not work consistently - sometimes label "C" will be the last label checked; other times it may be the first label that the KBOX checks. Use care, and good luck! - nwade 11 years ago
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thanks for the tip. I"m not foreseeing needing more than, say, an "excluded" label, and a smart label with one criteria being "not excluded" Good food for thought though, thanks all - SureFoot 11 years ago
