Setting up content distribution resources

Creating destination groups

What destination groups are

A destination group is a collection of one or more destinations that receive content from the same source in ContentDirector. All content distribution in ContentDirector must use destination groups.

Who can create destination groups

Any administrator can create destination groups, and regular users can also create them if their user group rights permit it.

When to create destination groups

Although it is more efficient to create your destination groups before creating jobs, it is not required. If you create a job for a new combination of destinations that is not yet designated as a destination group, ContentDirector prompts you to create a new destination group.

Destination groups as part of your virtual interface

As with user rights, destination groups allow you to map your resources to a customized virtual interface. Because destination groups are purely logical and do not need to map to the physical network, they are completely flexible. A destination group can correspond to any group of destinations. For example, one destination group can consist of an office in a remote location, while another includes a whole department that has employees scattered across several locations.

Information you need to gather before you start

Before you create destination groups, you need to gather the following information for each group:

Name of source that holds the content for each group
Name of each destination that will receive content from this source

Creating destination groups

To create a destination group, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	On the menu bar on the ContentDirector main screen, click Destinations > Destination Groups > New.
2	Fill in the Group Name field.
3	Click the drop-down menu next to Source and select the source to provide content to this destination group.
4	On the Available Destinations panel, select a server, then click Add to select a server as a destination in this group. To remove a server from this group, on the Current Destinations panel click the destination name, then click Remove.
5	Click OK to save the new destination group. Result: The new destination group appears on the Destinations view of the main screen, in the destination groups tab.