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What are sites and groups, and do I need to use them?

Answer:

“Sites and Groups” refer to a method by which OCS differentiates between clusters of workstations.  A simple OCS environment may only have one site and group consisting of thirty PC’s.  This would be accomplished by using the default STANDARD_SITE, STANDARD_GROUP.   Where as a more complex deployment of OCS may consist of more than one site and several groups of computers.  For example, an educational institution will have many campuses which would be organized in OCS by creating sites.  Each campus has several areas or computers which would be designated as groups within OCS. 

The main purpose of using sites and groups, other than the added benefit of organizing computers, is that it gives an OCS administrator the ability to configure each site and group differently when using OCS for managing computer time or computer printing.  

To add, remove, or edit sites and groups open up OCS Manager (i.e. \\nameofOCSserver\ocsprog\cdusr\ocsmgr.exe) and go to UTILITIES > SITE/GROUP EDITING.

To ADD: Enter the desired information into SELECTION OR NEW SITE NAME and NEW GROUP NAME. Then click ADD SITE AND GROUP.

To REMOVE SITE: Select SITE from list and click REMOVE COMPLETE SITE.

To REMOVE GROUP: Select Group from list and click REMOVE A GROUP FROM SITE

IMPORTANT:  Do not remove any SITE AND GROUP that have computers allocated to them.  Doing this will cause a loss in referential integrity and yield undesirable results.