HOST_GROUP

HOST_GROUP defines a group of hosts for use in INCLUDE, INCLUDEALL, INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT, EXCLUDE, EXCLUDEALL, EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT, and RESERVE option lines. Multiple HOST_GROUP lines add all the specified hosts into the group.

Usage:

HOST_GROUP group_name host_list

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

Example:

To define the host group Pacific consisting of tokyo, seattle, and auckland, this is the option line:

HOST_GROUP Pacific tokyo seattle auckland

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