Beginning in release 7.5, you can use the navigation grouping feature for increased ease of use when managing virtual machines. You can create groups of VMs and then manage them on the group level rather than having to manage each VM individually. You can also run Hyper-V backups for groups of VMs. See Navigation grouping for a description of the feature, requirements, and setup procedures. To use this feature for VMs, you must display them in the Navigation pane. For details, see Displaying Hyper-V virtual machines in the Navigation pane.
If using groups for clustered VMs, keep in mind that although clustered VMs display under their nodes in the Navigation pane, you must select the cluster to run backups for these VMs. (For details, see Working with Hyper-V clusters in the Navigation pane.) It is recommended that you do not include clustered and non-clustered VMs in the same group.
To archive or run reports at the group level, follow the standard archiving and reporting procedures in these chapters: Archiving Overview and Reports, Alerts, and Monitoring.