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 VMware backups for groups of VMs.
To group virtual machines, you must be able to view VMs in the Navigation pane. If you do not see VMs, click the Gear icon at the bottom of the Navigation pane, check Show Virtual Machines in Navigation Tree, and click Confirm.
See Navigation grouping for a description of the feature, requirements, and setup procedures. 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.