Creating a Smart Group to Identify Computers for Exclusion

Jamf Pro Documentation 11.16.0
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11.16.0

Create a smart computer group for the computers you do not want macOS Onboarding to deploy to.

  1. In Jamf Pro, click Computers in the sidebar.
  2. Click Smart Computer Groups in the sidebar.
  3. Click New .
  4. Enter a display name for the group (e.g., Exclude Computers from macOS Onboarding).
  5. To enable email notifications, select the Send email notification on membership change checkbox.
  6. Click the Criteria tab and add criteria to the group:
    Note:

    The following are minimum recommendations; consider adding other criteria to your smart computer group.

    1. Click Add .
    2. Click Show Advanced Criteria.
    3. Click Choose for Last Enrollment.
    4. Choose "before (yyyy-mm-dd)" from the Operator pop-up menu.
    5. Enter a value in the Value field or browse for a value by clicking Browse .
    6. (Optional) Repeat steps a through e to create a range of excluded computers.
  7. Choose "and" from the And/Or pop-up menus to specify the relationships between criteria.
  8. Click Save.

    Operations in the group take place in the order they are listed (top to bottom). Group memberships update each time computers check in with Jamf Pro and meet or fail to meet the specified criteria.

  9. Click View to view excluded computers.