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name: virtual-servers-vsi_managing_placegroup
title: Managing placement groups
description: You can manage placement groups by using the placement groups page or the device details page in the IBM Cloud® console.
last-updated: 2024-08-22
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# Managing placement groups
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You can manage placement groups by using the placement groups page or the device details page in the IBM Cloud® console.
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## Adding placement groups
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To add placement groups from the placement groups page, complete the following steps:

1. Open [Placement groups](https://cloud.ibm.com/gen1/infrastructure/placement-groups){: external}.
2. Click **New group**.
3. Enter a name, location, POD, and rule for the placement group, and click **Create**.

You can add a virtual server instance to a placement group only at provisioning. 
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## Managing placement groups
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To manage placement groups from the placement groups page, complete the following steps:

1. Open [Placement groups](https://cloud.ibm.com/gen1/infrastructure/placement-groups){: external}.
2. Under the placement group section, you can complete several management tasks.
   * View a list of placement groups and number of assigned instances
   * Add a group
   * Rename a group
   * Provision an instance
   * Delete a group
     
You must remove assigned servers from the placement group before you can delete a placement group. To remove an instance from a placement group, you must delete or reclaim the instance.
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