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Managing placement groups

Managing placement groups

You can manage placement groups by using the placement groups page or the device details page in the IBM Cloud® console.

Adding placement groups

To add placement groups from the placement groups page, complete the following steps:

  1. Open Placement groups.
  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.

Managing placement groups

To manage placement groups from the placement groups page, complete the following steps:

  1. Open Placement groups.
  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.