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Group management

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Group management

When you select multiple devices on the Assets page, you can perform group management actions. You can apply actions to a group of FortiGate and FortiWifi devices, simplifying administrative tasks. If you only select paid devices, the dropdown list displays all available actions. See Management.

Some actions are not unique to group management and this document describes them elsewhere in the context of use on a single device. For descriptions of these functions, see the following topics:

Run Script

To execute a script on a remote device:

Upgrade Firmware

To upgrade remote device firmware:

Set Auto Backup

To enable auto backup:

The following describes actions exclusive to group management:

To set the display timezone:

The display timezone only affects log data view for the FortiGates and does not affect the FortiGates' configured timezone. You can modify the FortiGates' display timezone after it has already been set.

  1. Go to Assets.
  2. Select the desired devices, then click Set Display Timezone.
  3. From the dropdown list, select the desired timezone. Click OK.
To view group task status:

You can view the current status of group management actions.

  1. Go to Assets.
  2. (Optional) Select the desired devices.
  3. Select Group Management > Task Status. Group management actions and their statuses display.

Group management

When you select multiple devices on the Assets page, you can perform group management actions. You can apply actions to a group of FortiGate and FortiWifi devices, simplifying administrative tasks. If you only select paid devices, the dropdown list displays all available actions. See Management.

Some actions are not unique to group management and this document describes them elsewhere in the context of use on a single device. For descriptions of these functions, see the following topics:

Run Script

To execute a script on a remote device:

Upgrade Firmware

To upgrade remote device firmware:

Set Auto Backup

To enable auto backup:

The following describes actions exclusive to group management:

To set the display timezone:

The display timezone only affects log data view for the FortiGates and does not affect the FortiGates' configured timezone. You can modify the FortiGates' display timezone after it has already been set.

  1. Go to Assets.
  2. Select the desired devices, then click Set Display Timezone.
  3. From the dropdown list, select the desired timezone. Click OK.
To view group task status:

You can view the current status of group management actions.

  1. Go to Assets.
  2. (Optional) Select the desired devices.
  3. Select Group Management > Task Status. Group management actions and their statuses display.