Manage agent pools

Agent pools are groups of agents. They help you organize and manage agents installed in different environments.

This topic describes how to work with agent pools through the Deployment Automation user interface.

Agent pools page overview

To access agent pools, navigate to Management > Resources and select the Pools tab.

The following table describes some of the tasks you can do on the Pools page:

Task	Description
View agent pool details	View the following information about an agent pool: Name and description Status, such as Offline or Online
Edit	To change the agent pool's name or description, click the Edit icon next to the agent pool.
Copy	To copy and create a new agent pool with the same agents as the selected agent pool, click the Copy icon next to the agent pool.
Inactivate	To deactivate the pool, click the Inactivate icon next to the agent pool. Agents in a deactivated pool cannot perform deployments. To re-activate the pool, click the Show Inactive button, and then click the Activate icon next to the agent pool.
Remove	To remove the agent pool, click the Remove icon.

Clicking the name of an agent pool opens the selected pool's page where you can:

Edit the agent pool.
Add or remove agents from the pool.
Define security roles for the agent pool. For details, see Set role membership by product area.

Grouping agents into a set creates an agent pool.

To create an agent pool:

Navigate to Management > Resources.
Select the Pools tab.
Click Create. The Create New Pool dialog box opens.
In the Name field, enter the name for the pool.
(Optional) In the Description field, enter additional information about the pool.
Click Save.

You can add one or more agents to existing agent pools.

To add agents to an agent pool:

Navigate to Management > Resources.
Select the Pool tab.
In the agent pools list, select the pool to which you want to add agents.
Click the Add Agents button.
In the Adding Agents dialog box, select one or more agents you want to add to the pool.

You can use Search to filter the agents by name.
Click Add.