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Target Filter Types

Target filters are used to identify computers when using Filters. There are 3 types of filters available.

Pro Mode is required to use target filters.

Host Name

A host name filter matches a target's host name.

If the filter includes a dot (.) it will be matched against the full DNS host name of the computer. Without the dot it will only match the short name of the computer.

Examples

Filter	Description
WS123	This filter matches only the computer named ws123.
WS*	Matches all computers with names beginning with WS.
WS??1	Matches computers that start with WS followed by two characters and ending with a 1. WS121 will match but WS1231 and WS123 will not.
FS*.south.acme.local	Will match any computer in south.acme.local that starts with FS.

IP Address

Matches an exact IP address. Will be used to match against any IP address returned from DNS for the computer. Works on both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Examples

10.1.1.12

fe80::5023:4791:fa97:e979

Subnet

Matches any computer that is in the given subnet. Use slash notation to indicate the subnet portion of an address. Works with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Examples

Filter	Description
10.1.1.15/24	Matches any computer with an address in the 10.1.1.0 subnet.
10.1.1.16/24	Exactly the same as above.
ab23:32f1:8238:abf8:42f4::/64	All addresses in the ab23:32f1:8238:abf8:: subnet.

Order of Operation

When a server processes a deployment for a target it will first check if there are any inclusion filters. If there are and none of the filters match the computer then the deployment is blocked to that computer. Next the exclusion filters are checked and if there is a match then deployment is blocked. Otherwise the deployment is processed as normal.