build colletions based on sites

If you have sites defined in AD run the Import tool to import collections of computers by site.

Navigate under the configuration tab --> Server Settings --> Notification Server Infrastructure --> Microsoft Active Direct Import.

Make sure to set up the computer and site import. To look at the collections created...

Navigate to: Resource Tab --> Collections --> Directory Collections --> "Domain name" --> Sites

Cheers,
John Golembiewski
Midwest Practice Principal
ITS Partners
Jgo@itsdelivers

when i build collection with IP filters i used
"IP like 10.12.X.X"

and i get all IPs 10.12.X.X , X.10.12.X and X.X.10.12

i'm not sure why it's happened but i had to use some more filters to fix it.
as already suggested, using AD connector is a better option.

I had the same issue, and using the predefined collections I was limited to only AD imported sites since I am creating my own it caused an issue. Also the predefined query assumes that your in a domain and all the machines in the site will be in the same domain. Worked on it for a bit and got this query working so it is domain agnostic. I am using parameters for site and also built the query so I can base it on a collection that I already have existing which is only computers excluding servers, so that can be changed easily as needed to only get the resources you want.

SELECT vResource.[Guid] FROM vResource            
INNER JOIN dbo.[Inv_AeX_AC_TCPIP] tcp ON tcp.[_ResourceGuid] = vResource.Guid                
INNER JOIN [vSite] site ON site.[Name] = N'%site%'             
INNER JOIN [vSiteSubnetMap] ss ON ss.[_ResourceGuid] = site.[Guid]             
INNER JOIN dbo.[Inv_Subnet] sn ON sn.[_ResourceGuid] = ss.[SubnetGuid]             
WHERE dbo.fnIsIPInSubnet2(tcp.[IP Address], sn.Subnet, sn.[Subnet Mask]) = 1            
  AND vResource.[Guid] IN (          
SELECT [ResourceGuid]              
		FROM [CollectionMembership]              
		WHERE CollectionGuid = N'%collection%'          
)