Thank you, everbody for your responses.
Pete:
The reason I can't just move them in the SEP console is volume and the number of groups. We are about migrate from 11 to 12.1 on a new server. I was trying to automate the group assignments based on the machine name. When we start our push we'll have a few thousand machines moving nearly simultaneously. The idea was to automate the assignment so that we have a single package to manage rather than 15-20+ for individual groups. We use Altiris for deployments, and having a single install package and a task to change the groups is the most efficient solution for us.
Swapnil:
I will try that. It may work for our initial deployments. Unfortuntately, I still need a solution that could be run at any time. That way, if a machine that is already in the SEP console is reimaged, it will automatically pick up the correct group.
Ted G.
Unfortunately, Pete's solution is not functional on the scale I'm dealing with. I was led to believe that it should work because of the content in this article: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO27004 and in this one: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO27004.
It seemed logical to me that if the SyLink file could move the machine from one server to another it should be able to move it from one group to another.
How can the group be changed via a script if the Sylink file doesn't control that? Surely, someone has come up with this problem before...