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title: "Step 1. Create New Monitoring Group"
description: "When a more advanced configuration featuring multiple Collectors and monitoring groups is required, it is strongly advised to first configure the groups and Collector assignments before adding a vCenter Server connection."
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# Step 1. Create New Monitoring Group


When a more advanced configuration featuring multiple Collectors and monitoring groups is required, it is strongly advised to first configure the groups and Collector assignments before adding a vCenter Server connection.

To add a new monitoring group, do the following:

1. Log in to the web UI using an account that is a member of the *Veeam Virtualization Extensions Users* local group. The web UI will open at the **Dashboard** tab. It can be seen that there are 3 (currently *Inactive*) Veeam Collectors available.

2. Navigate to **vSphere Monitoring** > **Veeam Collectors**. On the **Veeam Collectors** tab, the *Default Monitoring Group* is shown, containing 3 Collectors.

3. Click **Collector Group** > **Add**.

4. In the **Add New Group** wizard, enter a name for the new group and click **Save**.

In this example, the *Development* group will be created to hold Collectors and jobs related to the *Development* vCenter Server.

[![Adding Collector Group](images/create_group_dialog.png)](images/create_group_dialog.png){.toggle scale=60}