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Security Policy Guide 23.5

Edit Labels for Multiple Workloads

You can add, modify, or remove labels on multiple workloads. This approach saves time when you want to apply or remove the same label or set of labels to more than one workload at a time. In the Illumio Core 20.1.0 release and higher, if you want to delete a Label and it was in use by a Virtual Server, you can determine whether it was in use or not. On the Labels page, the "In use by" column includes Virtual Servers. The Labels' summary page also displays the "In Use By Virtual Servers Yes/No" field.

Note

Keep in mind that label changes do not require provisioning, so mass label changes can potentially have a major impact on your rulesets, rules, and overall security policy.

  1. From the PCE web console menu, choose Servers & Endpoints > Workloads.

  2. From the left side of the Workloads list, select the workloads you want to change labels for.

  3. From the top of the Workloads list, click Edit Labels.

  4. In the Edit Labels dialog box, you can add or remove labels assigned to the selected workloads. The top of the dialog indicates how many workloads will be affected by the label change. Depending on the assigned labels, you have three general options:

    • When the selected workloads share the exact same label of a specific type (for example, Role), you can change the current label by clicking the little X on the label to remove it. Then, you can type or select a new label assignment.

    • When the selected workloads have different labels of the same type, faded text in the Label field indicates that the workloads contain multiple labels of that type. You can click in the Label field and add a new label.

    • When you remove a label assignment, that label is removed from all selected workloads.

  5. When you are finished, click OK.