<div class="content"><p>The CreateMachineGroup method creates and initializes a <a href="e371cc74-bf4c-4870-8afe-5062cc628b4f#gt_f4153c8c-848d-4db5-b9cc-4113e5f1e406" data-linktype="relative-path">machine group</a>.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> [id(1), helpstring(&#34;method CreateMachineGroup&#34;)] HRESULT CreateMachineGroup(
   [in] BSTR bstrParentMachineGroupId,
   [in] BSTR bstrMachineGroupInfo
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>bstrParentMachineGroupId: </b>A string that
specifies the identifier of the parent machine group in which to create a new
machine group.</p><dl>
<dd>
<p>If this parameter is NULL, <b>E_INVALIDARG</b> MUST
be returned.</p>
</dd></dl><p><b>bstrMachineGroupInfo: </b>A string that specifies
information about the machine group to be created, including its identifier, in
the format of a <a href="9c604cb0-5522-4dc6-a479-e1ea2578c3ba" data-linktype="relative-path">MachineGroup</a>
element (section 2.2.5.18).<a id="Appendix_A_Target_85"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 85" href="1af5b971-a682-44a0-affe-c98947d5e7f7#Appendix_A_85" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;85&gt;</a></p><dl>
<dd>
<p>If this parameter is NULL, <b>E_INVALIDARG</b> MUST
be returned.</p>
</dd></dl><p><b>Return Values: </b>This method returns 0x00000000
for success or a negative <a href="e371cc74-bf4c-4870-8afe-5062cc628b4f#gt_799103ab-b3cb-4eab-8c55-322821b2b235" data-linktype="relative-path">HRESULT</a>
value (in the following table or in <a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a>
section <a href="../ms-erref/705fb797-2175-4a90-b5a3-3918024b10b8" data-linktype="relative-path">2.1.1</a>)
if an error occurs.</p><dl>
<dd>
<table><thead>
  <tr>
   <th>
   <p>Return value/code</p>
   </th>
   <th>
   <p>Description</p>
   </th>
  </tr>
 </thead><tbody><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0x00000000</p>
  <p>S_OK</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>Operation successful.</p>
  </td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0x80070057</p>
  <p>E_INVALIDARG</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>One or more arguments are invalid.</p>
  </td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0xC1FF0070</p>
  <p>WRM_ERR_TAGS_NOT_IN_ORDER</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>The <a href="e371cc74-bf4c-4870-8afe-5062cc628b4f#gt_982b7f8e-d516-4fd5-8d5e-1a836081ed85" data-linktype="relative-path">XML</a>
  data that is maintained by the <a href="e371cc74-bf4c-4870-8afe-5062cc628b4f#gt_1517eb9b-d2b2-48f0-bf23-bde76923ed30" data-linktype="relative-path">management service</a> is
  invalid or cannot be processed.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_86"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 86" href="1af5b971-a682-44a0-affe-c98947d5e7f7#Appendix_A_86" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;86&gt;</a></p>
  </td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0xC1FF0385</p>
  <p>WRM_ERR_MACHINE_GROUP_LIMIT_EXCEEDED</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>The total number of machine groups has exceeded an
  implementation-defined limit.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_87"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 87" href="1af5b971-a682-44a0-affe-c98947d5e7f7#Appendix_A_87" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;87&gt;</a></p>
  </td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0xC1FF0387</p>
  <p>WRM_ERR_MACHINES_LIMIT_IN_MACHINEGROUP_EXCEEDED</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>The total number of machines directly under a machine
  group has exceeded an implementation-defined limit.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_88"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 88" href="1af5b971-a682-44a0-affe-c98947d5e7f7#Appendix_A_88" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;88&gt;</a></p>
  </td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0xC1FF0388</p>
  <p>WRM_ERR_MACHINEGROUP_ALREADY_EXISTS</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>A machine group with the specified name in <i>bstrMachineGroupInfo</i>
  XML already exists in the entire <a href="e371cc74-bf4c-4870-8afe-5062cc628b4f#gt_c18a91a3-689f-4e5e-9a91-c7b8f5402c5e" data-linktype="relative-path">WSRM configuration</a>.</p>
  </td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0xC1FF0389</p>
  <p>WRM_ERR_MACHINEGROUPID_INVALID</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>The specified parent machine group id does not exist.</p>
  </td>
 </tr></tbody></table>
</dd></dl><p>Additional <a href="959a6150-11e3-44ec-b6cd-78da5b2c9e00" data-linktype="relative-path">IWRMMachineGroup</a> interface
methods are specified in section 3.2.4.6.</p></div>