In Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2016 (Build 1606), there is a pre-release feature for collections called Server Groups which allows for cluster aware updating. When deploying software updates for this feature to work (and prevent a cluster from going down), is it necessary to create deployments for each Server Group collection individually, or would it be possible to create a collection of Server Group collections, and have the software update deployments target the collection of Server Group collections?
The build 1606 is called System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) 1606.
There were some issues so it's now been moved to pre-release status. (You can see features on the Administration - Cloud Services - Updates and Servicing - Features. If it's not enabled and you want to enable it, be sure in Hierarchy Settings, 'Consent to use Pre-release features' is enabled before you enable the feature )
The Server Group Settings are configured in the properties of a device collection. You can put your 'desired' systems (what ever cluster or normal systems) in a device collection and then configure server group settings on this device collection.
The software update deployment is using the typical deployment process. The Server Group configuration adds functions that you can control:
In case that you have got a collection with child collections, the settings of a parent collection is separated and has nothing to do with a child collection configuration. The parent collection just read the memberships of a child collection, not the other configuration.
As I said, as long as all your desired system is member of the collection, you can do the configuration.