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Policies - Settings tab

Policy Management > Policies > Settings tab

Agent policy settings are grouped by setting category in this tab. Click a setting category checkbox to specify the settings for that category.

Actions

  • Save - Saves settings for a selected policy without propagating those settings to assigned machines. A policy displays a yellow scroll Word 80% / HTML 100% icon if it has only been saved and not yet applied.
  • Save and Apply - Saves and applies settings for a selected policy. Apply means the settings are propagated to assigned machines. A confirmation message lets you Apply Now or Allow scheduler to apply, which applies changes using the deployment interval specified by the Settings page.
  • Cancel - Cancels changes made to settings without saving or applying them.

Heading

  • Name - The name of a policy.
  • Description - The description of a policy.
  • View - A view definition associated with the policy. Once a policy is assigned to a view definition, the policy only applies to machines that are members of that view.
    • Assigning a policy to a view on the Policies page is required to assign a policy using the Organizations/Machine Groups page. This prevents the unintentional assignment of a policy to all machines in the VSA. A policy without a specified view displays as a red scroll Word 80% / HTML 100% icon in the policy tree of the Organizations/Machine Groups page, indicating that it cannot be assigned. A folder with a red scroll icon Word 80% / HTML 100% displays in the policy tree if it contains at least one policy without a specified view. When assigning an entire folder of policies to an organization or machine group, policies without a specified view are ignored.
    • Assigning a policy to a view is not required if the policy is only assigned using the Machines page.

Setting Categories