The
(CONFIGURE) > Policies view contains two tabs: Configuration and Content.
Below is an example of the Content > Policies tab:
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Toolbar:
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Create New - Lets you create a new policy. For more information, see Create a policy.
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Edit - Lets you edit the policy. For more information, see Edit a Policy.
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Publish - Publishes selected policy or policies.
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More Actions:
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Assign to Group --Lets you assign policy to a group.
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Clone - Lets you clone a policy.
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Delete - Deletes the selected group or groups permanently.
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Force Publish - Lets you republish all the content irrespective of the policy status. This option allows you to re-push all content or configurations to all services in the group. Some of the scenarios where you might want to force publish the policy are:
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There was a service that was down or did not successfully receive content when it was first pushed out.
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Some content may have been modified or removed locally on a service (outside of CCM control) and you want to re-apply the content from the policy.
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Policy List Pane:
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Name - Name of the policy.
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Description - Description of the policy.
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Groups - Lists the group to which this policy is applied.
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Policy Status - Status of the policy. The values are: Published, Unpublished, Failed, N/A.
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Last Updated - Displays the time when the policy is updated.
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Updated By - The user who updated the policy.
You can also sort on any column. If you mouse over a column header, a sort icon is displayed: . Click the icon to sort by the selected column.
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Policy Details Panel:
Displays the Displays the properties of the selected policy.
Toolbar:
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Publish Policy - Lets you publish all the unpublished and/or failed content. For more information, see Create a Policy.
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Edit Policy - Lets you edit the policy. For more information, see Edit a Policy.
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Delete Policy - Deletes the selected policy or policies permanently.
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Force Publish - Lets you republish all the content irrespective of the policy status.
Policy Details Pane:
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Order - Order of the content.
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Name - Name of the content.
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Medium - Meta data source medium.
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Last Updated - Displays the time when the content is last updated.
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Subscription - Indicates if the content is subscribed or unsubscribed.
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Status - The status of resource.
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Subscribe - Lets you subscribe for the content if it is unsubscribed.
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Unsubscribe - Lets you unsubscribe for the content if it is subscribed.
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Enable - Lets you enable the content for the policy.
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Disable - Lets you disable the content from the policy.
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Below is an example of the Create Content Policy dialog.
The table describes the information and options in the Create Policy dialog:
Field
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Description
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Policy Name |
Name of the policy. The name should be unique. |
Policy Description (Optional) |
Description of the policy. Description should not exceed 8000 characters. |
Define Policy Settings:
Field
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Description
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Available Content |
Displays the available content resources in your deployment.
Click expand the resource type.
The following describes resource type:
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Name - Name of the resource.
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Medium - Meta data source medium. Available values for medium are as follows:
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Endpoint: applied to content that uses meta derived from endpoint agent and endpoint server data
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Log: applied to content that uses meta derived from log data
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Packet: applied to content that uses meta derived from network packets
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Log and packet: applied to content that correlates meta derived across log and packet data
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Created - Displays the time when the resource is created
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Last Updated - Displays the time when the resource is updated last.
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Action- Click + to add the resource and its dependencies to your deployment.
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Selected Content |
Lists the selected resource.
Additionally, you can subscribe the content. Once the content is subscribed, the content resources are updated automatically in case of any changes.
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Assign to Group:
Group List
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Displays the list of groups associated with the policy. A group is disabled if it is already assigned to another policy.
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Group Name
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Policies
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Services
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Action
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Selected Group
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Lists the selected groups. Click to add groups. |
Save and Close
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Saves the settings and closes the Create Policy dialog. |
Save and Publish
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Saves and publishes the created policy.
Note: This option is disabled if: - Policy settings are not customized. - Policy is not assigned to groups.
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