Policy management
allows administrators to enforce product settings on managed products and endpoints
from
a single management console. Administrators create a policy by selecting the targets
and
configuring a list of product settings.
Control Manager policies have the following
attributes:
Control Manager Policy Options
Attribute
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Description
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Policy name
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The name of the policy configuration.
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Targets
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Administrators can select targets to assign to
their policies. The target selection method determines the policy
type and how the policy works.
Administrators can manually select targets or use a filter to
automatically assign targets to their policies. The target selection method
determines the policy type and how the policy works.
See Policy Types for more
information about policy types.
To include a managed product or endpoint as the target, make
sure the product version of the managed product or endpoint supports policy
management in Control Manager. The
Policy Template Settings screen contains information
about supported product versions.
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Settings
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Once Control Manager deploys a
policy to the targets, the settings defined in the policy overwrite the existing
settings in the targets. Control Manager
enforces the policy settings in the targets every 24 hours. Although local
administrators can make changes to the settings from the managed product
console, the changes are overwritten every time Control Manager enforces the policy
settings.
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NoteMake sure to use the Product Directory to move the managed
PolicyServer instance from the New Entity folder to the Endpoint Encryption folder in the Product
Directory.
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