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Schedule a Policy

Use the Schedule Policies dialog to schedule the activation time for a configuration policy. If you are applying policies to a single asset, you can also preview and customize the settings.

Configuration policies are listed under the Scheduled Policies portlet. They are moved to the Active Policies portlet of the Configuration Policy pane after activation.

To schedule a policy for activation

1. (Optional) Click Apply Policies at Next Possible Occurrence to activate the current configuration immediately.
2. Specify the day, month, and year to schedule activation of the configuration policy. Note that the date is initialized with the current DSM Explorer box date, which may differ from the current date of the connected manager.
3. Specify the exact time for the specified date of activation. Note that the time is initialized with the current DSM Explorer box time, which may differ from the current time of the connected manager.
4. (Optional) Click the Customize and Preview button to invoke the Customize and Preview Settings dialog, which lets you preview and customize policy settings that are to be applied to a single asset.
5. Click OK.

   The configuration policy is scheduled for activation by the manager at the specified date and time.

More information:

Configuration Policy