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Identify the CIs that You Want to Manage

Identify the CIs that you want to manage with a verification policy. For example, you want to manage the IP Address (alarm_id) for all high priority CIs with names beginning with NY_Server.

Follow these steps:

1. On the Administration tab, click CA CMDB, Configuration Control, Verification Policies.
2. Click Create New.
3. Complete the following steps:
   1. Enter a sequence, such as 100.
   2. Enter NY Server IP Addresses as the Policy Name.
   3. Select the appropriate Change Order Alignment options.

      For example, you want the verification policy for all options except Change Orders Without Specifications.

4. Complete the following steps to specify the transaction and CI filters:
   1. Select IP Address from the Managed Attribute drop-down list.
   2. Enter a Role Pattern or leave the asterisk to apply to all roles.
   3. Enter NY as the Location Pattern.
   4. Enter NY_Server* as the CI Name Pattern.

      For example, this filter verifies CIs named NY_Server1, NY_Server2, and so on.

5. Select Allow Update Only if Matches Change Specification from the Update Behavior drop-down list.
6. (Optional) Use Log Only Mode if you want to experiment with the policy and to view the results only in the standard log, and not affect the active CMDB environment.
7. Click Save.