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Apply Policy and Templates to Servers and Verify Settings

After you create the template, you can apply the policy, with the template directly to the servers or the server groups across the enterprise.

Follow these steps:

1. Select the policy in the Available Policies table or select a template from the Template List.

   The Summary page for the policy or template appears.

2. Select the Managed Machines tab.

   The list of managed machines appears.

3. Click Action and select Apply.

   Tabs appear for selecting systems on which to apply the policy. The 'Update machines running this policy/template' tab lets you apply the policy to systems that are already running the policy or template. The 'Apply to Machines not running this policy/templates' tab lets you apply policy or a template to systems.

4. (Optional) Do one of the following from the 'Update machines running this policy/template' tab:
   • Select 'Update all machines using this policy/template' to deploy the policy or template on all systems currently running it. This option is useful if you have made configuration changes that you want to apply globally.
   • Select 'Update selected groups of machines' to update only systems that meet any of the following criteria:
     • Running an out of date version of the policy or template
     • Exceptions have occurred
     • Running a current version of the policy

     Select any of these options. Exceptions occur when a user applies a point configuration change to an agent that is not represented in the applied policy or template.

   • Select Advanced and manually select systems in the Select Machines pane to which to reapply the policy or template.
5. (Optional) Select systems from the 'Apply to Machines not running this policy/template' tab to which to apply the policy or template.
6. Click Apply Policy or Apply Template.

   The application is initiated.

7. Verify if the servers behave as expected. If necessary, you can update and apply the updated policies and templates.