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Review Managed Mode and Unmanaged Mode Details

Consider the following terminology: In this scenario, the terms unmanaged mode and managed mode are used in the context of SystemEDGE configuration.

Unmanaged mode

The SystemEDGE configuration on a particular server is not managed through CA Server Automation Policy Configuration. You can edit the sysedge.cf file to modify the configuration.

Managed mode

The SystemEDGE configuration on a particular server is managed through CA Server Automation Policy Configuration. You specify the SystemEDGE configuration in Policy Configuration on the CA Server Automation manager and distribute it to the appropriate servers in the network. If you edit the sysedge.cf file locally, CA Server Automation overwrites your changes with the next policy distribution.

Consider the following cases which have an influence on the configuration mode of SystemEDGE:

• If you run a typical SystemEDGE installation from the product media, SystemEDGE is configured to run in unmanaged mode after the installation.
• If you run a custom SystemEDGE installation from the product media, you can specify a manager system to use for the managed mode. If you have specified a manager system and CA Server Automation discovers SystemEDGE after the installation, SystemEDGE registers with Policy configuration automatically and SystemEDGE runs in managed mode.
• If you use Remote Deployment to install SystemEDGE on remote systems, you can specify the configuration mode for SystemEDGE in the deployment job. The default value is managed mode.

Important! The Explore pane shows the Managed and Unmanaged folders which list the discovered servers that are polled (managed) or not polled (unmanaged) by CA Server Automation. This property is different from the managed or unmanaged mode of the SystemEDGE configuration. The managed or unmanaged status of a server in the Explore pane has no influence on the configuration mode of SystemEDGE. Specific entries in the SystemEDGE configuration file indicate the configuration mode of SystemEDGE.