Policy Configuration

In this release, the following new features or changes are available:

Enhanced Search Results of a Machine: Provides policy configuration information in search results of the CA Server Automation user interface.
Multiple Monitor Deletion: Enables you to delete multiple monitors from a policy or a template in a single action to facilitate easy configuration monitoring.
ACL Association with Global SNMP Objects: Supports Access Control Lists in global SNMP objects to be applied to systems through policies.
Server-specific SNMP Settings: Supports Access Control Lists and SNMP settings at the server level. You can decide whether to apply these settings to systems through policies.
Autowatchers: Supports dynamic resource monitoring through generic, service, and process autowatchers.
Discover Agent: Allows Policy Configuration to detect an agent that is not yet registered with Policy Configuration, using all available names and addresses.
Reindex Monitors and Autowatchers: Allows the index of monitors and autowatchers to be reassigned in a single operation.
Import and Export of Policies or Templates: Allows Policies and templates to be exported from a CA Server Automation instance, and imported into another CA Server Automation instance.
Change Manager Support: Allows an existing manager to reconfigure remote SystemEDGE agents, so that they register with a different manager.

In this release, CA Server Automation provides the following Policy Configuration reports:

Agent List by Distribution Server Report: Shows SystemEDGE agents managed by each of the distribution servers and indicates whether the configuration is up-to-date.
Agent List by Policy Report: Shows SystemEDGE agents managed by policy and indicates whether the configuration is up-to-date.
Configuration Exceptions by System Report: Shows the report of Systems, where the configuration has been modified through SNMP, since a policy or a template was last applied.
Managed Agent List Report: Lists the SystemEDGE agents in managed mode.
Out-of-Date Configurations by Policy/Template Report: Shows the out-of-date policies and templates currently on agents by each Policy and Template.
Out-of-Date Configurations by System Report: Shows the out-of-date policies and templates currently on agents by each Machine.
Policy and Policy Template Details Report: Shows the report of a selected Policy or Template.
System Configuration Details Report: Shows the report of the configuration that was applied to a selected System.
Systems not Configured Report: Shows the systems which are not registered in Policy Configuration.