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Import SystemEDGE Monitors into a Policy

Before you upgrade the agent, verify the SNMP community strings used in the SystemEDGE agent are specified under the Administration tab, SNMP. Community strings can also be specified on a computer by computer basis under Policy, computer, Metrics, SNMP. The SystemEDGE installer moves SystemEDGE files to the ‘upgraded’ directory, which the agent reads after the upgrade. The OIDs are preserved. Policy Configuration only reads the entries from the existing sysedge.cf file. The sysedge.mon file is not imported.

Remote Deployment imports the raw OIDs of the monitors into the instance.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify that the SystemEDGE agent community strings are included under the Administration tab, SNMP for the port of the agent.
2. Upgrade SystemEDGE to Release 5.8.1.
3. Verify that SystemEDGE Release 5.8.1 is discovered correctly (Resources tab) and has a policy.
4. Click the Resources tab, open the Configuration pane, expand Policies, and click SystemEDGE.

   The SystemEDGE pane appears.

5. Click + (New) on the Available Policies toolbar.

   The New SystemEDGE Policy dialog appears.

6. Enter a name for the policy and click ‘Import...’.

   The SystemEDGE Agent Machine dialog appears.

7. Select the server that was upgraded and click OK.

   The SystemEDGE Agent Machine dialog closes.

8. Click OK on the New SystemEDGE dialog.

   CA Virtual Assurance creates a policy that contains the imported monitors.

You can edit or update the monitors and use the SystemEDGE Release 5.8.1 state model.