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Apply the File I/O Test through UI

After you create File I/O test using user interface, you apply it to machines across the enterprise. CA Virtual Assurance applies the compiled configuration file containing all settings to all specified agent machines. The new policy is implemented after an automatic agent warm start.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Policy.

   The Policy page appears.

2. Open the Configuration pane, expand Policies, and then select Service Response.

   The Available Policies page appears.

3. Select the policy in the Available Policies table.

   The Summary page for the policy appears with the list of policies

4. Select the File I/O policy.

   File I/O policy details appear in the right pane.

5. Click Action and select Apply.

   Tabs appear for selecting machines on which to apply the policy. The Update machines running this policy tab lets you apply the policy to machines that are already running the policy. The Apply to Machines not running this Policy tab lets you apply the policy to machines that have no policy or using a different policy.

6. (Optional) Do one of the following from the Update machines running this policy tab:
   • Select Update all machines using this policy to deploy the policy on all machines currently running it. This option is useful if you have made File I/O test changes that you want to apply globally.
   • Select Update selected groups of machines to update only machines that meet any of the following criteria:
     • Run an out-of-date version of the policy
     • Use a policy that has exceptions
     • Run a current version of the policy

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

   • Select Advanced and then manually select machines in the Select Machines pane that you want to reapply the policy to.
7. Click Apply Policy.

   The policy application is initiated.

8. (Optional) Select Advanced and then select the machines that you want to reapply the policy to in the Select Machines pane.

You can also reapply the policy to system when one of the following occurs:

• You updated the policy.
• You received notice that the configuration on an agent machine has changed.

Once you apply the test, each sample test runs every 30 seconds and times out after 10 seconds when the operation is not successful. Statistics for response and availability are calculated over 120-second intervals.

Based on these results, the administrator monitors and manages the health of the virtual network.