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Configure and View Applied Policies

The Policy feature lets you manage the policies and templates applied to an individual server, a server group, or a service. You can perform the following operations:

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the Explore pane.

    Available groups, services, and systems appear.

  2. Select a system or a service. Click the Resources page, and then Monitoring Software.

    The Machine Details page appears.

  3. Click Policies.

    The Policies page displays a list of Policies of SystemEDGE and SRM, and SystemEDGE Templates.

    Note: The Filter displays a list of layered templates in Pending, Delivered (successful), Configured, and Failed states.

  4. You can bulk update policies and templates. In the Policies and Templates table, select the policy or template you want to bulk update, click Actions, and select one of the following options:

    Note: If the policy is being applied to a single server, you are prompted for the policy name.

    Bulk update for Policies:

    When the selected policy is applied to a service group, you have an option to select the machine to apply the policy.

    Bulk update for Templates:

    A dialog provides an option to select the templates from the Available Templates. After you select the templates, click one of the following options:

    Replace existing configurations with the selected templates

    Removes the existing templates that are applied to all machines and applies the selected templates to all machines.

    Append the selected templates to existing configurations

    Adds the selected templates. If any of the templates selected are already applied as part of a machine configuration, then those templates are reapplied.

    Bulk remove Templates:

    Removes the existing templates that are applied to machines.

  5. Click Apply Policy to apply the policy or template to the machines.

    On the Policies page, you can view the progress of the policy or template being applied to the machines.

  6. (Optional) Click View Configuration Icon.

    The Policy Configuration page appears. For a machine with a template, it displays the Policies and Templates, and SystemEDGE Configuration file. For a machine with a Service Response Monitor, it additionally displays the Service Response Monitor Configuration file.

  7. Click Save Policy.

    The policy is saved.