Apply Policy and Templates to Servers

After you create the template, you can apply the policy, with the template directly to the servers or the server groups across the enterprise.
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After you create the template, you can apply the policy, with the template directly to the servers or the server groups across the enterprise.
Follow these steps:
  1. Select the policy in the Available Policies table or select a template from the Template List.
  2. On the Summary page for the policy or template, select the Managed Machines tab.
    The list of managed machines opens.
  3. Click Action and select Apply.
    Tabs are displayed for selecting the systems on which to apply the policy.
    • Update machines running this policy/template
      Apply the policy or a template to systems that already run the policy or template.
    • Apply to machines not running this policy/templates
      Apply the policy or a template to systems that do not already run the policy or template.
  4. (Options for policies)
    From the
    Update machines running this policy
    tab, complete one of the following options:
    • To deploy the policy on all machines that currently run it, select
      Update all machines using this policy
      . This option is useful if you made configuration policy changes that you want to apply globally.
    • To update only machines that meet any of the following criteria, select
      Update selected groups of machines
      :
      • Machines running an out-of-date version of the policy
      • Machines where policy exceptions are applied
      • Machines running the current version of the policy
      • Machines with configuration errors for the policy
      Policy exceptions occur when a user applies a point configuration change to an agent that is not represented in the applied policy.
    • To add the machines manually in the Select Machines pane to which you want to reapply the policy, select
      Advanced (manually select machines)
      .
  5. (Options for templates)
    From the
    Update machines running this template
    tab, select one of the following options under
    Existing Machines
    :
    • Update all machines with this template applied.
    • Update only those machines that do not have the latest changes of this template applied.
    • Update only those machines where the template has not been successfully applied.
    • Advanced (manually select machines)
    • Remove this template from machines.
  6. (Optional) From the
    Apply to Machines not running this policy/template
    tab, select systems to which to apply the policy or template.
  7. To initiate the application, click
    Apply Policy
    or
    Apply Template
    .
  8. Verify whether the servers behave as expected. If necessary, update and apply the updated policies and templates.