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:
- Select the policy in the Available Policies table or select a template from the Template List.
- On the Summary page for the policy or template, select the Managed Machines tab.The list of managed machines opens.
- Click Action and select Apply.Tabs are displayed for selecting the systems on which to apply the policy.
- Update machines running this policy/templateApply the policy or a template to systems that already run the policy or template.
- Apply to machines not running this policy/templatesApply the policy or a template to systems that do not already run the policy or template.
- (Options for policies)From theUpdate machines running this policytab, complete one of the following options:
- To deploy the policy on all machines that currently run it, selectUpdate 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, selectUpdate 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- Machines running an out-of-date version of the policy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
- To add the machines manually in the Select Machines pane to which you want to reapply the policy, selectAdvanced (manually select machines).
- (Options for templates)From theUpdate machines running this templatetab, select one of the following options underExisting 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.
- (Optional) From theApply to Machines not running this policy/templatetab, select systems to which to apply the policy or template.
- To initiate the application, clickApply PolicyorApply Template.
- Verify whether the servers behave as expected. If necessary, update and apply the updated policies and templates.