Assigning A Policy To Multiple Managed Systems Within A Group; Enforcing Policies For A Product On A Group - McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 4.5 Product Manual

Managing your Network with Policies and Client Tasks
Working with policies
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Systems, then select the desired group under
System Tree. All the systems within this group (but not its subgroups) appear in the details
pane.
2 Select the desired system, then click Actions | Agent | Modify Policies on a Single
System. The Policy Assignment page for that system appears.
3 Select the desired Product. The categories of selected product are listed with the system's
assigned policy.
4 Locate the desired policy category, then click Edit Assignments.
5 If the policy is inherited, select Break inheritance and assign the policy and settings
below next to Inherited from.
6 Select the desired policy from the Assigned policy drop-down list.
NOTE: From this location, you can also edit settings of the selected policy, or create a new
policy.
7 Choose whether to lock policy inheritance. Locking policy inheritance prevents any systems
that inherit this policy from having another one assigned in its place.
8 Click Save.

Assigning a policy to multiple managed systems within a group

Use this task to assign a policy to multiple managed systems within a group. You can assign
policies before or after a product is deployed.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Systems, then select the desired group in the
System Tree. All the systems within this group (but not its subgroups) appear in the details
pane.
2 Select the desired systems, then click Actions | Agent | Set Policy & Inheritance.
The Assign Policies page appears.
3 Select the Product, Category, and Policy from the drop-down lists, then click Save.

Enforcing policies for a product on a group

Use this task to enable or disable policy enforcement for a product on a System Tree group.
Policy enforcement is enabled by default, and is inherited in the System Tree.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Assigned Policies, then select the desired
group in the System Tree.
2 Select the desired Product, then click the link next to Enforcement Status. The
Enforcement page appears.
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