Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual page 175

Assigning a policy to a Group object is the preferred method of assigning the policy.
Assigning the policy to a large number of objects (for example, more than 250) might
cause increased server utilization.
15c Click OK.
16 Click Next to display the Policy Schedule page.
17 Select the schedule to apply to the assignments from the drop-down list, then select the desired
options, which vary, depending on the schedule type you select.
The settings you configure on this page determine when the policy is applied to devices.
See Section 15.3, "Schedules," on page 128
their options.
18 Click Next to display the Policy Groups page.
19 (Optional) Click Add to open the Select Groups dialog box, then click the underlined links in
the Name column to select the desired policy groups and display their names in the Selected list
box.
Using policy groups eases administration efforts by letting you group several policies so you
can use common assignments, schedules, and so forth, rather than configuring these settings for
each policy you create. For more information, see
page 185.
20 Click Next to display the Finish page.
21 Review the information on the Finish page, making any changes to the policy settings by using
the Back button as necessary. Click Finish to create the policy as configured according to the
settings on the Finish page.
for information about the available schedules and
Section 17.3, "Creating Policy Groups," on
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