Updating Policies For Device Groups; Scheduling Policy Update Tasks - Lexmark C792 Administrator's Manual

Updating policies for device groups

When solutions are deployed, home screens are configured, or settings are changed for a device group, the printers
in the group are marked as Out of Policy, and a policy update is required to apply the changes to the printers.Changes
are not automatically pushed to printers so that you can schedule policy updates during times of off-peak usage to
avoid negatively affecting performance.
Additionally, because LDD cannot monitor changes that occur outside of the LDD system that affect the policy
conformance of a printer, it is a good idea to schedule policy updates once a system is set up. For more information,
see "Scheduling policy update tasks" on page 95.
Policy updates include deployment of eSF applications to e-Task 2 printers when necessary. This includes deployment
of the Advanced Prompting Bundle the first time policies are updated on e-Task 2 printers, first-time deployment of
eSF applications associated with hybrid solutions, and any policy updates immediately after the Advanced Prompting
Bundle or other eSF applications are updated. Validation that occurs during deployment of eSF applications causes
policy updates that include eSF deployments to take significantly longer than those that do not. If a large eSF
application or several eSF applications are included with a hybrid solution, you may need to increase the default
time-out for policy updates using the PolicyUpdate service on the Services tab in order to allow enough time for the
policy update to complete. If you do not want to validate eSF application deployment on each printer, see "Disabling
validation of eSF application deployment" on page 96.
To perform a policy update:
1
Click the Device Groups tab.
2
Select a device group from the Device Groups list, or select All Device Groups to update policies for printers in
multiple device groups.
3
Select Policy Update from the Tasks list.
Note: The Policy Update task can also be accessed from the Policy Update link in the reminder shown when
working with the Solutions and Home Screen tasks.
4
Select the update method:
•
To update only out-of-policy printers, select Only update those devices which are Out Of Policy.
•
To update all printers, regardless of current policy conformance, clear the selection for Only update those
devices which are Out Of Policy.
5
If you are updating policies for printers in multiple device groups, select the device groups for the policy update
task in the main section. (The list does not appear if a specific device group is selected in the Device Groups list.)
6
Click Update Policy to deploy the solutions to the printers in the device group.

Scheduling policy update tasks

1
Click the Device Groups tab.
2
Select a device group from the Device Groups list, or select All Device Groups to update policies for printers in
multiple device groups.
3
Select Schedule from the Tasks list.
4
Click Add.
5
Click Policy Update.
6
Type a description for the task, and then click Next.
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