Managing Domains And Hosts; Adding Policy Domains; Adding Hosts - F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 9.0 Administrator's Manual

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Managing domains and hosts

If you want to use different security policies for different types of hosts (laptops, desktops, servers), for users
in different parts of the organization or users with different levels of computer knowledge, it is a good idea to
plan the domain structure based on these criteria.
This makes it easier for you to manage the hosts later on. If you have designed the policy domain structure
beforehand, you can import the hosts directly to that structure. If you want to get started quickly, you can also
import all hosts to the root domain first, and create the domain structure later, when the need for that arises.
The hosts can then be cut and pasted to the new domains.
All domains and hosts must have a unique name in this structure.
Another possibility is to create the different country offices as subdomains.

Adding policy domains

This topic describes how to add new policy domains.
To add a new policy domain:
1. Select
Alternatively:
•
Click
• Press Ctrl+ Insert.
The new policy domain will be a subdomain of the selected parent domain.
2. Enter a name for the policy domain.
An icon for the domain will be created.

Adding hosts

This section describes different ways of adding hosts to a policy domain.
The main methods of adding hosts to your policy domain, depending on your operating system, are as follows:
• Import hosts directly from your Windows domain.
• Import hosts through autoregistration (requires that Management Agent is installed on the imported hosts).
You can also use different criteria to import the autoregistered hosts into different sub-domains.
• Create hosts manually by using the
Adding hosts in Windows domains
In a Windows domain, the most convenient method of adding hosts to your policy domain is by importing
them through Intelligent Installation.
Note that this also installs Management Agent on the imported hosts. To import hosts from a windows domain:
1. Select the target domain.
2. Select
After the autodiscover operation is completed, the new host is automatically added to the
tree.
Importing autoregistered hosts
Another possibility for importing hosts into Policy Manager Console is by using the autoregistration feature.
Edit New policy domain
in the toolbar.
Edit Autodiscover Windows hosts
from the menu.
New host command.
from the menu.
Policy domain