Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - POLICY MANAGEMENT REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Management Manual page 45

4 Browse for and select the devices, device groups, and device folders to which you want to
assign the group. To do so:
4a Click next to a folder (for example, the
navigate through the folders until you find the device, group, or folder you want to select.
If you are looking for a specific item, such as a Workstation or a Workstation Group, you
can use the Items of type list to limit the types of items that are displayed. If you know the
name of the item you are looking for, you can use the Item name box to search for the
item.
4b Click the underlined link in the Name column to select the device, group, or folder and
display its name in the Selected list box.
4c Click OK to add the selected devices, folders, and groups to the Devices list.
5 Click Next to display the Policy Conflict Resolution page.
6 Set the priority between device-associated policies and user-associated policies for resolving
conflicts that arise when policies of the same type are associated to both devices and users.
User Last: Select this option to apply policies that are associated to devices first and then
the users.
Device Last: Select this option to apply policies that are associated to users first and then
the devices.
Device Only: Select this option to apply policies that are associated only to devices.
User Only: Select this option to apply policies that are associated only to users.
7 Click Next to display the Finish page, review the information and, if necessary, use the Back
button to make changes to the information.
If you want the policies to be immediately enforced on all the assigned devices, select Enforce
Policies Immediately on all Assigned Devices.
8 Click Finish.
The following points are applicable when you assign a policy to a device:
If you assign a DLU policy to a device on which a user has logged in, the user is prompted to
log in to the device again. Unless the user logs in to the device again, no new policies are
enforced on the device.
When you assign a ZENworks Explorer Configuration Policy to a device, the settings
configured in the policy are not immediately reflected on the device. For example, even if Hide
the Z icon in the taskbar is enabled in the policy, the ZENworks icon is displayed for a few
seconds on the device after the policy is assigned to the device.
If both user-associated and device-associated policies are effective for a device, only the policy
that takes precedence according to the Policy Conflict Resolution settings is applied on the
device. However, the Effective status for both policies is displayed as Success in the ZENworks
Adaptive Agent icon
User settings of a device associated Group policy cannot be enforced in console sessions of a
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2 device.
folder or
Workstations
folder) to
Servers
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