Reinstall all

You can reinstall all the packages and policies that are currently deployed to selected nodes and node groups. This overwrites the existing policies on the node. When using this command, note the following points:

This command does not upgrade any policies that are installed on the node. Even if more current versions of a policy exist, the installed versions are redeployed according to the inventory. Refer to Update policy on node to deploy the most current policies.
On UNIX and Linux nodes that have the DCE agent, this command only removes and redeploys policies— the agent must be removed and reinstalled manually. If the node does not host the newest compatible agent version, you will receive an error message to inform you. On other nodes, this command always deploys the newest agent version that is available on the management server.
The default instrumentation categories for the DCE agent (action, command, and monitor) are not usually associated with policies and, as a result, are not removed or redeployed. If instrumentation still exists in the action, command, and monitor categories, you can redeploy it to nodes that have DCE agents using the Deploy instrumentation command.
If a policy in the node's inventory has associated instrumentation, this command removes all instrumentation from the node. This includes any instrumentation that you deployed to the node manually. (It does not include instrumentation that belongs to the action, command, and monitor categories on the DCE agent.) The command redeploys only the instrumentation that is associated with the policies in the node's policy inventory.
If none of the policies in the node's inventory have associated instrumentation, then no instrumentation is removed or redeployed.

To reinstall all policies and packages

In the console tree, select the nodes or node groups on which you want to reinstall all policies and packages.
Right-click your selection, and then click All Tasks Reinstall/Update.... The Reinstall/Update Node dialog box opens. The reinstall option is already selected.
In the list under Scope, select All.
Optional. Select the Ignore missing policies/packages check box. If the node inventory contains policies and packages that are not available on this management server, the management server creates a warning in the event log and the job succeeds. Otherwise, if you clear this check box, the job succeeds only if all the policies and packages in the node inventory are available on this management server.
Optional. If another management server has already deployed a version of a policy to a node, that management server owns the policy on that node. If you want to reinstall the policy from this management server, and transfer the ownership, select the Ignore policy owner check box. To do this, you must have the user right to ignore policy ownership. The management server that you are connected to must be a primary or secondary manager of the node. If you do not select this check box, the management server reinstalls only the policies that it owns.
Click OK. The management server creates a deployment job, which reinstalls the policies, packages, and instrumentation.

You can follow the progress of the redeployment by clicking Deployment jobs in the console tree.

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