Create an agent-based flexible management policy

An agent-based flexible management policy, enables you to configure the following:

• Action-allowed and secondary management servers that define which management servers can run actions on the managed node.
• Date-and-time rules that define when the managed node sends messages to which management server.
• Message-attribute rules that define when the managed node sends messages to which management server.

If you want the configuration to apply to all nodes in a given environment, you would develop one policy for all nodes. If you want varying configuration on different nodes, you would develop one policy for each configuration type.

To create an agent-based flexible management policy

1. In the console tree, under Policy managementAgent policies grouped by type, right-click Flexible Management and then click NewPolicy. The flexible management policy editor appears.

   Alternatively, create a copy of the sample policies, which are provided in Policy groupsSamples Agent-based Flexible Management.

2. In the General tab, type the agent-based flexible management policy. The following topics provide more information on the policy syntax:

   • Syntax for agent-based flexible management policies
   • Keywords for flexible management policies
   • Time templates
   • Message target rules
   • Configure action-allowed and secondary managers

   TIP:
   You can split the text area vertically and horizontally by dragging the split controls. (The split controls are at the top of the vertical scroll bar and at the left of the horizontal scroll bar.)

3. Optional. To check the policy's syntax, click Check Syntax. A message appears, which gives details of any errors.
4. Save the policy, and then deploy it to the nodes that you want to configure.

Related Topics:

• Save a policy
• Deploy a policy or policy group