Policies

Policies

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Overview of Policies

• What Are Policies
• Policy Settings

What Are Policies?

A policy defines how a job should be performed and sets the automation level of the job.

Policies determine the actions that will be taken up by the Sun ^TM xVM Ops Center to run a task. You can assign the actions that need to be performed when installing certain patches and packages. You can predefine some actions as unacceptable or automate the task without user intervention.

Policies focus on the component level. Select a component from the inventory, possible deployment action, and then apply a deployment policy setting to the pair.
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Policy Settings

The different policy component settings include the following:

• Install: Installs the selected component.
• Uninstall: Uninstalls the selected component.
• Upgrade: Upgrades the selected component to the given version.
• Downgrade: Downgrades the selected component to the given version.
• Apply Fix: Deploys the provided fix.
• Ignore File Conflict: A file conflict occurs when the selected component provides a file that cannot be installed on a machine with a file provided by another component that is already installed. If both components are certified, the rules in the knowledge base of the Sun hosted tier handle the deployment without conflicts. If one or both components are not in the knowledge base, the conflict causes the job to fail.

The actions for the policy component settings include the following:

• Ask
  Waits for user confirmation before performing a job.
• Always
  Performs the job automatically without user intervention.
• Never
  Does not perform an operation or job.

If a conflict occurs between a profile and policy, the profile overrides the policy.

Managing Policies

• To Create a New Policy
• To Edit a Policy
• To Delete a Policy

To Create a New Policy

1. Choose Manage Profiles and Policies from the Action menu in the Update Channel window.
   The Manage Profiles and Policies window lists all the profiles and policies.
2. In the Policies section, click Actions. Choose New Policy.
   The Edit Policy window appears.
3. Enter a Name and brief Description of the policy.
4. Select the Distribution from which you want to select a Component.
5. Select a Component and set the policy settings.
6. Click Save as Named Policy.

To Edit a Policy

1. Choose Manage Profiles and Policies from the Action menu in the Update Channel window.
   The Manage Profiles and Policies window lists all the profiles and policies.
2. Select a policy and click Actions. Choose Edit Policy.
   The Edit Policy window appears.
3. Edit the options as required.
   You can change the name, description, and policy settings.
4. Click Save as Named Policy.

To Delete a Policy

1. Choose Action from the Update Channel window.
   The Action options are listed.
2. Choose Manage Profiles and Policies from Action menu.
   The Manage Profiles and Policies window appears.
3. Select the policy to be deleted.
4. Click Actions and choose Delete Policy.

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