Managing Policy Packages

You can do the following in managing policy packages:


Scheduling Policy Packages

  1. In NetWare® Administrator, right-click a User or Workstation Package > click Details > Policies > Edit.

    The Default Schedule dialog box is displayed.

  2. Edit a type in the Policy Schedule Type field.

    Use one of the following options to modify the policy schedule or to override the default policy package schedule:

    Event Option
    Daily Option
    Monthly Option
    Weekly Option
    Yearly Option
       
  3. When you return to the Policies page, verify that the default schedule you set is displayed in the Default Package Schedule list.


Adding and Scheduling an Action

Adding a scheduled action to a policy package is like adding a custom policy. This leverages the existing policy packages so that you can schedule a new action to occur on a group of objects you have already associated.

  1. In NetWare Administrator, select a policy package.

  2. Click Details > Policies > Add Action.

  3. Name the scheduled action and click Create.

    The action you added is displayed in the Policy list.

  4. Double-click the action you added.

  5. Click Policy Schedule > Details.

    Default Package Schedule is displayed in the Schedule field.

  6. To select a different schedule, click the down-arrow and select a type from the list.

  7. Fill in the fields.

    Event Option
    Daily Option
    Monthly Option
    Weekly Option
    Yearly Option

    This determines when the action will run.

  8. Click Actions > Add.

  9. Fill in the fields.

    This defines what action will run. Up to 15 items can be placed in an action.

    Name. The name of the action item. This name was entered in the Name field on the Item Properties tab when the action item was added.

    Working Directory. Generally, this is the path where the executable file for this action is located. It can be a different path, however, if the program requires it. This information was entered in the Working Directory field of the Action Properties Item tab when this scheduled action was added.

    Parameters. The parameters to pass to the action item. For more information, see the documentation associated with the executable file specified in the Working Directory field.

    Priority. The importance assigned to this action in relation to the user's access to the workstation

    Terminate Time. The length of time this action can run before the system stops it. The assumption is that if it takes longer than a specified time to run, there might be a problem associated with running this action and the action should be terminated. The length of time was specified under the Terminate Item If Still Running After check box on the Action Items tab when you added this action.

    Disable/Enable. Depending on the current state of an action (enabled or disabled), this toggle button lets you enable or disable an action without removing the action from the list. To enable or disable an action, you must first select the action, then click the Enable/Disable button.

    Run Items in Order Listed. If enabled, items will be run in the order they display in the list.


Viewing Policy Package Associations

An enabled policy in a policy package is not effective unless the policy package is associated with an object. Policy packages can be associated with User or Workstation objects using one of three methods:

There are two ways to view policy associations:


Viewing Associations for a Policy Package

  1. In NetWare Administrator, right-click a User or Workstation Package > click Details > Associations.

  2. Click Cancel to finish viewing.


Viewing Policy Associations for an Object

  1. In NetWare Administrator, right-click the User, Group, Workstation, Workstation Group, or Container object whose associations you want to view > click Details > Associated Policy Packages.

  2. Click Cancel to finish viewing.


Removing Policy Package Associations

There are two ways to disassociate policy package associations:


Remove a Policy Package Association from an Object

  1. In NetWare Administrator, select the User, Group, Workstation, Workstation Group, or Container object whose associations need updating.

  2. Click Object > Details > Associated Policy Packages.

  3. Select the policy package.

  4. Click Remove > OK.


Remove an Object from the Associations List

  1. In NetWare Administrator, select an existing policy package.

  2. Click Object > Details > Associations.

    Examples are User, Group, Workstation, Workstation Group, or Container objects.

  3. Select the object.

  4. Click Remove > OK.