Policies

Novell^® ZENworks^TM policies are NDS^TM objects that are contained in a policy package created with NetWare^® Administrator. Each policy contains one or more pages where you can specify settings or configurations related to User, Workstation, Group, or Container objects, depending on the type of policy. ZENworks policies are grouped into policy packages for ease of administration.

The following is a sample page (Workstation Naming) from a Workstation Import policy. This page is used to specify how workstations are named when they are registered and imported into NDS.

Policies are disabled by default. When a policy is first enabled, it contains initial default settings. For instance, when Workstation Import is enabled, the default name for a Windows* 95/98 or Windows NT* Workstation object is the computer name plus the network address.

A policy can be enabled when you

• Create a policy package
• Modify the policy package
• Modify an object's associated policy packages

The following sections will help you learn more about policies: