17.12 Deleting Policies, Policy Groups, and Folders

Before you delete policies, policy groups, and folders from the ZENworks Control Center, review the following information to ensure that you obtain the desired results.

Deleting Policies: Depending on your needs, you can delete a policy from your ZENworks Linux Management system or remove a policy's assignments from devices.

If you delete a policy from your ZENworks Linux Management system, the policy does not display on the Policies or Devices pages in the ZENworks Control Center. When a policy is deleted, it is unassigned and unenforced from the device with which it was assigned. For more information, see Section 17.13, Unenforcing Policies.

Deleting Policy Groups: The results of deleting a policy group is similar to that of deleting a policy.

If you delete a policy group from your ZENworks Linux Management system, the policy group does not display on the Policies page in the ZENworks Control Center and the policy group's assignments are removed. However, the individual policies contained in the group are not removed from the ZENworks Control Center and still display on the Policies page.

When a policy group is deleted, its member policies are not deleted, but the associations are removed. The policies of a policy group are unenforced from the devices to which the policy group was associated. For more information, see Section 17.13, Unenforcing Policies.

Deleting Folders: If you delete a folder that contains policies from your ZENworks Linux Management system, both the folder and its policies are removed from the ZENworks Control Center. The policies contained in the folder are unenforced from the device to which they were assigned. For more information, see Section 17.13, Unenforcing Policies.

To delete a policy, policy group, or folder:

  1. In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Policies tab.

    Policies tab
  2. In the Policies list, select the box next to the desired item's name, then click Delete.

    If the item you are deleting is a folder, you are prompted whether or not to delete the folder and its contents.

    When a policy folder is deleted, each of its policies and subfolders are also deleted.