10.6 Associating or Disassociating Schedules and Policies

Dynamic File Services schedules and policies must be associated in order to enable policies to run automatically. A single schedule can be associated with multiple policies. A single policy can be associated with only one schedule at a time.

10.6.1 Viewing the Schedule Associated with a Policy

You can view the schedule associated with a policy in the Policy Properties dialog box.

  1. In the Management Console, connect to the DynamicFS server that you want to manage.

  2. Click the Policies folder under the server to view the list of policies for the server in the right panel.

  3. Right-click a policy, then select Properties.

  4. Click the Schedule tab to view the schedule that is currently associated with the policy.

  5. Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

10.6.2 Viewing a List of Policies Associated with a Schedule

You can view a list of the policies associated with a schedule in the schedule’s Properties dialog box.

  1. In the Management Console, connect to the DynamicFS server that you want to manage.

  2. Click the Schedules folder under the server to view the list of schedules for the server in the right panel.

  3. Use either of the following methods to see a list of policies associated with a schedule:

    • Right-click a schedule, select Properties, then select the Policies tab to view a list of the policies that are currently associated with it.

    • Double-click a schedule to open the Properties dialog box, then select the Policies tab to view a list of the policies that are currently associated with it.

  4. Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

10.6.3 Associating or Disassociating a Schedule with a Policy

You can associate or disassociate a schedule with a policy by using the policy’s Properties dialog box.

  1. In the Management Console, connect to the DynamicFS server that you want to manage.

  2. Click the Policies folder under the server to view the list of policies for the server in the right panel.

  3. Right-click a policy and select Properties to open its Policy Properties dialog box, then select the Schedule tab.

  4. (Optional) Disassociate the current schedule from the policy. Select the schedule in the Schedule list, click Remove, then click Apply.

  5. (Optional) Associate a schedule with the policy:

    1. Click Add to open the Select Schedule dialog box.

      The Select Schedule dialog box displays a list of all schedules that are defined on the server.

    2. Select the schedule that you want to add, then click OK.

    3. Click Apply.

  6. Click OK to save and exit.

10.6.4 Associating or Disassociating Policies with a Schedule

You can associate or disassociate multiple policies with a schedule by using the schedule’s Properties dialog box.

  1. In the Management Console, connect to the DynamicFS server that you want to manage.

  2. Click the Schedules folder under the server to view the list of schedules for the server in the right panel.

  3. Right-click a schedule and select Properties to open its Schedule Properties dialog box, then select the Policies tab.

  4. (Optional) Associate one or more policies to the schedule:

    1. On the Policies tab, click Add to open the Select Policies dialog box.

      The Select Policies dialog box displays a list of all policies that are defined on the server that are not already associated with the schedule.

    2. Select one or more policies that you want to add to the Policies list, then click OK.

    3. Click Apply.

  5. (Optional) Disassociate one or more policies from the schedule:

    1. On the Policies tab, select one or more policies that you want to remove from the Policies list for the schedule, then click Remove.

    2. Click Apply.

  6. Click OK to save and exit.