4.2 Creating a Policy Package

Policy and Distribution Services groups its server policies into three Policy Package objects:

You can place policy packages anywhere in the tree. For ease of management, we recommend that you create an OU container for grouping the policy packages. For example, Policies.

However, if you install ZENworks Desktop Management to your tree, you could keep the Server Management and Desktop Management policies in separate containers, such as Server_Policies and Desktop_Policies.

IMPORTANT:If you have partitions that are accessed across a WAN, make sure that the Policy Package objects are in the same partition as the Server object to ensure that the Policy/Package Agent loads. Also make sure that the Search policy does not require searching outside the partition where the Server object exists.

To determine which Policy Package objects to create, first determine which policies you need.

To create Policy Package objects, review the instructions in the following sections:

4.2.1 Creating a Policies Container

To create the OU container object for holding your Policy Package objects:

  1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the container where you want the policies container located.

    IMPORTANT:Where you create the OU, and how many characters you use to name it, directly affects the number of characters that you have available for naming the plural policies. eDirectory has a 64-character limit for the full name and path in the tree for a policy.

    Because you can have many different versions of one plural policy in a single policy package, you want to be able to name them descriptively. Therefore, place the OU as high in the tree as is logical, and give it a short name to provide as many characters as possible for naming the policies.

  2. Click New > Object, then select Organizational Unit.

  3. Provide a name for the OU, then click OK.

4.2.2 Creating a Policy Package Object

To create a Policy Package object:

  1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the container you created for the Policy Package objects, click New, then select Policy Package.

    The Policy Package Wizard opens.

  2. Under Policy Packages, select a policy package, then click Next.

    Available packages include: Container, Server, Service Location, and Distributed Server.

  3. Provide a name for the package, then click Next.

    Because you can have multiples of the same package type, use a unique, informative name for each package.

    IMPORTANT: Because of the eDirectory 64-character path/name limit, and the package name you provide here is part of the path for plural policies that you can create later, provide a brief, but unique, Policy Package object name so that you can have as many characters as possible to be available for giving descriptive plural policy names.

  4. Repeat Step 2 and Step 3 for each package to be created.

    Select the Create Another Policy Package check box to save repeating Step 1.