8.3 Scheduling and Server Policies

All policies use the default schedule (Package Schedule) except where you change the schedule in a particular policy. You can also edit the default package schedule.

Review the following sections:

8.3.1 Policy Schedules Versus Distribution Schedules

Policies that must be scheduled have two scheduling methods:

  • Individual policy schedules, which are configured in a policy’s properties

  • The Default Package Schedule that applies to all policies that are enabled in the package that do not have individual schedules set

With reference to policies that must be distributed, policy schedules and Distribution schedules are used for different purposes:

  • Enforcement: A policy’s schedule determines when the policy can be enforced.

  • Distribution: A Policy Package Distribution’s schedule determines when the policy’s Distribution is built so that the policy package can be sent, received, and extracted. After extraction, the policy’s schedule then determines when the policy can be enforced.

In other words, a Distribution’s schedule does not directly determine when a policy is enforced. However, a Distributions’s schedule, combined with the Channel’s Send and Subscribers’ Extract schedules, could delay the enforcement of a policy.

8.3.2 Scheduling a Server Policy

To schedule an individual policy:

  1. In ConsoleOne, right-click a Policy Package object, click Properties, then select the Policies tab.

  2. Select a policy, click Properties, then select the Policy Schedule tab.

  3. Select a schedule in the Schedule Type field, then configure the schedule:

    IMPORTANT:The Relative and Run Immediately schedules are not available for the Scheduled Down policy.

8.3.3 Editing the Default Package Schedule

To edit the default package schedule:

  1. In ConsoleOne, right-click a Policy Package object, then click Properties.

  2. Click Edit.

  3. Select a schedule in the Schedule Type field, then configure the schedule: