Managing policies

This topic provides general instructions for the following policy management tasks: editing, deleting, enabling and disabling.

Before you begin

Enable Central Monitoring Administration and log on to Central Monitoring Administration. Enabling and configuring Central Monitoring Administration  for details.

To edit a monitoring policy

1. In the navigation pane of Central Monitoring Administration, click the Policies drawer and select a policy view.
2. Select a policy and click Edit .
3. Edit the Configuring general settings of the policy.
4. Edit information on one or more of the following tabs:
   • Monitor Configuration
   • Threshold Configuration
   • Server Configuration
5. Click Update.

To delete a monitoring policy

1. In the navigation pane of Central Monitoring Administration, click the Policies drawer and select a policy view.
2. Select one or more policies and click Delete .
3. Click Yes in confirm deletion.

To enable or disable a monitoring policy

Enable or disable policies for maintenance and troubleshooting. When a policy is disabled, the policy and its associations remain intact, but the policy configuration is not applied until the policy is enabled again.

1. In the navigation pane of Central Monitoring Administration, click the Policies drawer and select a policy view.
2. Select one or more policies and click Enable  or Disable .