Deploying a Policy
When you deploy a policy successfully, the policy changes it status from the
Draft
state to the
Deployed
state. The Distribution Engine passes the policy to the agents in their respective ActiveMatrix Service Grid nodes. When you deploy a policy for the first time, the policy is in an
Activated
state.
- Procedure
- Click
A list of policies are displayed.
- Select a policy and click
.
The Deployment Progress (Object Group Members) field shows the status of the policy being deployed. While the policy is being deployed, the Deployment Progress (Object Group Members) field helps you track the progress by showing the number ofSuccessful
,Failed
,In progress
, andTotal
object group members being affected by the policy. The following image shows the progress of a policy being deployed:Deploying a PolicyIn the table shown in the bottom-right corner of the window, you can sort on the deployment progress by clicking the Status. In this case, the status can be
Deploying
orDeployed
.Note: The Deployment Progress (Object Group Members) field is displayed when you click any of the following:- Deploy
- Undeploy
- Activate
- Deactivate
You can view Object Group details in a new window by clicking Open in New Window button as shown in the following image:
CLI Progess IndicatorTo track the progress of the deployment on CLI, useSYSTEM_PROPERTY_GC_DEPLOY_TIMER_PERIOD
. By default,SYSTEM_PROPERTY_GC_DEPLOY_TIMER_PERIOD
tracks the progress of the deployment in every 3 seconds. TheSYSTEM_PROPERTY_GC_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT
property is used to set the timeout period for the deployment. By default, it is600 seconds
. If the policy takes longer than600 seconds
to deploy, it is not deployed. To set the timeout period on Windows, use the following ANT command:set ANT_OPTS=-Damx.governance.gc.deploy.timeout=60000
- Activate
- Undeploy
- Sync
- Status of the policy changes to Version: Deployed. Use the
Version button to toggle between the
Draft
andDeployed
versions of a policy.Note: When theDraft
version of a policy is different from theDeployed
version of the policy, use the Deploy button to deploy the new configuration.