F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 9.0, Administrator'S Manual

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only for trouble shooting purposes, because in a typical environment some hosts are naturally
disconnected from the server every now and then. For example, laptop computers may not be able
to access the server daily, but in most cases this is perfectly acceptable behavior.
3. Click Polling period options to change the polling intervals.
The Polling period dialog box opens.
4. Modify the polling intervals to suit your environment.
The communication protocol selection affects the default polling intervals. If you are not interested in
certain management information, you should switch unnecessary polling off by clearing the polling item
you want to disable. However, automatic polling should be disabled only if some performance problems
occur.
Disable All Polling disables all of the polling items. Whether or not automatic polling is disabled,
manual refresh operations can be used to refresh the selected view.
After Policy Manager Console startup these settings can be edited normally from the Preferences view.
Client Security management
When you first start Policy Manager Console, the simplified Anti-virus mode user interface opens.
This mode is optimized for administering Client Security. Using the Anti-virus mode user interface you can
complete most tasks for managing Client Security or Anti-virus for Workstations.
You should be able to complete most tasks with the Anti-virus mode user interface. However, particularly if
you need to administer products other than Client Security, you will need to use the Advanced mode user
interface.
Advanced mode user interface
To use all the functionality available in Policy Manager Console you need to change to the Advanced mode
user interface.
To open the Advanced mode user interface, select View
➤
Advanced mode .
Policy domain tree
You can perform actions for policy domains and hosts on the Policy domain tree.
On the Policy domain tree, you can do the following:
•
Add a new policy domain (click the icon, which is located on the toolbar). A new policy domain can be
created only when a parent domain is selected.
•
Add a new host (click the icon).
• Find a host.
• View the properties of a domain or host. All hosts and domains should be given unambiguous names.
• Import autoregistered hosts.
• Autodiscover hosts from a Windows domain.
• Delete hosts or domains.
• Move hosts or domains, using cut and paste operations.
• Export a policy file.
After selecting a domain or host, you can access the above options from the Edit menu.
The domains referred to in the commands are not Windows NT or DNS domains. Policy domains are groups
of hosts or subdomains that have a similar security policy.
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