Escan/english/escan22/eScan Management Console/Policies
Adding a Policy Template
To define Policy Template, follow the steps given below:
- In the Managed Computers screen, click on Policy Templates.
- Click on New template.
New Templates screen appears displaying modules for Windows, Linux, and Mac computers. - Enter Template Name.
- To edit a module, select it and then click on Edit.
- Click on Save.
The Policy Template will be saved.
Viewing Properties of a Policy template
To view the properties of a Policy Template, follow the steps given below:
- Select a policy template.
- Click on Properties.
- Select and edit the required module according to your preferences.
- The Policy template will be saved and updated.
Parent Policy
The Parent Policy lets you to implement a change in policy setting to multiple policies at the same time. For example, if you want to make a policy change in a single module like File Anti-Virus in multiple policies; you can do this all at a time using Parent Policy.
To configure Parent Policy, follow the steps given below:
- In the Managed Computers screen, click on Policy Templates.
Policy Templates window appears. - In the Policy Template window, click on Parent Policy.
Properties (Parent Policy) window appears displaying all the policies. - Select and edit the required module according to your preferences.
- Click on Assign To drop-down and select the policies for which the parent policy changes should be applied.
- Click on OK.
The Parent policy will be updated and changes will be applied to all the policies selected.
NOTE |
Before disabling a module in Parent Policy, ensure that policies are unchecked from Assign To drop-down. |
Deleting Policy template
To delete policy template, follow the steps given below:
The Policy Criteria window displays to which group or computer the template is assigned in Assigned to Group(s) or Assigned to Computer(s) column.
- Select a policy template.
- Click on Assign To > Groups.
Assign Criteria to Group window appears. - Click on Group Policy Template > OK.
Assign Criteria to group window displays Managed Computers folder tree. - Uncheck the selected group.
- Click on OK.
The Policy Template will no longer be assigned to any group. This enables Delete Criteria button. - Select the template.
- Click on Delete Template.
A confirmation window appears. - Click on Ok.
The Policy Template will be deleted.
Assigning Policy Template to a group
There are two ways to assign the policy template to group.
Method 1
To assign a Policy to a group,
- In the Managed Computers screen, click on Policy Templates.
Policy Templates window appears. - In the Policy Templates window, select a policy template.
- Click on Assign to Group(s).
Select Group window appears. - Select the group(s) and then click on OK.
The policy will be assigned to the selected group(s).
Method 2
To assign a Policy to a group,
- In the Managed Computers folder tree, select a group.
- Under the group, click on Policy.
Policy pane appears on the right side. - In the right pane, click on Select Template.
New Policy window appears. - Select a policy template and then click on Select.
The default Policy Template for group will be saved and updated.
Assigning Policy Template to Computer(s)
To assign a policy template to computers,
- In the Policy Templates window, select a policy.
- Click on Assign to Computer(s).
- Assign Template to computer window appears.
- Click on Managed Computers.
- Select the computer(s) and then click on OK.
The policy template will be assigned to the selected computers.
Copying a Policy Template
To copy a Policy Template,
- In the Policy Templates window, select a policy.
- Click on Copy Template.
New Template window appears displaying settings from the original template. - Enter a name for the template.
- Make the necessary changes and then click on Save.
The template will be copied.
Exporting a Policy Template report
To copy a Policy Template,
- In the Policy Templates window, select a policy.
- Click on Export To.
- Select the file format from the drop-down menu (HTML, PDF, and Excel).
- The Policy template report will be generated.