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Example:
If the current URL is listed as http:\\ACME\PolicyServer\ShieldClient.asmx and the Policy Distribution
Service has been installed on a new server, ACME 43, the URL should be updated as:
http:\\ACME43\PolicyServer\ShieldClient.asmx
Once the URL has been updated, click OK. This will update all policies and send an automatic
update of the Policy Distribution Service. This will also update the Management Service.
When changing the server URL, it is recommended that the old Policy Distribution Service not be
terminated until the updated policies have a 100% adherence level (see Reporting Service).
Scheduling
The Scheduling components permit the ESM Administrator to designate when the Management
Service will synchronize with other ESM components, to ensure all data and queued jobs match
any recent activity, and to schedule the SQL maintenance jobs. All time increments are in
minutes.
The scheduling is broken down as follows:
• Distribution Service - synchronization schedule with the Policy Distribution Service
• Policy Data and Activity - synchronization schedule with policy updates.
• Management Data - policy synchronization with the Management Service
• Enterprise Structure - synchronization schedule with the enterprise directory service
(eDirectory, Active Directory, NT Domain, and/or LDAP). Changes in the enterprise
directory service are monitored so that corresponding changes in user-policy assign-
ments can be detected and sent to the Policy Distribution Service for Client authentica-
tion
• Client Reporting - frequency the Management Service will interrogate for and down-
load reporting data from the Policy Distribution Service
• Keep alert data for: - You can configure alerts based on a snapshot of data reported by
the endpoints. To optimize performance, and ensure that alerts are relevant to recent
activity, you can se the storage threshold based on a number of days.
