Admin users can assign policies to computers to provide settings for computers and jobs. When a policy is assigned to a computer:
•Some settings are used for all backup jobs on the computer. These settings appear on the computer’s Advanced tab, and cannot be modified. To change the settings, you must unassign the policy from the computer, or edit values in the policy. See Policy schedule, hibernation and shutdown options, Policy email notification settings and Policy execution priority and bandwidth options.
•Some settings are not automatically applied to jobs. When creating or editing a job on the computer, a user can select these policy settings or select other values. See Policy compression and log settings and Policy filters for backup jobs.
•A user can select a vault profile from the policy when adding vault settings, instead of manually entering vault information and credentials. See Vault profiles for policies.
•A user can select a retention type from the policy when running or scheduling a job. See Policy retention types.
When you assign a policy to a computer, existing retention types on the computer are removed if they are not used in jobs. Retention types that are used in jobs are not removed from the computer. If a retention type in the policy has the same name as an existing retention type that is used in a job, the retention type from the policy is renamed on the computer (e.g., Daily to Daily_1).
Admin users can assign the same policy to more than one computer at the same time.
To assign a policy to computers:
1. On the navigation bar, click Computers.
The Computers page lists computers assigned to users in the site.
2. Select the check box for each computer to which you want to assign the policy.
3. In the Actions list, click Assign Policy to Selected Computer(s).
The Assign Policy dialog box opens.
4. Click the policy to assign to each selected computer.
5. Click Assign.
The Assign Policy dialog box closes, and the policy name that you have chosen appears in the Policy column for the computer.