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The priority of policies is important for objects that belong to more that one
group. If an object belongs to two or more groups and different policies are
assigned to each group, the object is associated with the policy that has the
highest priority.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Create a New Policy,” on page 86
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“Modify an Existing Policy,” on page 106
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“Modify Summary, Views, and Reports Settings,” on page 107
Create a New Policy
You create policies to define a set of rules for vCenter Operations Manager to apply when analyzing and
presenting data in the user interface.
Associating Policies
with Groups
You can associate policies to specific groups.
NOTE You can associate only one policy per group, while one policy can be
associated with many groups.
You can associate a policy with a group while you create or edit groups, and
while you create or modify policies.
While creating or modifying a group, you can select the policy that you want
to associate with the group from a list of already defined policies.
While creating or modifying a policy, you can select the groups that you want
to associate with the policy.
The Default Policy
The Default policy is the policy that is associated with all groups for which no
other policy is selected.
If you have modified the Default policy, but want to revert to the original policy
settings, open the Default policy for editing and go to section 1a General. From
the Clone from drop down menu, select Original Defaults.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client as an administrator, and vCenter Operations Manager is open.
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Set the General Parameters of a Policy on page 87
To distinguish a policy from other policies in the list, you must specify a name and provide a
comprehensive description of the policy.
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Associate a Policy with One or More Groups on page 88
You can determine what policies are applied to groups in vCenter Operations Manager.
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Customize Badge Thresholds for Infrastructure Objects on page 89
You can modify the default badge threshold levels for virtual infrastructure objects so that your own
ranges appear in the vCenter Operations Manager interface.
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Customize Badge Thresholds for Virtual Machine Objects on page 90
You can modify the default badge threshold levels for virtual machines so that your own ranges appear
in the vCenter Operations Manager interface.
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Customize the Badge Thresholds for Groups on page 93
You can modify the default badge threshold levels for groups so that your own ranges appear in the
vCenter Operations Manager interface.
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