Manage application status with policies

The status of applications as detected by their assigned policies is initially displayed in the applications catalog. Details about the application, its status, and the currently assigned policy are displayed in the Policy Status portlet.

A daemon determines the status of all existing applications. The daemon runs by default daily at 9 P.M. but can be rescheduled by using the XML configuration interface (XMLaccess).

If you have enabled the notification options in the policy settings, you will also receive email notices in the following situations:

• When conditions in applications are approaching the limits set by the policy

• When conditions in applications have reached or exceeded the limits set by the policy.

For detailed information about working with application templates and composite applications, see the Help topics that are available from the Template Library, the Application Library, and the applications catalog.

Here is a preview of viewing application status, changing the assigned policy, and performing application maintenance tasks:

1. To see the status of applications as detected by the policies assigned to them, view the applications catalog: From the product banner, click Applications -> Templates -> Application Library.

2. Filter the applications catalog to display the applications that have reached warning conditions: Click Show -> Applications with Policy Alerts.

3. Specify the level of status information that you want to see in the Status column of the applications catalog: From the catalog portlet menu, click Edit Shared Settings and choose to display a simple summary or detailed information.
   Choose detailed information changes the single Status column to three columns:

   • Size Status

   • Inactivity Status

   • No Modification Status

4. Click the Status link for a particular application, to display the Policy Status portlet and review the following information:

   • Application properties: name, general status, category and template

   • Currently assigned policy, qualified by its place in the policy hierarchy

   • The value of the Policy Selection Attribute currently used as the condition in the policy rule that determines which policy is assigned to the application.

   • The table of Policy Settings, Policy Allowance, Application Current Value, and Application Status for the currently assigned policy.

5. To change the assigned policy, edit the value of the Policy Selection Attribute. You must type a value that has been specified as a condition in policy rules using CompositeApplication.PolicySelectionAttribute or in application templates using the parameter Policy Selection Attribute.
   If you cannot remember the values of the Policy Selection Attribute that you specified in policy rules or as application parameters in application templates, you can look up attribute values in the Personalization Navigator for Business Rules or in the application templates listed in the Template Library.

6. After you change the assigned policy, click Update Status to refresh the information detected by the newly assigned policy for the application.
   Update status refreshes the application and policy information, but it does not trigger policy manager actions such as locking the application or sending email notifications. For example, if the application exceeds the limits set by the newly assigned policy, the status information will reflect this; however, the application will not be locked and notifications will not be sent until the policy manager daemon runs again.

7. The status of an application as detected by its policy will help you determine which maintenance action you might need to perform: Back up, Archive, Restore, or Delete. Alternatively, you may want to change the assigned policy or edit the policy settings to adjust the application conditions that you want to monitor.
   If an application has exceeded the limits set by its policy for size, inactivity, and staleness, the application is locked. The padlock icon is displayed in front of the application name in the catalog.

   1. If you are an administrator or an application manager, you can click the padlock icon to unlock the application.

   2. Then open the application to refine the elements that require attention.

   3. Consider updating the policy settings or assigning a different policy to the application.

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