Validating a network against compliance policies

During run time execution, all Compliance Entities which have been defined as part of Compliance Administration are required to work together to validate network resources against Compliance Policies. Run time execution covers various aspects such as process and policy execution, search scenarios and scheduling.

Before you begin

Please ensure that the correct security access is obtained before attempting to execute any processes. The user must be a member of a group who has "Execution" rights. This enables the user to execute compliance entities.

About this task

This task describes the run-time processes for validating a network against compliance policies.
  • Process execution describes the various methods that may be used to invoke and run compliance processes can be validated against the network. It also describes the steps a user must take in order to execute the processes that have been created on the network. Process execution can be triggered by a number of events: on demand initiation, scheduled initiation and automatic initiation.
    Note: Please note in the event that realms are moved or renamed, any previously scheduled processes which are set to execute against devices involved in the changed realms shall execute against zero devices. This is only an issue if the realms are changed while the Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance server is stopped.

  • Automatic initiation. When a device configuration is updated it is propagated from Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance to Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance.

    Any compliance process that is associated with the device, triggers a process in Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance that will first pull the new device configuration from Netcool Configuration Manager - Base, and then run the appropriate compliance policies against the device. This is known as the automatic Validation Process. This can be configured using the Automatic Validation Parameter in the Admin area of Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance.

  • Policy execution describes how compliance policies can be validated against the network. It also describes the steps a user must take in order to execute the policies that have been created on the network.
    Note: Please ensure that the correct security access is obtained before attempting to execute any policies. The user must be a member of a group who has "Execution" rights. This enables the user to execute compliance entities.
  • Run time filters Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance offers two distinct types of filter during run time to assist the user in choosing the correct policies and devices.