Use the pre-emptive compliance functionality to check proposed
configuration changes to a device against predefined compliance policies
for that device. Pre-emptive compliance is a mechanism whereby proposed
configuration changes can be checked for compliance before being provisioned
on the device. The capability is intended to enable customers to evaluate
the impact of configuration changes against predefined compliance
policies for a device.
Before you begin
It can be useful to quickly view which pre-emptive policies
are linked to a particular device. To view pre-emptive policies, you
must first configure them and set up device associations.
About this task
You can view the pre-emptive policies that have been defined
for a device from the Devices tab of the Netcool Configuration
Manager - Compliance user
interface. You can also access pre-emptive compliance results from
both the Queue Manager and the Resource Browser.
Procedure
- To view the pre-emptive policies that have been defined
for a device on the Netcool Configuration
Manager - Compliance Devices
tab, perform the following actions:
- Right-click the device to select it.
- Select View Pre-emptive Policies for device.
A dialog displays a list of the applicable pre-emptive
policies.
- To view pre-emptive policy results form the Queue Manager,
perform the following actions:
- Select the unit of work (UOW) in the Queue Manager from
either the 'Work That is Finished' or the 'Work Pending
Approval' column (if approvals are enabled).
- Select the Resources tab, and choose a device from the
Resource list.
The pre-emptive compliance policy results are displayed
on the following two tabs:
- Work log
- The Work log shows the pre-emptive compliance result for both
the current configuration and the projected configuration.
- Pre-emptive Compliance
- Shows the pre-emptive compliance results.
- To view pre-emptive policy results form the Resource Browser,
perform the following actions:
- Right-click the device to select it.
- Select the UOW from the Work tab.
The pre-emptive compliance policy results are displayed
on the following two tabs:
- Audit log
- The Audit log displays the pre-emptive compliance result for both
the current configuration and the projected configuration.
- Pre-emptive Compliance
- Shows the pre-emptive compliance results for ‘Apply Command set'
and ‘Submit configuration work types'.
- You can drill down into the Validation detail by double-clicking
on the individual policy, or by selecting the Policy row
and then clicking View Policy Result Detail.