Managing XML automation policies

You can manage automation policies to define the automation behavior of System Automation for Multiplatforms.

Automation policies are one of the core elements of System Automation for Multiplatforms. You use them to define the rules that determine the automation behavior (actions and decisions) of System Automation for Multiplatforms. Policies contain definitions of resources, resource groups, relationships between resources and/or groups, and equivalencies. Typically, it is the main task of an administrator to maintain the policies and to ensure that they are correct and can be recreated.

Note: Policy changes generate several events for the changed resource. Furthermore, several events for other resources in the active policy might be generated.
To maintain one or more policies you use the sampolicy command. The command can be used in three different flavors:
  1. To save a policy and restore it at a later point in time.
  2. To completely replace a policy.
  3. To update the active policy.

The sampolicy command handles resource groups, relationships, equivalencies, IBM.Application, IBM.ServiceIP, IBM.AgFileSystem, IBM.Test resources, control parameters (samctrl), and IBM.TieBreaker resources.