Applying Profiles to Locations

Once you have established your locations and created profiles, you can apply profiles to your network. A profile applies settings for your devices or servers. If you do not assign the profiles you create to locations, the settings in those profiles will not be applied.

When you assign a profile to a location (region, server, or group), it is also applied to any sub-locations and their servers and devices. When this happens, the profile is said to be inherited. For information on excluding profiles that have been inherited, see Editing Exclusions.

Profiles are applied to the devices based on the selection criteria for the profile and the priority in which the profiles are listed in the Avalanche Console. Each profile can have selection criteria that define which devices can use the profile. A profile can be assigned additional selection criteria when it is applied to a location. This may be useful when a single location requires specialized or additional criteria. For information on selection criteria, see Using Selection Criteria.

For a general description of the types of profiles available, see Getting Started.

To apply a profile to a location:

1   Select the location where you want to apply the profile from the Navigation Window.
2   Select the Properties tab.
3   Click Apply on the Applied Profiles tab.
4   From the list that appears, select the profile you want to apply and click OK.

The Application Selection Criteria dialog box appears.

5   Use the Selection Criteria Builder or type the selection criteria in the dialog box, if desired, and click OK.

The profile is added to the location.

6   Save your changes.

The assigned profile will be deployed with the server when you install the servers or when you perform a server synchronization after the server is installed. For information about installing servers, see Deploying Servers. For more information about synchronizing, see Performing a Server Synchronization.

To view where a profile has been applied:

1   From the Profiles tab, select the profile you want to view.
2   Click the Applied Locations tab. You cannot change the information from this tab. This tab displays the following information:
• Parent Path. Displays the parent location, if there is one.
• Group. The name of the location where the profile is applied.
• Selection Criteria. Any selection criteria that are applicable at the location where the profile is applied.

 

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