OU/Containers

NAVIGATION  Discovery > Domains > Domain Watch > Policies > OU/Containers tab

The OU/Containers tab sets Discovery policies by domain OU or container for both computers and contacts.

Related topics:

Setting Policies by Individual Computer

You can set policies by individual computer using the Computers tab. Policies set by computer have precedence over policies set by OU/Container.

Included and Excluded

Once a probe is installed, Discovery is configured by setting selected domain folders and items to included or excluded. Discovery policies provide IT automation—such as installing agents or creating users—only for included folders and items. Discovery only harvests detailed information for included folders and items, minimizing the amount of data required to maintain synchronization with the domain.

Header Fields

  • Policy Status

    Word 80% / HTML 100% - Original - Discovery policies have not yet been configured.

    Word 80% / HTML 100% - Modified - Discovery policies have been configured but not yet applied. After clicking the Apply Changes button, this icon remains unchanged until the harvest has been completed.

    Word 80% / HTML 100% - Applied - Discovery policies have been applied.

  • Last Full Sync - Date/time of last full synchronization for this domain.
  • Last Incremental Sync - Date/time of last incremental synchronization of all outstanding changes for this domain. Clicking Apply Changes after modifying policies on any Policies tab performs an "on demand" incremental synchronization. Activation performs a recurring incremental synchronization.

Actions

  • Computers Policy - Sets the Discovery computer policy for included computers in an OU/container.
    • Include new Computers - If checked, the policy assigned this OU/container is applied to newly discovered computers.
    • Automatically assign portal access to portal candidates - If checked, these computers are automatically assigned to be portal access candidate machines.
    • Computer Machine Group Override - Administrators can automatically map the VSA machine groups used to organize domain computers inside the VSA using the OU hierarchy that already exists in Active Directory. This occurs when a OU policy or a computer policy selects the Use Directory Default value. When this occurs, the domain machine is assigned to the machine group that matches its current OU location. If an Active Directory administrator renames the OU or moves the computer to a different OU location, the machine group is changed in the VSA to match it. Tracking moves fully requires policies be set in both the source and target OUs. Parent machine groups are created as necessary, to match the OU hierarchy. Alternatively, a computer can be assigned a policy that assigns it to a fixed machine group. This policy can be overridden by Computers policy.
  • Contacts Policy - Sets the Discovery contact policy for included contacts in an OU/container.
    • Include new Contacts - If checked, the policy assigned this OU/container is applied to newly discovered contacts.
  • Apply Changes - Applies Discovery policy changes pending on all Policies tabs.

Column Headings

  • Type

    - Domain

    Word 80% / HTML 100% - Container

    - Organizational Unit

  • Container/Org Unit - The canonical name of a container or organizational unit in the Active Directory domain. A A canonical name provides the complete hierarchy of OUs/containers used to locate folders and items—such as computers, contacts or groups—in a domain, similar in format to the full path name of a file in a disk directory.
  • Include New Computers - If checked, the policy assigned this OU/container is applied to newly discovered computers.
  • Selected Computers - Represents the number of machines that have are included in this OU/container. Initially this number is zero.
  • Total Computers - Represents the total number of machines that are members of this OU/container.
  • Machine Group Override - Specifies the machine group to assign when an agent is installed. Use Directory Default specifies the default machine group for the organization associated with the domain using the Probe Deployment tab.
  • Auto Portal Computers - If checked, these computers are automatically assigned to be portal access candidate machines.
  • Incl New Contacts - If checked, the policy assigned this OU/container is applied to newly discovered contacts.
  • Selected Contacts - The number of contacts that are included in this OU/container. Initially this number is zero.
  • Total Contacts - The total number of contacts that are members of this OU/container.