Deactivating a Design/Change-Time Policy
Deactivating a design/change-time policy causes CentraSite to suppress enforcement of the policy. You usually deactivate a policy for the following reasons:
To suspend enforcement of a particular policy (temporarily or permanently).
To edit a policy (for example, to modify the scope of a policy or change its action list).
To deactivate a policy, you change the policy to the Suspended state. Switching the policy to this state triggers the Automatic Policy Deactivation policy, which deactivates the policy. Switching the policy to the Retired state also deactivates the policy, but you do not want to switch a policy to this state unless you intend to deactivate it permanently. After you place a policy in the Retired state, you cannot reactivate it.
When you deactivate a policy, keep the following points in mind:
CentraSite will not deactivate a policy if it is in the process of being executed. If you attempt to deactivate a policy while it is executing, your state change request will fail. If this occurs, wait for a period time and then try to deactivate the policy again.
To deactivate a policy, you must have permission to change the policy to the Suspended state.
Important: | If you belong to a role that includes the Manage System-Wide Design/Change-Time Policies permission, you have the ability to deactivate CentraSite's predefined policies. However, you should not do this. These policies perform critical functions within the registry and must not be deactivated except under the direction of a technical representative from Software AG. |
To deactivate a policy
1. Display the Design/Change-Time Policy Details page for the policy that you want to deactivate. If you need procedures for this step, see Viewing or Changing a Policy. 2. In the Policy Information panel, click the Change State button. (If you do not see the Change State button, it is probably because you do not have permission to change the lifecycle state of a policy.)
3. In the Change Lifecycle State dialog box, select the Suspended state (to deactivate it temporarily) or the Retired state (to deactivate it permanently), then click OK
4. Examine the State field in the Policy Information panel to verify that the policy's state has been changed.
If this state change requires approval, the
State field will indicate that the policy is in the "pending" mode.
CentraSite will automatically switch the policy to the requested state (and deactivate the policy) after all the necessary approvals have been obtained. For information about checking the status of objects that you have submitted for approval, see
Reviewing Requests that You Have Submitted
for Approval.
