Deactivating a Run-Time Policy
Deactivating a run-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.
To deactivate a policy
2. Locate the policy you want to deactivate.
3. Toggle the policy's decoration indicator to “Suspended” state (to deactivate it temporarily) or the “Retired” state (to deactivate it permanently). (If you do not see the decoration indicator, it is probably because you do not have permission to change the lifecycle state of a policy.)
4. Examine the policy's decoration indicator on the Search Results for Governance Rules page to verify that the policy's state has been changed.
If this state change requires approval, the policy's decoration indicator 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.
