Policy\CIM_PolicyGroup.mof.mof (HTML version)

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CIM_PolicyGroup Superclass: CIM_PolicySet
An aggregation of PolicySet instances (PolicyGroups and/or PolicyRules) that have the same decision strategy and inherit policy roles. PolicyGroup instances are defined and named relative to the CIM_System that provides their context.
Qualifiers:Version ( "2.6.0" )
Parameters (local in grey)
MaxLen ( 256 )
Propagated ( "CIM_System.CreationClassName" )
Key
string SystemCreationClassName ;
The scoping System's CreationClassName.
MaxLen ( 256 )
Propagated ( "CIM_System.Name" )
Key
string SystemName ;
The scoping System's Name.
MaxLen ( 256 )
Key
string CreationClassName ;
CreationClassName indicates the name of the class or the subclass used in the creation of an instance. When used with the other key properties of this class, this property allows all instances of this class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.
MaxLen ( 256 )
Key
string PolicyGroupName ;
A user-friendly name of this PolicyGroup.
ValueMap { "1" }
Values { "First Matching" }
uint16 PolicyDecisionStrategy ;
PolicyDecisionStrategy defines the evaluation method used for policies contained in the PolicySet. FirstMatching enforces the actions of the first rule that evaluates to TRUE. It is the only value currently defined.
ValueMap { "1" , "2" , "3" }
Values { "Enabled" , "Disabled" , "Enabled For Debug" }
uint16 Enabled = 1 ;
Indicates whether this PolicySet is administratively enabled, administratively disabled, or enabled for debug. The 'EnabledForDebug' property value is deprecated and, when it or any value not understood by the receiver is specified, the receiving enforcement point treats the PolicySet as 'Disabled'. To determine if a PolicySet is 'Enabled', the containment hierarchy specified by the PolicySetComponent aggregation is examined and the Enabled property values of the hierarchy are ANDed together. Thus, for example, everything aggregated by a PolicyGroup may be disabled by setting the Enabled property in the PolicyGroup instance to 'Disabled' without changing the Enabled property values of any of the aggregated instances. The default value is 1 ('Enabled').
Deprecated { "CIM_PolicySetInRoleCollection" }
string PolicyRoles [ ] ;
The PolicyRoles property represents the roles associated with a PolicySet. All contained PolicySet instances inherit the values of the PolicyRoles of the aggregating PolicySet but the values are not copied. A contained PolicySet instance may, however, add additional PolicyRoles to those it inherits from its aggregating PolicySet(s). Each value in PolicyRoles multi-valued property represents a role for which the PolicySet applies, i.e., the PolicySet should be used by any enforcement point that assumes any of the listed PolicyRoles values.

Although not officially designated as 'role combinations', multiple roles may be specified using the form:
<RoleName>[&&<RoleName>]*
where the individual role names appear in alphabetical order (according to the collating sequence for UCS-2). Implementations may treat PolicyRoles values that are specified as 'role combinations' as simple strings.

This property is deprecated in lieu of the use of an association, CIM_PolicySetInRoleCollection. The latter is a more explicit and less error-prone approach to modeling that a PolicySet has one or more PolicyRoles.
string PolicyKeywords [ ] ;
An array of keywords for characterizing / categorizing policy objects. Keywords are of one of two types:
- Keywords defined in this and other MOFs, or in DMTF white papers. These keywords provide a vendor- independent, installation-independent way of characterizing policy objects.
- Installation-dependent keywords for characterizing policy objects. Examples include 'Engineering', 'Billing', and 'Review in December 2000'.
This MOF defines the following keywords: 'UNKNOWN', 'CONFIGURATION', 'USAGE', 'SECURITY', 'SERVICE', 'MOTIVATIONAL', 'INSTALLATION', and 'EVENT'. These concepts are self-explanatory and are further discussed in the SLA/Policy White Paper. One additional keyword is defined: 'POLICY'. The role of this keyword is to identify policy-related instances that may not be otherwise identifiable, in some implementations. The keyword 'POLICY' is NOT mutually exclusive of the other keywords specified above.
string CommonName ;
A user-friendly name of this policy-related object.
string ElementName ;
A user-friendly name for the object. This property allows each instance to define a user-friendly name in addition to its key properties, identity data, and description information.
Note that the Name property of ManagedSystemElement is also defined as a user-friendly name. But, it is often subclassed to be a Key. It is not reasonable that the same property can convey both identity and a user-friendly name, without inconsistencies. Where Name exists and is not a Key (such as for instances of LogicalDevice), the same information can be present in both the Name and ElementName properties.
MaxLen ( 64 )
string Caption ;
The Caption property is a short textual description (one- line string) of the object.
string Description ;
The Description property provides a textual description of the object.