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Chapter 18. Implementing Policy-Based Management

In this chapter:

Introducing Policy-Based Management

Working with Policy-Based Management

Managing Policies Throughout the Enterprise

Policy-Based Management is an extensible and scalable configuration framework that you can use to manage servers, databases, and other objects in your data environments. As an administrator, you’ll need to be very familiar with how Policy-Based Management technology works, and that’s exactly what this chapter is about. If you haven’t worked with Policy-Based Management technology before, one thing you’ll notice immediately is that the technology is fairly advanced and has many features. To help you manage this complex technology, I’ll start with an overview of Policy-Based ...