Saving an Audit or a Snapshot Specification as an Audit Policy

You can save an audit or a snapshot specification’s rules as an audit policy. The audit policy can then be used in another audit or snapshot specification. If your audit rules require the latest Agent on the target servers, the SA Client displays a message reminding you to update the Agents or create exceptions in the audit to avoid runtime errors.

All audit policies you create must be saved in the SA Library in a folder. Each audit policy name within a folder must be unique. To save an audit policy to a folder, you must have permissions to write to that folder. For more information on folder permissions, see the SA 10.50 User Guide or contact your SA administrator.

To save an audit or snapshot specification as an audit policy:

Open an existing audit or snapshot specification from the SA Library:

In the navigation pane, select Library > Audit and Remediation > Audits. Select an operating system: Windows or Unix. From the content pane, open an audit.

In the navigation pane, open an existing snapshot specification from select Library > Audit and Remediation > Snapshot Specifications. From the content pane, open a snapshot specification.

After you have configured the audit’s or the snapshot specification’s rules, from the File menu, select Save As.

In the Save As window, enter a name and description.

In the Type list, select Audit Policy.

Click Select.

In the Select Folder window, choose a folder where you want to save the audit policy and then click OK. The audit policy is saved and can be accessed at Library > Audit and Remediation > Audit Policies.