F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 8.0 Administrator's Manual - page 79
CHAPTER 5
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Using F-Secure Policy Manager Console
icon in the domain tree and they will appear in the Disconnected Hosts list
in the Domain status view. Note that it is possible to define an interval that
is shorter than one day by simply typing in a floating point number in the
setting field. For example, with a value of "0.5" all hosts that have not
contacted the server within 12 hours are considered disconnected. Values
less than one day are normally useful only for trouble shooting purposes,
because in a typical environment some hosts are naturally disconnected
from the server every now and then. For example, laptop computers may
not be able to access the server daily, but in most cases this is perfectly
acceptable behavior.
Figure 5-3 Connection Properties > Communication dialog
The communication protocol selection affects the default polling intervals.
You should modify the communication setting to suit your environment. If
you are not interested in certain management information, you should
switch unnecessary polling off by clearing the polling item you want to
disable. Disable All Polling disables all of the polling items. Whether or not
automatic polling is disabled, manual refresh operations can be used to
refresh the selected view.