Administrator's Reference

ACTIVATE POLICYSET (Activate a New Policy Set)

Use the ACTIVATE POLICYSET command to specify a policy set as the ACTIVE policy set for a policy domain.

The ACTIVATE POLICYSET command fails if the following conditions exist:

• A copy group within the policy set specifies a copy storage pool as a destination.

• A management class specifies a copy pool as the destination for space-managed files.

• A default management class is not defined.

When a policy set is activated, the contents of the policy set are copied to a policy set that has the reserved name ACTIVE. Once activated, there is no real relationship between the policy set that has been activated (copied to ACTIVE) and the contents of the ACTIVE policy set. The original policy set can still be modified, but the copied definitions in the ACTIVE policy set can only be modified by activating another policy set.

Because of this copying process, you should not assume that the definitions in the policy set that was last activated are the same as those in the ACTIVE policy set; the original policy set may have been modified since activation.

You can define multiple policy sets for a policy domain, but only one policy set can be active at a time. The current active policy set is replaced by the one you specify when you issue this command.

Prior to activating a policy set, issue the VALIDATE POLICYSET command. This command verifies that a policy set is complete and valid prior to activation.

You can use the QUERY DOMAIN command to find out which policy set was last activated.

Privilege Class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege, unrestricted policy privilege, or restricted policy privilege for the policy domain to which the policy set belongs.

Syntax

>>-ACTivate POlicyset--domainname--setname---------------------><
 

Parameters

domainname

Specifies the name of the policy domain for the policy set you want to activate. This parameter is required.

setname

Specifies the name of policy set you want to activate. This parameter is required.

Examples

Task

Activate the VACATION policy set in the EMPLOYEE_RECORDS policy domain.

Command:

activate policyset employee_records vacation

Related Commands

Table 10. Commands Related to ACTIVATE POLICYSET

Command	Description
COPY POLICYSET	Creates a copy of an existing policy set.
DEFINE POLICYSET	Defines a policy set within the specified policy domain.
DELETE POLICYSET	Deletes a policy set, including its management classes and copy groups, from a policy domain.
QUERY DOMAIN	Displays information about one or more policy domains.
QUERY POLICYSET	Displays information about one or more policy sets.
UPDATE POLICYSET	Changes the description of a policy set.
VALIDATE POLICYSET	Verifies and reports on conditions the administrator must consider before activating the policy set.