5.1 Installing the Policy Editor

The Policy Editor interface lets you configure monitoring policies and assign monitoring policies to monitored computers.

For information about requirements and recommendations for computers running the Policy Editor, see the Technical Information page.

To install the Policy Editor:

  1. From Change Guardian main click, Integration > Agent Manager.

  2. Click All Assets, and then click Manage Installation and select Download.

  3. Select Change Guardian Policy Editor, and then click Start Download.

    Agent Manager downloads ChangeGuardianPolicyEditor.zip to your computer.

  4. Copy ChangeGuardianPolicyEditor.zip to the computer where you want to install the Policy Editor and extract the files.

    The package includes NetIQCGPolicyEditorInstaller.exe and NetIQCGPolicyEditorInstaller.config. Both files must be in the same directory.

  5. Log in to the computer where you want to install the Policy Editor with an administrator account.

  6. Run the installation program, NetIQCGPolicyEditorInstaller.exe, and follow the instructions.

  7. When the installation completes, click Finish.

Accessing the Policy Editor

When you start the Policy Editor you must connect to the Policy Repository, which runs on the Change Guardian server, with an account that is a member of the Administrator or Change Guardian Administrator role.

NOTE:You must always launch PE with an account in the local Administrators group.