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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 55 Using Health Monitoring
Configuring Health Policies
A health policy comparison report is a record of all differences between two health policies or two
revisions of the same health policy identified by the health policy comparison view, presented as a PDF.
You can use this report to further examine the differences between two health policy configurations and
to save and disseminate your findings.
revisions of the same health policy identified by the health policy comparison view, presented as a PDF.
You can use this report to further examine the differences between two health policy configurations and
to save and disseminate your findings.
You can generate a health policy comparison report from the comparison view for any health policies to
which you have access. Remember to commit any potential changes before you generate a health policy
report; only committed changes appear in the report.
which you have access. Remember to commit any potential changes before you generate a health policy
report; only committed changes appear in the report.
Depending on your configuration, a health policy comparison report can contain one or more sections.
The following sample graphic displays the Policy Information and Modules sections of a health policy
comparison report, and lists the configuration for each rule for both health policy configurations. Each
section uses the same format and provides the same level of detail. Note that the Value A and Value B
columns represent the policies or policy revisions you configured in the comparison view.
The following sample graphic displays the Policy Information and Modules sections of a health policy
comparison report, and lists the configuration for each rule for both health policy configurations. Each
section uses the same format and provides the same level of detail. Note that the Value A and Value B
columns represent the policies or policy revisions you configured in the comparison view.
You use a similar procedure to compare other types of policies on the FireSIGHT System. For more
information, see:
information, see:
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To compare two health policies or two revisions of the same policy:
Access:
Admin/Maint
Step 1
Select
Health > Health Policy
.
The Health Policy page appears.
Step 2
Click
Compare Policies
.
The Select Comparison window appears.
Step 3
From the
Compare Against
drop-down list, select the type of comparison you want to make:
•
To compare two different policies, select
Other Policy
.
•
To compare two revisions of the same policy, select
Other Revision
.
•
To compare another policy to the currently active policy, select
Running Configuration.
Remember to commit any changes before you generate a health policy report; only committed changes
appear in the report.
appear in the report.
Step 4
Depending on the comparison type you selected, you have the following choices:
•
If you are comparing two different policies, select the policies you want to compare from the
Policy
A
and
Policy B
drop-down lists.
•
If you are comparing two revisions of the same policy, select the policy from the
Policy
drop-down
list, then select the revisions you want to compare from the
Revision A
and
Revision B
drop-down lists.
•
If you are comparing the running configuration to another policy, select the second policy from the
Policy B
drop-down list.
Step 5
Click
OK
to display the health policy comparison view.
The comparison view appears.
Step 6
Click
Comparison Report
to generate the health policy comparison report.