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5.3.3 Virtual policies
In addition to created policies, as well as those replicated from other servers (see chapter Replication tab ), the Policy
Tree also contains a Default Parent Policy and Default Primary Clients Policy, which are referred to as virtual policies.
The default Parent Policy is located on an upper server in the Global Policy Settings and selected as Default policy for
lower servers. If the server is not replicated, this policy is empty (will be explained later on).
The default Primary Clients Policy is located on the given server (not on upper server) in Global Policy Settings and picked
up in Default policy for primary clients. It is automatically forced to newly connected clients (primary clients) of the given
ERAS, unless they have already adopted some other policy from Policy Rules (for more information, see chapter Assigning
policies to clients . Virtual policies are links to other policies located on the same server.
5.3.4 Role and purpose of policies in the policy tree structure
Each policy in the Policy Tree is assigned an icon on the left. The meaning of icons are as follows:
1) Policies with blue icons refer to those present on the given server. There are three subgroups of blue icons:
Icons with white targets – Policy was created on that server. In addition, it is not down replicable, which means it is not
assigned to clients from lower servers and also it does not serve as a parent policy for the child servers. These policies can
only be applied within the server – to clients connected to the server. It can also serve as a parent policy for another policy
from the same server.
Icons with blue targets – Policy was also created on the server, however, the option Override any child policy is
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