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User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.4
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Chapter 5 Managing Policies
Managing Policies in Device View and the Site-to-Site VPN Manager
your organization, and you can select different methods for each device. For general information
about deployment, see Working with Deployment and the Configuration Archive, page 8-26. For the
specific steps based on workflow mode, and information on the deployment methods, see the
following topics:
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Deploying Configurations in Non-Workflow Mode, page 8-29
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Deploying Configurations in Workflow Mode, page 8-35
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Deploying Configurations Using an Auto Update Server or CNS Configuration Engine,
page 8-42
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Deploying Configurations to a Token Management Server, page 8-43
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Deploying Directly to a Device, page 8-9
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Deploying to a Device through an Intermediate Server, page 8-10
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Deploying to a File, page 8-11
Copying Policies Between Devices
You can streamline device configuration by copying multiple policies, or even a complete set of policies,
from one device to other devices that support the selected policies. This makes it easy, for example, to
quickly configure a new firewall device with the same policies configured on an existing firewall device.
When you copy policies between devices, those policies that are local on the source device are copied
locally to the target device. Shared policies assigned to the source device are copied as shared policies
to the target device as well.
Tips
• If your intention is to assign a single shared policy to additional devices, we recommend that you
use the assignment feature, rather than copying the policies. For more information about sharing
policies in Device view, see Modifying Shared Policy Assignments in Device View or the
Site-to-Site VPN Manager, page 5-46.
• To create a new device of the same type that shares the same configuration and properties (including
the operating system version, credentials, and grouping attributes) as the source device, use the
Clone Device feature. For more information, see Cloning a Device, page 3-54.
Related Topics
• Managing Policies in Device View and the Site-to-Site VPN Manager, page 5-28
• Configuring Local Policies in Device View, page 5-29
• Understanding the Device View, page 3-1
• Policy Status Icons, page 5-28
• Filtering Items in Selectors, page 1-42
Step 1 In Device view, do one of the following:
• Select Policy > Copy Policies Between Devices. The Copy Policies wizard starts at step 1, the Copy
Policies from this Device page. Select the device that has the policies you want to copy and click
Next.