Setting the Exception Policy Maximum CPU Limit

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You can specify the maximum CPU limit for select host sets in your environment by creating a custom policy in the Web UI to define your exception resource use policy

Note

Real-time collection is excluded from CPU limiting.

To define the maximum CPU limit for your custom exception policy:

  1. Log in to the Web UI as an administrator.

  2. From the Admin menu, select Policies to access the Policies page.

  3. Click Create Custom Policy to go to the Create Policy page.

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  4. Enter a policy name in the Name field and a policy description in the Description field.

  5. Click CATEGORIES to access a list of the policy categories.

  6. Select the Resource Use checkbox and click Apply.

  7. In the Resource Use section, specify the percentage of CPU that agents in the selected host sets can use when performing tasks on behalf of the Endpoint Security (HX) server in the CPU use field. Valid values range from 10 through 100 percent.

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  8. Click SAVE.

  9. Toggle the policy Enabled/Disabled switch to Enabled to activate the new policy.

Now you can assign host sets to the custom policy and set the policy priority level. See Assigning Host Sets to Agent Policies and Configuring Policy Priority Using the Web UI for more information.