All child subgroups in the System Tree hierarchy inherit policies set at their parent groups. These inheritance rules simplify policy and task administration.
Policies set at the My Organization level of the System Tree apply to all groups.
Group policies apply to all subgroups or individual systems in that group.
Inheritance is enabled by default for all groups and individual systems that you add to the System Tree.
Default inheritance allows you to set policies and schedule client tasks in fewer places.
To allow for customization, inheritance can be broken by applying a new policy at any location of the System Tree.
You can lock policy assignments to preserve inheritance.
In this example, Windows users under the Server group for Los Angeles automatically inherit the Server group policies. Users under the Server group for San Francisco inherit a different set of policies.
System Tree | Hierarchy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
My Organization | Top-level group | |||
Los Angeles | Child subgroup of My Organization | |||
Desktop | Child subgroup of Los Angeles | |||
Laptop | Child subgroup of Los Angeles | |||
Server | Child subgroup of Los Angeles | |||
Windows | Child subgroup of Server | |||
SQL | Child subgroup of Server | |||
Linux | Child subgroup of Server | |||
San Francisco | Child subgroup of My Organization | |||
Desktop | Child subgroup of San Francisco | |||
Laptop | Child subgroup of San Francisco | |||
Server | Child subgroup of San Francisco | |||
Lost and Found | Child subgroup of My Organization | |||