Health Policies

A health policy contains configurable health test criteria for several modules. You can control which health modules run against each of your appliances and configure the specific limits used in the tests run by each module.

When you configure a health policy, you decide whether to enable each health module for that policy. You also select the criteria that control which health status each enabled module reports each time it assesses the health of a process.

You can enable or disable health alerts for individual attributes within a health module. By adjusting the settings for health alerts at the attribute level, you can reduce the number of health alerts and streamline your focus on the most critical health alerts without interrupting data collection. You can continue to monitor the attribute from your Health Monitor dashboard. When you enable a health module in the health policy, the health alert configuration for all the attributes within that health module gets enabled by default.

You can create one health policy that can be applied to every appliance in your system, customize each health policy to the specific appliance where you plan to apply it, or use the default health policy provided for you.