Registering policy signatures

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
The Management Server console lets you select which policy signatures are to be scanned and optionally specify a schedule for when to run the scan. This process is called signature registration.
You determine the scope of the signature scan, that is, which hosts are scheduled to be scanned for the selected signatures, depending on where you register the signatures, as follows:
  • From the Server perspective, you can register signatures by Organization and by individual host.
  • From the Availability perspective, you can register signatures by Organization and by individual cluster.
To perform this task on the Server perspective, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the host or the Server perspective. The permission on the host may be explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization. To perform this task on the Availability perspective, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the cluster or the Availability perspective. The permission on the cluster may be explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization.
To register policy signatures
  1. In the Management Server console, choose from the following:
    Server perspective Select an Organization or a host
    Availability perspective Select an Organization or a cluster
  2. Right-click the selected object and click Policy Checks > Register Policy Signatures.
This menu option is also available from the Registered Signatures tab.
  1. In the Select Signatures panel, select the check boxes next to the available signatures that you want to register and click Next.
  2. To specify a schedule for the scan, select Select schedule and specify the schedule details. ClickNext.
  3. On the Summary panel, review the information. If you do not want to run the signature check immediately, deselect that option. Click Finish.
The signature is listed on the Registered Signatures tab as enabled.
If a signature has tunable parameters (default settings that you can modify), they are listed on the table and you can modify them.
See Setting signature tunables.
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