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Configure the General Properties of Policy-Based Management

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Applies to: SQL Server

This topic describes how to configure the properties for Policy-Based Management in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL.

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Before You Begin

Security

Permissions

Requires membership in the PolicyAdministratorRole fixed database role.

Using SQL Server Management Studio

To configure Policy-Based Management

  1. In Object Explorer, click the plus sign to expand the server where you want to configure Policy-Based Management properties.

  2. Click the plus sign to expand the Management folder.

  3. Right-click Policy Management and select Properties.

    The following options are available in Policy Management Properties dialog box.

    Enabled
    Specifies whether Policy-Based Management is enabled.

    HistoryRetentionInDays
    Specifies the number of days that policy evaluation history should be retained. If this value is 0 (the default), the history will not be automatically removed.

    LogOnSuccess
    Specifies whether Policy-Based Management logs successful policy evaluations.

    • When this value is false (the default), only failed policy evaluations are logged.

    • When this value is true, both successful and failed policy evaluations are logged.

  4. When finished, click OK.

Using Transact-SQL

To configure Policy-Based Management

  1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of Database Engine.

  2. On the Standard bar, click New Query.

  3. Copy and paste the following example into the query window and click Execute.

    -- enables Policy-Based Management   
USE msdb;  
GO  
EXEC dbo.sp_syspolicy_configure   
     @name = N'Enabled',   
     @value = 1;  
GO

For more information, see sp_syspolicy_configure (Transact-SQL).