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Steph_282542's avatar
Apr 17, 2017

Why "Do not enable both staging and Add All Entities in the same wildcard entity" ?

Reading the documentation I often find the recommendation:   "Do not enable both staging and Add All Entities on the same wildcard entity" But the reason why is not given. Can someone explain ...
  • Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
    Apr 18, 2017

    Mode: Add all Entities

     

    In this mode the wildcard allows ASM to learn new entities. When the policy is enforced the wildcards will be removed. So enabling staging on the wildcard serves no purpose since its going to be removed anyway. Anything the wildcard itself may have learned in staging will disappear when they are removed. Its just adding more work for ASM thats not needed.

     

    As ASM learns new entities in this mode they are added in staging and they immediately begin the Enforcement Readiness Period. During this time ASM watches for any attributes of an entities that may need to be adjusted. If they do, the clock starts over. It is not until the end of the Enforcement Readiness Period, where no changes have been suggested for the attributes, is when ASM will recommend you enforce an entity.