Setting policy name and description

Use the first step of the wizard to set policy name, description and time preference.

Name

Specify policy name in this field.

Description

Define brief info for the created policy.

In different time zones schedule tasks on basis of

These options specify what time zone is used for policy task launch if its servers are located in different time zones. If tasks are to start at specific server time (for example, when server is idle) we recommend to select local server time, otherwise select local console time.

Local server time zone

Use this option to launch policy tasks according to the local time on each server.

Home time zone

Use this option to launch policy tasks at the time corresponding to the time zone set in the General options. It allows easy control over policy status. It is recommended to use this option to synchronize the operations for the 'Transaction Log Shipping' task.