Administrator can add one or more policies to define and manage policies for different user profiles.

To add a policy, follow the procedure:

Procedure

  1. Go to https://Telcocloud serviceassurance-ui-IP.
    A typical default URL for logging in to the user interface from the same system on which VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance is installed is, https://10.x.x.x.
  2. On the login screen, enter your user name and password.
  3. Click Next.
    The VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance user interface opens.
  4. Navigate to Administration > Access > Policies.
  5. To add policy, click Add.
  6. Enter the Name of the policy.
  7. Provide description about the policy in the Description text box.
  8. You can also create your own console with different filter set available, to view the appropriate Notification, Topology, and Metric details:
    To define Notification, Topology, and Metric filter condition, select Yes from drop-down in the Notification, Topology, and Metric details section respectively.
    Note: If you select the value as No in the drop-down of Notification, Topology, and Metric details sections, then VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance restricts data access for the respective stream.
    1. In the Filter Details section select the proper value for the following:
      1. Select the required Property from the drop-down.
      2. Select the Expression type from the drop-down.
      3. Provide the Value.
      Note:
      • For some specific boolean columns, select Yes or No from the dropdown.
      • For a selected integer or string column, provide the exact value as input.
      • To add multiple values for a single attribute, click "+" icon. The operation is "OR" between the values like ("ROUTER" "MATCHES" "SWITCH OR ROUTER "). To remove any attribute, click the cross icon.
      • Within the filter set, all operations are "AND" operations and between the filter set all operation are "OR" operation.
      • For one attribute, you can have multiple values.
  9. Click Save.
    Also, you can add main filters for policy using filter set button. See Add a Filter Set in the VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance User Guide, for more information.