To create a monitor policy

1. In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Monitoring and Alerting.

2. In the left pane, click Monitoring and Alerting > Monitor > Policies > Monitor Policies, and select the folder where you want to create the policy.

3. Right-click the folder, and then click New > Monitor Policy (Agentless) or New > Monitor Policy (Agent-based).

4. Use the Rules tab to add, remove, and edit the rules that are contained in the monitor policy.

   See Adding rules to a monitor policy.

5. (Agent-based policy only) Use the Detection tab to add, remove, and edit application detection settings for the monitoring policy.

   See Adding application detection to a monitor policy.

6. Use the Actions tab to configure the tasks that you want the policy to run when different severities are reached.

   See Adding actions to monitor policies.

7. Use the Applies To section to add and remove groups of the computers that you want the monitor policy to monitor.

   See Adding computers to a monitor policy.

8. Click Save changes.