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Viewing policy package status

Viewing policy package status

On the Device Manager pane, you can view the policy package status for managed devices.

For a description of other columns on the Device Manager pane, see Viewing managed devices.

To view policy package status:
  1. Go to Device Manager > Device & Groups.
  2. In the toolbar, select Table View from the dropdown menu.
  3. In the tree menu, click the device group name, for example, Managed Devices. The devices in the group are displayed in the content pane.

    The following table identifies the different available policy package statuses.

    Policy Package Status

    Icon

    Description

    Imported

    Green check

    Policies and objects are imported into FortiManager.

    Synchronized

    Green check

    Policies and objects are synchronized between FortiManager and the managed device.

    Modified

    Yellow triangle

    Policies or objects are modified on FortiManager.

    Out of Sync

    Red X

    Policies or objects are modified on the managed device.

    Unknown with policy package name

    Gray question mark

    Configurations of the managed device are retrieved on FortiManager after being imported/installed.

    For example, when you retrieve a policy package after upgrading FortiOS, the policy package status changes to Unknown.

    Never Installed

    Yellow triangle

    The assigned policy package is not the result of an import for this device, and the package has not been installed since it has been assigned to this device.

Viewing policy package status

On the Device Manager pane, you can view the policy package status for managed devices.

For a description of other columns on the Device Manager pane, see Viewing managed devices.

To view policy package status:
  1. Go to Device Manager > Device & Groups.
  2. In the toolbar, select Table View from the dropdown menu.
  3. In the tree menu, click the device group name, for example, Managed Devices. The devices in the group are displayed in the content pane.

    The following table identifies the different available policy package statuses.

    Policy Package Status

    Icon

    Description

    Imported

    Green check

    Policies and objects are imported into FortiManager.

    Synchronized

    Green check

    Policies and objects are synchronized between FortiManager and the managed device.

    Modified

    Yellow triangle

    Policies or objects are modified on FortiManager.

    Out of Sync

    Red X

    Policies or objects are modified on the managed device.

    Unknown with policy package name

    Gray question mark

    Configurations of the managed device are retrieved on FortiManager after being imported/installed.

    For example, when you retrieve a policy package after upgrading FortiOS, the policy package status changes to Unknown.

    Never Installed

    Yellow triangle

    The assigned policy package is not the result of an import for this device, and the package has not been installed since it has been assigned to this device.