SW Policies created on the ES don't replicate down to DM

Products

• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager

Issue/Introduction

When creating a Software Policy on the Enterprise Server:

This policy is not replicated down to the Domain Manager:

Environment

Client Automation - 14.5 and above

Resolution

The replication of the Software Policy is not automatically made unless is defined that way.

When a SW Policy is created on the Enterprise Server, before actually creating it, it's required to specifically tell to which DM (or all of them) this policy will be replicated. This is done on the Wizard during the creation of the policy:

After the Replication task on the Engine runs, this policy appears on the Domain Manager:

Additional Information

When a SW Policy is created on the Enterprise Server and was defined to be replicated down to a Domain Manager, a Software Distribution job is created for it on the ES: