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■ (^) Conditions: Defi ned by the DBA, based on one facet, are the anted states, or val-
ues, for facet properties. An example of a condition is to check that a database’s
Recovery mode must be set to Simple mode. Conditions can contain one or more
clauses in them.
■ (^) Policies: Defi ned by the DBA, based on a single condition, declare how and upon
what object (server, database, and so on) the condition should be enforced.
The UI for PBM is in Management Studio’s Object Explorer under the Management node, as
shown in Figure 20-1. For many other objects within Management Studio, you can access
PBM features related to that object by selecting Facets from the object’s context menu.
FIGURE 20-1
You can also evaluate policies directly against an object, Under the Management node
PBM’s policies, conditions, and facets in Object Explorer.
Management Facets
A brilliant-cut diamond has 58 facets. PBM has 84 management facets.. The easiest way to
see all the facets is to open the Facets node under Management ➪ Policy Management (refer
to Figure 20-1).
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