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What is a policy source on the X10G security blade

Every Websense Web solution deployment must include a single policy source. This is a security blade or other server that hosts 2 components, Websense Policy Broker and Websense Policy Database, in addition to other Web solution components. All other Websense security blades or other servers point to this machine and receive regular updates from it. This blade (or other server) is called the policy source.

When a security blade for a Web solution is configured as a policy source, all available Web solution components run on that blade, including some or all of the following:

Policy Database

Policy Broker

Policy Server

Filtering Service

User Service

Usage Monitor

Directory Agent

Control Service

Websense Content Gateway (Web Security Gateway)

Network Agent (optional on blade in slot 16 only)

Windows-only services, like Log Server, and optional services, like transparent identification agents, still run on other machines.

When a policy source blade runs a Web security solution, the TRITON services are disabled by default.

A non-blade policy source is a server off the chassis that is hosting Policy Broker. The Policy Database is automatically created and run on the Policy Broker machine. This machine typically also includes a Policy Server instance, and may include additional Websense software components.

The Policy Database holds all filtering policies (including client definitions, filters, and filter components) for all security blades and all domains in the network. It also holds global configuration information that applies to the entire deployment.

If you are configuring a blade that is not the full policy source machine, then it must point to the policy source.

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