Technical Notes

Using Group Policy to Meter Reflection 2008
Technical Note 2392
Last Reviewed 13-Nov-2008
Applies To
Reflection for IBM 2008
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2008
Reflection Standard Suite 2008
Summary

You can meter Reflection for IBM 2008 and Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2008 sessions using Reflection for the Web or Reflection Administrator. This technical note describes how to obtain and configure the Reflection group policy that supports client metering.

Step 1 – Download the ReflectionPolicy.adm File

Download and unzip the Reflection policy template:

1. From the Attachmate Download Library, download the file ReflectionPolicy.zip.
2. Unzip the file to \%systemroot%\inf folder (for example, C:\Windows\inf\).

Step 2 – Install the Group Policy

To use this policy, the Reflection policy template must first be added to your Windows Group Policy editor by adding the ReflectionPolicy.adm file to the editor.

1. Run Gpedit.msc from the command line, or open the properties for an Organizational Unit in the Active Directory Users and Computers console, click the Group Policy tab, and edit or create a new policy object.
2. Expand the Computer Configuration tree.
3. Right-click the Administrative Templates container and select Add/Remove Templates.
4. In the Add/Remove Templates dialog box, click Add and browse to the \%systemroot%\inf folder (for example, “C:\Windows\inf”).
5. Select the ReflectionPolicy.adm file. Open the template, and then close the Add/Remove Templates dialog box.

Step 3 – Configure Client Metering Policy

Use the Windows Group Policy editor to configure the client metering policy, which is available from Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Reflection Settings > Client Metering.

Setting Name and Description	Value Type
Client metering, Require connection to metering server, and Metering web server: If this policy is enabled, Reflection attempts to contact the Reflection metering server at the specified URL. If Reflection cannot contact the metering server and "Require connection to metering server" is checked, Reflection exits after issuing an error message.	Enable/ Disable

Note: Metering options configured with Group Policy settings take precedence over installed settings.

For detailed information about metering, see Technical Notes 2189 and 1740.

Related Technical Notes

1740	Web-based Management of Windows-based Reflection Sessions
2189	Reflection for the Web Usage Metering Explained