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This setting specifies the number of seconds after successfully downloading policy (.npl) files during which the download of these files should not be attempted again. If a value for this setting has been configured, each time the policy is applied, the policy agent checks to see if the policy files have been downloaded within this time period. If this is the case, the currently downloaded policy files are used to apply the poliy.

 

If the policy files have not been downloaded within the time interval, they are downloaded only if they have changed since they were last downloaded to the managed device (The check for this depends on the protocol in use. For HTTP download an If-Modified-Since HTTP request is used. Equivalent requests are made for other protocols.).

 

For example, policy files were downloaded at 4 PM. The value of PolicyRefreshPeriod is set to 43200 (12 hours). A scheduled task starts applying the policy at 8 PM. Since 8 PM is less than 12 hours after the policy was last downloaded, no attempt to download more recent policy files is made.

 

If no value has been configured for this setting, policy files are always downloaded regardless of whether or not they have changed since they were last downloaded. If newer policy files (those that have changed since the last download to the managed device) are to be downloaded when the policy is applied, the value for this setting needs to be set to 0 (zero).

 

 

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