Creating and deploying a baseline
Baselines are rules you target to collections of machines to test for compliance. A software update deployment is a form of a baseline. It contains a group of patches and rules to test for clients. In CM12, baselines can also remediate settings you want to change.
Getting ready
You should now see a CI called Company Server Policy in the right-hand pane of Configuration Items, under Assets and Compliance | Compliance Settings | Configuration Items. If not, complete the previous task to create it. If you don't already have a collection created to pilot baselines to, create one before proceeding.
How to do it...
- In the CM admin console, navigate to Assets and Compliance | Compliance Settings | Configuration Baselines ...
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