System information

Parallels Mac Management Features

1 In the Configuration Manager console, right-click the baseline that you've created and click

Deploy in the pop-up menu.

2 In the Deploy Configuration Baselines dialog, click the Browse button.

3 In the Select Collection dialog, select Device Collections in the drop-down list box and then

select the All Mac OS X Systems collection in the list. Click OK.

4 When back in the Deploy Configuration Baselines dialog, specify the desired schedule for the

baseline and click OK.

A configuration baseline will run as scheduled for as long as it exists. To delete a baseline, right-

click it and then click Delete.

Receiving DCM Reports

Corporate policies can be enforced on Mac OS X computers using the Desired Configuration

Management. Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM provides a reporting functionality

that allows to evaluate the results of enforcing corporate policies on individual Mac computers.

To enforce a policy, the IT administrator creates a configuration item, adds it to a baseline, and

then deploys the baseline to a Mac collection. When the baseline runs, each configuration item is

applied to a Mac and modifies a corresponding configuration according to the rules that it contains.

After the configuration changes are made to the Mac, the following reports are generated on the

Mac side:

• A report for each configuration item applied to a Mac (a configuration baseline can contain

more than one configuration item, so a report is generated for each individual item).

• A summary report for the baseline after all configuration items are applied to a Mac.

As soon as a report is generated, the Mac Client sends it to the Configuration Manager Proxy,

which sends it to the Configuration Manager. When the Mac evaluation for compliance completes,

the IT administrator can view the reports in the Configuration Manager console. If the client

software on the Mac cannot establish a connection with the Configuration Manager Proxy, the

reports are saved locally on the Mac and the transfer is resumed as soon as the connection

becomes available.

To view the DCM evaluation reports in the Configuration Manager console, you need a Reporting

Point set up on your Configuration Manager site. If you don't have a Reporting Point, set it up in the

Configuration Manager console using the standard Configuration Manager functionality.

To view the Desired Configuration Management reports:

1 In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to Site Database / Computer Management /

Reporting / Reports.

2 In the report list, find the "Compliance for a computer by configuration item" report or the

"Compliance for a computer by configuration baseline" report, right-click it and then click Run

in the pop-up menu.