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and click Next.
g. Click View Selected Filter Details to confirm the type, path, and depth, and click Finish.
h. To view the collected data, select Console and click UNIX > Operating System > Custom
Information.
4. Create a compliance rule to have VCM report on compliance based on the content of the file on the
managed Linux and UNIX machines.
a. Select Compliance, expand Machine Group Compliance, and click Rule Groups.
b. To add a rule group, click Add, type a name and description for the rule, select Custom
InformationData Class from the Filter Set drop-down menu, and click OK.
VCM adds a new folder to the list of rule groups.
c. To add a compliance rule to the rule group, expand your new rule group folder, click Rules, click
Add, and provide the information for the rule.
Option Action
Rule Name and
Description
Type a name and a meaningful description for the compliance rule.
Data Type Expand UNIX, and click Custom Information.
Custom Information
Data path
Select the custom information type and provide the path
information.
n Information Type: Select your custom information type from
the drop-down menu.
n File Path: Select the path to the file for VCM to collect the data.
n Internal Path: Type the path to a specific data item in the file.
n Existence: You can select any of the options, including May
Exist, Must Exist, or Must Not Exist.
Custom Information
Data Properties and
Values
Use the data that you collected earlier from the file on Linux and
UNIX managed machines to configure the conditions for the
compliance rule.
Custom Information Data Classrules typically take the following
form:
<Property Name> <Operator> <Property value>
For example:
Protocol = 2
Options Set the severity for the compliance rule. Values are Critical,
Important, Moderate, or Low.
Important Review the summary.
5. Create a compliance template so that you can run your compliance rule.
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