Deploy Configuration Baseline
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator
The objective of this activity is to assign a configuration baseline to a collection. It requires a pre-existing baseline as well as a collection to which the baseline will be assigned.
The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data. The following tables list the required and optional properties and published data for this activity.
Deploy Configuration Required Properties
Element |
Description |
Valid Values |
Deployment Name |
The desired name for the new deployment that will be shown in the Configuration Manager console |
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Baseline |
Performs a WMI query against Configuration Manager and returns the baseline information |
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Baseline Value Type |
The type of baseline value |
ID or Name |
Collection |
Performs a WMI query against Configuration Manager and returns the collection information |
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Collection Value Type |
The type of collection value |
ID or Name |
Remediate non-compliant rules when supported |
Enables the remediation of non-compliant rules |
True or False |
Allow Remediation outside of Maintenance Windows |
Enables the remediation of non-compliant rules outside of the maintence |
True or False |
Schedule Tab Properties
Element | Description |
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Start |
Defines a date and timestamp and how the time values are interpreted. Options are:
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Recurrence Pattern |
Determines how often the configuration baseline should be deployed. Options are:
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Alerts Tab Properties
Element | Description |
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Generate Alerts |
True or False (Default = False) When set to True, an alert definition will be created for the configuration baseline deployment according to the settings below. When set to False, alert settings in this group are ignored. |
When Compliance % Below |
When compliance with this configuration baseline is below this percentage, an alert will be generated in Configuration Manager. Valid values: 1 - 99 |
After Date and Time |
Alerts will be generated only after this period of time has elapsed from the configuration baseline’s deployment. |
Also Generate a System Center Operations Manager Alert |
True or False (Default = False). Note Requires an Operations Manager connection with Configuration Manager |
Deploy Configuration Optional Properties
There are no optional properties for this activity.
Deploy Configuration Published Data
Element |
Description |
Valid Values |
Connection |
Specifies the name of the connection to the Configuration Manager server |
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Collection ID |
Provides the Collection ID value for the collection targeted for this activity (in case the collection name was specified for the input property). |