Start-SCComplianceScan

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager

Start-SCComplianceScan

Starts a compliance scan of a managed computer or host cluster.

Syntax

Parameter Set: VMHostCluster
Start-SCComplianceScan -VMHostCluster <HostCluster> [-Baseline <Baseline> ] [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: VMMManagedComputer
Start-SCComplianceScan -VMMManagedComputer <VMMManagedComputer> [-Baseline <Baseline> ] [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Start-SCComplianceScan cmdlet starts a compliance scan of a managed computer or host cluster. During a compliance scan, the specified managed computer or host cluster is compared against assigned baselines, and the resulting compliance state is returned.

For more information about Start-SCComplianceScan, type: "Get-Help Start-SCComplianceScan -online".

Parameters

-Baseline<Baseline>

Specifies a VMM baseline object.

-JobVariable<String>

Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

-PROTipID<Guid>

Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

-RunAsynchronously

Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

-VMHostCluster<HostCluster>

Specifies a VMM host cluster object.

-VMMManagedComputer<VMMManagedComputer>

Specifies a computer object that is managed by VMM.

-VMMServer<ServerConnection>

Specifies a VMM server object.

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

• ComplianceStatus
• VMHostCluster

Examples

1: Scan a host against a given baseline.

The first command gets the host object named VMHost01 and stores the object in the $VMHost variable.

The second command gets the compliance status object for the host stored in $VMHost01 and stores the object in the $Compliance variable.

The next three lines use a foreach statement to loop through the baseline compliance status objects for the host. If the baseline named Security Baseline is found, then the fifth command stores it in the $Baseline variable.

The last command starts the compliance scan on the host, using the baseline stored in $Baseline, which in this example is Security Baseline.

PS C:\> $VMHost = Get-SCVMHost -ComputerName "VMHost01"
PS C:\> $Compliance = Get-SCComplianceStatus -VMMManagedComputer $VMHost.ManagedComputer
PS C:\> foreach($bsc in $Compliance.BaselineLevelComplianceStatus)`
PS C:\> {if ($bsc.Baseline.Name -eq "Security Baseline")`
PS C:\> {$Baseline = $bsc.Baseline; break}}
PS C:\> Start-SCComplianceScan -VMMManagedComputer $VMHost.ManagedComputer -Baseline $Baseline

Related topics

Get-SCComplianceStatus