Activate Core Protection Module for Mac Analysis

Core Protection Module for Mac includes a number of analyses that are used to collect statistics from target computers. Analyses data is used to display information, typically in reports, about endpoint scan and configuration settings, server settings, spyware, and virus events. Analyses must be activated before they can be used.

  1. From the IBM BigFix Console, click Endpoint Protection on the lower left pane.
  2. From the upper left navigation pane, go to Core Protection Module > Analyses > CPM for Mac Endpoints > [analysis name]. The Analysis Description tab opens.
  3. Below the description, click the hyperlink to activate the analysis.
  4. At the prompt, type your private key password and click OK.

Shortcut: Activate All CPM for Mac Analyses

You can activate all CPM for Mac analyses at the same time, avoiding the need to repeatedly type your private key password and click OK. You can activate the CPM for Mac client analyses at anytime, before or after the CPM for Mac clients are deployed.
  1. From the BigFix Console, click Endpoint Protection on the lower left pane.
  2. From the upper left navigation pane, go to Core Protection Module > Analyses.
  3. Click the Name column header to sort the analyses in alphabetical order, then scroll down the list and select all the Core Protection Module for Mac analyses.
  4. Right-click the list that you selected. In the menu that opens, click Activate.
  5. At the prompt, type your private key password and click OK.

    CPM activates all the Analyses.