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Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
Configuration Management for Console User Guide
Configuration management (SCM) is used to manage security configuration of devices using checklists which includes creating custom checklists, customize individual checks, synchronizing, deploying checklists to devices.
Using checks and checklists
Using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard
Synchronizing out-of-date checks

Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
- Configuration Management for Console User Guide
  Configuration management (SCM) is used to manage security configuration of devices using checklists which includes creating custom checklists, customize individual checks, synchronizing, deploying checklists to devices.
  - Setting up Configuration Management
    Follow these steps to set up your Configuration Management deployment.
  - Using checks and checklists
    - Check Fixlets
    - Modifying check parameters
    - Activating Measured Value Analyses
      Click the Analyses subnode within a checklist to find measured value analyses.
    - Creating and Managing Custom Checklists
    - Using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard
      - Scanning for out-of-date checks
        You can make basic global scans or detailed targeted scans for out-of-date checks.
      - Synchronizing out-of-date checks
      - Preserving custom remediation actions
        Follow these steps to preserve manually edited remediation action scripts for checks in your custom checklists.
    - Taking a remediation action
  - Configuring Windows checklists
  - Configuring UNIX checklists
    You can configure checklists for the superseded and non-superseded UNIX content.
  - Importing SCAP content
  - Configuration Management Reporting
    In previous releases, the primary reporting tools for the Configuration Management solution included the Configuration Management dashboard, Exception Management dashboard, and Web Reports.
  - Frequently asked questions
- Security Configuration Management for WebUI User Guide
  Security Configuration Management (SCM) App in WebUI continuously assess and manages the device for security misconfiguration and deviation, which enables operator to deploy remediation action to ensure the device meets compliance standards.

Synchronizing out-of-date checks

About this task

Custom parameterizations will be automatically preserved.

Procedure

From the Out of Sync Checks window, select the checkboxes in the left-most column.
Click Synchronize in upper left corner. A progress indicator box displays the percentage complete and an estimated remaining time to complete the synchronization operation. You can also cancel the operation at any time from this window.
Note: The synchronization process can take a number of seconds per check. Keep in mind when synchronizing large sets of checks at a time.