Using the portal for common tasks
The following topics provide examples of how to use BladeLogic Portal to perform common tasks.
Topic | Description |
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Explains how to define most types of operation in BladeLogic Portal. | |
Explains how to provision a VM on a VMware vCenter server by running a Provisioning operation in BladeLogic Portal. | |
Explains how to define a Patch Analysis operation that examines the patch configuration of Linux servers, identifies outdated patches, corrects those discrepancies, and runs the Patch Analysis operation again to ensure patch configurations are correct. | |
Explains how to run a Compliance operation on a server to determine whether it adheres to payment card industry (PCI) standards. The example shows how to correct and set exceptions for compliance failures. | |
Explains how to run a Compliance operation to determine how well servers adhere to the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). | |
Explains how to use the portal's Inventory feature to view log files and other types of text files. | |
Explains how to map the assets and vulnerabilities detected with a vulnerability scan tool (such as Qualys or Nessus) to the servers you are managing with BladeLogic and the remediation content that has been set up there. This mapping process is a prerequisite before you can use the portal to correct any vulnerabilities revealed in the scan. When you complete this walkthrough, continue the remediation process, as described in Walkthrough-Remediating-problems-detected-in-a-vulnerability-scan. | |
Explains how to correct vulnerabilities detected in a vulnerability scan performed with a tool such as Qualys or Nessus. The process consists of displaying vulnerabilities in a dashboard, refining the number of vulnerabilities displayed there, and launching a wizard that configures operations to correct vulnerabilities. Before you can perform this walkthrough, you must import a vulnerability scan report and map its information to servers and remediation content in your BladeLogic system. That process is described in Walkthrough-Mapping-vulnerability-scan-results-to-your-environment. |