When you run or schedule a run of a security check or policy template, you can specify whether you want to distribute a copy of the report to a file or share or to specific users through email.
NOTE:
To distribute a report, you must install the Secure Configuration Manager console on the same drive where you installed Core Services.
To distribute a report in Excel format, Microsoft Excel must be installed on the Core Services computer. For more information, see the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager Installation Guide.
When you run a security check or policy template in the run wizards, you can distribute a copy of the report to a file or share. To distribute a report, your Core Services account needs the Full Control permissions to the file or share where you want to save the report. By default, Core Services runs under the LocalSystem account. For more information, see Section 3.6, Managing Permissions.
NOTE:
To distribute a report, you must install the Secure Configuration Manager console on the same drive where you installed Core Services.
To distribute a report in Excel format, Microsoft Excel must be installed on the Core Services computer. For more information, see the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager Installation Guide.
To distribute reports to a file or share:
In the left pane, click Security Knowledge.
In the Security Knowledge tree pane, expand the tree to locate the security check or policy template that you want to run.
In the content pane, right-click the security check or policy template you want to run, and then click the Run option.
In the run wizard, click Targets, and then select the group or individual endpoints that you want to check.
Click Distribution.
Select Enable Distribution.
Click Add, and then select File distribution.
In the File Distribution window, complete the required fields.
(Optional) To overwrite an existing file, select Overwrite existing file.
(Optional) To create a new file for each report run, select Save all runs of the report.
(Optional) To compress the report, select Compress this file before distributing and then specify the file extension for the compressed file.
Click OK.
Click Finish.
When you run a security check or policy template in the run wizards, you can distribute a copy of the report to an email recipient. To distribute a report through email, ensure that you have specified a mail server for Secure Configuration Manager to use to send email. You can specify a mail server using the Core Services Configuration Utility.
NOTE:
To distribute a report, you must install the Secure Configuration Manager console on the same drive where you installed Core Services.
To distribute a report in Excel format, Microsoft Excel must be installed on the Core Services computer. For more information, see the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager Installation Guide.
To distribute reports through email:
In the left pane, click Security Knowledge.
In the Security Knowledge tree pane, expand the tree to locate the security check or policy template you want to run.
In the content pane, right-click the security check or policy template that you want to run, and then click the Run option.
In the wizard, click Targets, and then select the group or individual endpoints that you want to check.
Click Distribution.
Select Enable Distribution.
Click Add, and then select Email distribution.
In the Email Distribution window, complete the required fields.
(Optional) To compress the report, select Compress this file before distributing and then specify the file extension for the compressed file.
Click OK.
Click Finish.