File Configuration Editor Dialog Box - Symantec ALTIRIS INVENTORY SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual

112 Gathering baseline inventory

File Configuration Editor dialog box

File Configuration Editor dialog box
File Baseline task options (continued)
Table 9-1
Option
Compare with a baseline snapshot
You can edit or create the baseline configuration files. The baseline configuration
file contains options that determine the files to scan. You can use the default
configuration file, edit it, or create one or more custom configuration files. You
can scan all files on a computer, certain file types, directories, and so on.
See "Compiling a file baseline snapshot"
You can use the File Snapshot Editor to edit a .BLS file after the baseline snapshot
information has been added.
See "File Snapshot Editor options"
Description
This option compares the target with the baseline.
You can use the following options:
Compare with a baseline snapshot
Select this option to compare the computer s
present state with the local baseline snapshot,
local_master.bls that is on the client
computers. This option sends the differences
to the CMDB.
Compare with a custom baseline snapshot
Select this option to compare the computer s
present state with a custom snapshot that you
created on the client computers. This option
sends the differences to the CMDB.
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