Change Management - Proscan; How To: Use Proscan / Change Management - Dell OpenManage Network Manager Client Manual

Change Management – ProScan
Dell OpenManage Network Manager's change management utility is ProScan, which lets you scan
stored configurations to verify managed devices compliance with company, department or industry
standards. This application automatically tracks all changes occurring to managed devices. You can
report on user-specified values found in persisted backup configuration files for a group of devices.
This lets network managers, security officers and external auditors generate detailed audit trail
documents to validate compliance with both internal standards (ISO 17799, NSA Guidelines) as
well as industry regulations (Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA, HIPAA).
Compliance reporting lets you specify a text string, regular expression, or optionally the generated
configlet from File Management (NetConfig) for matching. Group results must be separated by
device like Adaptive CLI Manager. When ProScan policies run, the application emits notifications
whose contents depend on whether compliance was or was not maintained.
Tip
Your system may have several ProScan examples. You can use these as provided, or alter them to suit
your network.
How To:
Use ProScan / Change Management
The following outlines common use cases for this software, and the steps to achieve the goals of
each case:
Goal: Verify configurations are compliant on a scheduled / recurring basis.
Create ProScan policy(ies) based on what indicates compliance. Right-click New > Policy in
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the ProScan portlet.
Specify the Name and Input source (based on Device Backup, Current Config, Configuration
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Label, By Date and Adaptive CLI Results)
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