How to Create a Configuration Baseline

Recently a client asked, “How can I ensure that the No_SMS_On_Drive.SMS file is on all site servers?” You need to use DCM, and over a series of blog posts, I will show you how to create a DCM rule to detect which SCCM 2007 Site Servers don’t have the No_SMS_On_Drive.SMS file installed on C:\. In today’s post I will cover how to create a Configuration Baseline.

Part 1 – How to Create a Configuration Item
Part 2 – How to Create a Configuration Baseline
Part 3 – How to Assign a Configuration Baseline
Part 4 – How to Create a Collection with Non-Compliant Servers

Browse to the Configuration Baselines node, right-click on it and select New Configuration Baseline. This will open the Create Configuration Baseline Wizard.

Enter No_SMS_On_Drive.SMS within the Name field, and then click Next.

Under Rules select  applications and general, and then check No_SMS_On_Drive.sms. Next, click OK, and then click on Finish.

Click Next.

At this point, you can close the Create Configuration Baseline Wizard.

If you have any questions about the steps in this post, please contact me @GarthMJ or leave a note in the comment section below. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post where I’ll show you how to assign a Configuration Baseline!