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An alternate way to view your collected Mac OS X data is by running VCM Reports or creating your own
custom reports using VCM ’s reporting wizard. To begin exploring the reporting functionality, go to the
Reports slider, then click Machine Group Reports | UNIX .
Like Dashboards, Reports are run real time against the current data available in the CMDB for the
machines in the active machine group, and therefore they are only as current as the time of the last
collection. In addition, it may require time for the report to generate based on the volume or complexity
of the data requested. Refer to the online Help for more information on how to schedule and disseminate
reports.
Compliance
You may now begin to check Compliance values for your collected data. To run a Compliance check,
select the
Compliance slider, then follow the steps described in the online Help to create rule groups, rules,
filters, and templates.
Discover, License, and Collect Oracle Data from UNIX Machines
Welcome to VCM for Oracle. Now that you have installed VCM successfully, use the following steps to
discover, collect, and work with Oracle data in VCM.
When getting started, you will first add the Oracle Instance, and then configure the Oracle Collection User
account for database access. If you will be creating the Oracle Collection User account on Oracle 10g, see
the following section about setting permissions on this account.
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VCM uses the OS-authenticated Oracle Collection User account to connect to the Oracle database
so that Oracle collections can be performed. This account can be created in two ways: 1) using the Config
User action, or 2) using the Oracle Account Setup remote command .
To get started with VCM for Oracle, follow these steps:
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