Overview of the Desktop Manager CLI

The CLI is used to create, manipulate, export, import and delete configuration profiles. As with the Desktop Manager GUI, the CLI allows the following actions:

• Profiles can be assigned and unassigned to or from elements.

• Profiles can be exported and imported in XML format to or from zip files. The profile settings in these zip files can then be created, edited or deleted prior to importing the profiles.

The CLI does not provide the equivalent of the GUI functionality for the following functions:

• Navigation of element hierarchy.

• Viewing merged profile settings for elements.

• Generating reports.

• Access to file based or hybrid back end, provides access to LDAP back end only.