suppress_compliance_rule_violations

Suppress the violations by the cs_iname, author, version, rule iname, target type, and target name. Unsuppress compliance rule violations by providing the suppress_until field. Optionally, you can provide comma-separated violation GUIDs.

Format

emcli suppress_compliance_rule_violations
 -cs_iname=<standard internal name>
 -author=<standard author>
 -version=<standard version>
 -rule_iname=<rule internal name>
 -target_type=<target type>
 -target_name=<target name>
 [-violation_guid_list=<list of violation guids separated by comma]
 [-suppress_until=<suppress until date with date format MM-DD-YYYY>]
 [-reason=<reason for violations suppression>]

Options

• cs_iname

  The name of the compliance rule violation suppresion.

• author

  The author that created this violation suppression.

• version

  The version number of the violation suppression.

• rule_iname

  The name of the rule this violation supression belongs to.

• target_type

  The target type that is affected by this violation suppression.

• target_name

  The target name that is affected by this violation suppression.

• violation_guid_list (Optional)

  A comma-separated list that contains the compliance rule violation GUIDs.

• suppress_until (Optional)

  Unsuppress compliance rule violations by using this flag. The date is in format "MM-DD-YYYY" .

• reason (Optional)

  The reason this compliance rule violation suppression is active.

Examples

The following command suppresses the compliance rule violations with GUIDs: violation_guid1,violation_guid2,violation_guid3 until 05-27-2020.

emcli suppress_compliance_rule_violations
  -cs_iname="mycs"
  -author="myusername"
  -version="2"
  -rule_iname="myrule"
  -target_type="myhost"
  -target_name="mymachine"
  -violation_guid_list="violation_guid1,violation_guid2,violation_guid3"
  -suppress_until="05-27-2020"
  -reason="It has been approved"