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Pending Actions

FCS: MOM Client States, Pending Actions and Discovery Rules

Discovery Rules

In FCS there should always be 1 discovery rule per system. 

FCS does not use any wildcard rules or exclude rules.  Rules for client machines follow the format as follows:

Pending Actions Cause
Requires Patching
Rule Type Include
Match Pattern equals
Computer Name NETBIOS NAME of SYSTEM
Domain NETBIOS NAME OF CLIENTS, FQDN of the domain for the Management Server object
Computer Type Servers and Clients
Initial Management Mode Agent-Managed
Include Domain Controllers Yes
Verify No for clients, Yes for the Management Server,  Verify means that it will actually try to contact the client, FCS does not try to do this by default.