The AlienApp for VMware Carbon Black Cloud provides a set of orchestration actions that you can use in your USM Anywhere environment. The following table lists the available actions from the AlienApp.
Action | Function |
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Quarantine Device | Quarantine a specified device. This action is not available on devices running a Linux operating system. |
Unquarantine Device | Unquarantine a specified quarantined device. This action is not available on devices running a Linux operating system. |
Update Policy | Update a Carbon Black Cloud policy to default values. |
To view information about these actions in USM Anywhere
- In USM Anywhere, go to Data Sources > AlienApps.
- Click the Available Apps tab.
- Search for the AlienApp, and then click the tile.
- Click the Actions tab to display information for the supported actions.
- Click the History tab to display information about the executed orchestration actions.
Launch Actions from Alarms and Events
You can launch an action directly from alarms or events. If you want to apply an action to similar events that occur in the future, you can also create orchestration rules directly from the action applied to an Alarm or an Event.
To launch a Carbon Black Cloud response action for an Alarm or Event
- Go to Activity > Alarms or Activity > Events
- Click the Alarm or Event to open the details.
- Click Select Action.
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In the Select Action dialog box, select Run Carbon Black Cloud Action.
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Select the app action and fill out the fields that are populated below.
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Click Run.
After USM Anywhere initiates the action for an alarm or event, it displays a confirmation dialog box.
If you want to create a rule to apply the action to similar items that occur in the future, click Create rule for similar alarms or Create rule for similar events and define the new rule. If not, click OK.