Running the MBSACLI

When you install the MBSA, the MBSA command-line interface (MBSACLI) will also be installed. The great strength of the MBSACLI is the same as with any command-line tool: It can be scripted, and anything that can be scripted can be scheduled.

Note Any commands that can be executed from the command prompt can be created as a batch file, and batch files can be scheduled to run automatically using the Task Scheduler.

As an example, you could create a batch fi le to run MBSACLI on all the computers in your domain or on all the computers within a specifi c subnet. You can then schedule this batch fi le to run every Sunday night. When you come in to work on Monday, you'll only need to check it. If you want to get fancier, you can include a script to send the output to your email address or the email address of a group of administrators.