Installation guide

The example used in this procedure is whether VMware Tools is running on guest virtual machines on all
vCenter Server instances, but excluding vCenter_Dev.
Prerequisites
Collect virtual environments data. See "Configure Virtual Environments Collections" on page 25.
Procedure
1. "Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups" on page 60
Rule groups contain compliance rules and filters. You must create rule groups that you then assign to
compliance templates.
2. "Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Rules" on page 61
You create rules that define the ideal values that objects should have to be considered compliant.
3. "Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Filters" on page 62
You can create filters that limit the objects on which the templates run to only the objects that meet the
filter criteria.
4. "Preview Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups" on page 62
You use the rules preview action, with the filters turned off and then turned on, to determine if a rule
group is returning the expected results.
5. "Create Virtual Environment Compliance Templates" on page 63
You can create compliance templates that include one or more rule groups that assess your selected
object group to determine which objects are compliant and noncompliant.
6. "Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates" on page 64
You run templates against your collected data to determine which objects are compliant or
noncompliant.
7. "Resolve Noncompliant Virtual Environments Template Results" on page 66
The results for the compliance templates indicate whether the virtual or physical machine are
compliant or noncompliant. If the machine is noncompliant, you can enforce noncompliant results
manually or using VCM, or you can add an exception for expected noncompliant results.
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
Rule groups contain compliance rules and filters. You must create rule groups that you then assign to
compliance templates.
Templates can include one or more rule groups. Rule groups comprise rules and filters.
The example used in this procedure is whether VMware Tools is running on guest virtual machines on all
vCenter Server instances, but excluding vCenter_Dev.
Procedure
1. Click Compliance.
2. Select Virtual Environment Compliance > Rule Groups.
3. Click Add.
4. Type the Rule Group Name and Description in the text boxes and click OK.
For example, Guest Tools Running and a description.
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