Installation guide

Prerequisites
Create at least on virtual environments compliance template. See "Create and Run Virtual Environment
Compliance Templates" on page 59.
Procedure
1. "Create Virtual Environment Compliance Alert Rules" on page 69
Alert rules are the conditions you define that determine when an alert is generated. Virtual
environment alert rules are based on virtual environment compliance templates.
2. "Create Virtual Environments Compliance Alert Configurations" on page 69
Virtual environment compliance alert configurations are created for virtual object groups to generate
alerts when a virtual environment compliance template returns noncompliant results during scheduled
runs of the template.
3. "Schedule Virtual Environments Compliance Template Runs" on page 70
You can schedule a regular run of your virtual environments compliance templates to ensure that the
collected data is regularly assessed for adherence to the defined compliance rules.
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Alert Rules
Alert rules are the conditions you define that determine when an alert is generated. Virtual environment
alert rules are based on virtual environment compliance templates.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have virtual environment compliance templates. See "Create and Run Virtual
Environment Compliance Templates" on page 59.
Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Alerts > Rules.
3. Click Add.
4. Type the alert name and description in the text boxes and click Next.
5. Select VE Compliance Results Data and click Next.
6. Select a compliance template and click Next.
7. Review the configured actions and click Finish.
What to do next
Create a virtual environments configuration that includes this rule. See "Create Virtual Environments
Compliance Alert Configurations" on page 69.
Create Virtual Environments Compliance Alert Configurations
Virtual environment compliance alert configurations are created for virtual object groups to generate
alerts when a virtual environment compliance template returns noncompliant results during scheduled
runs of the template.
You must have at least one unused rule to add to the alert configuration parameters.
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