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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started with VCM
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Virtual Environments Configuration
- Configure Virtual Environments Collections
- Configure Managing Agent Machines
- Obtain the SSL Certificate Thumbprint
- Configure vCenter Server Data Collections
- Configure vCenter Server Virtual Machine Collections
- Configure vCloud Director Collections
- Configure vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections
- Configure vShield Manager Collections
- Configure ESX Service Console OS Collections
- Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In
- Running Compliance for the VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Create and Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Rules
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Filters
- Preview Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Resolve Noncompliant Virtual Environments Template Results
- Configure Alerts and Schedule Virtual Environment Compliance Runs
- Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration
- Auditing Security Changes in Your Environment
- Configuring Windows Machines
- Configure Windows Machines
- Verify Available Domains
- Check the Network Authority
- Assign Network Authority Accounts
- Discover Windows Machines
- License Windows Machines
- Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Windows Machines
- Collect Windows Data
- Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started with Windows Custom Information
- Prerequisites to Collect Windows Custom Information
- Using PowerShell Scripts for WCI Collections
- Windows Custom Information Change Management
- Collecting Windows Custom Information
- Create Your Own WCI PowerShell Collection Script
- Verify that Your Custom PowerShell Script is Valid
- Install PowerShell
- Collect Windows Custom Information Data
- Run the Script-Based Collection Filter
- View Windows Custom Information Job Status Details
- Windows Custom Information Collection Results
- Run Windows Custom Information Reports
- Troubleshooting Custom PowerShell Scripts
- Configuring Linux and UNIX Machines
- Configuring Mac OS X Machines
- Patching Managed Machines
- VCM Patching for Windows Machines
- VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
- UNIX and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Getting Started with VCM Patching
- Getting Started with VCM Patching for Windows Machines
- Check for Updates to Bulletins
- Collect Data from Windows Machines by Using the VCM Patching Filter Sets
- Assess Windows Machines
- Review VCM Patching Windows Assessment Results
- Prerequisites for Patch Deployment
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- vCenter Software Content Repository Tool
- Deploy Patches to Windows Machines
- Getting Started with VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
- Check for Updates to Bulletins
- Collect Patch Assessment Data from UNIX and Linux Machines
- Explore Assessment Results and Acquire and Store the Patches
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Deploy Patches to UNIX/Linux Machines
- How the Deploy Action Works
- Running VCM Patching Reports
- Customize Your Environment for VCM Patching
- Running and Enforcing Compliance
- Provisioning Physical or Virtual Machine Operating Systems
- Provisioning Software on Managed Machines
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Software Repository for Windows
- Package Manager for Windows
- Software Provisioning Component Relationships
- Install the Software Provisioning Components
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Using VCM Software Provisioning for Windows
- Related Software Provisioning Actions
- Configuring Active Directory Environments
- Configuring Remote Machines
- Tracking Unmanaged Hardware and Software Asset Data
- Managing Changes with Service Desk Integration
- Index
Prerequisites
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Use the Content Wizard tool to download compliance templates created by VMware,for example, the
vSphere Hardening Guides and other standards. The Content Wizard is available from the Start menu
on the Collector machine.
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Create compliance templates that are specific to your environment to include in the mappings. The
template names should not include the | character. You can use Machine Group Compliance templates
and Virtual Environments Compliance templates. See "Create and Run Virtual Environment
Compliance Templates" on page 61.
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Review how the scores are calculated before configuring the mappings. See "Scoring Badges for
vCenter Operations Manager Standards Compliance" on page 79.
Procedure
1. Click Compliance.
2. Select vCenter Operations Manager Badge Mapping > Mappings.
3. Click Add.
4. Configure the basic settings for the mapping, select the machine group or virtual objects group
context, and click Next.
Option Description
Name Mapping name.
Do not use the | character in the mapping name.
Description Mapping description
Badge Select the badge to which the mapping applies.
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Risk - Compliance: Mapped to the vCenter Operations Manager Risk badge.
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VCM Only: Not mapped to a vCenter Operations Manager badge.
This option allows you to test mapping configurations before assigning them
to vCenter Operations Manager. Does not appear in vCenter Operations
Manager.
Roll Up Type Select the method used to calculate how the score for the templates in a
mapping is determined. Scores are always between 0 and 100. A score of 0
indicates the that all the rules are noncompliant. A score of 100 indicates that all
the rules are compliant.
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Simple Percentage: Percentage of the template results that are compliant.
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Weighted Percentage: Percentage of the template results that are compliant
where the Critical severity rule results are weighted more heavily than the
Low severity rules results.
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Simple Rule Percentage: Percentage of compliance rules in the templates that
passed as compliant. If any of the results are non-compliant, the rule is
noncompliant.
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Weighted Rule Percentage: Percentage of the compliance rules in the
templates where the Critical severity rule results are weighted more heavily
than the Low severity rules results.
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