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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
Option Description
Select Group
Context
Select compliance template context for which you are creating this mapping.
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Machine Group Compliance: Select this option to add machine group
templates to the mapping. The virtual machines and host machines must also
be managed as virtual objects in VCM in order for the machine object IDs to
correlate to the objects in vCenter Operations Manager.
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Virtual Object Group Compliance:Select this option to add virtual
environments templates to the mapping.
5. Select the Machine Group or Virtual Objects Group from which to build the mapping and click Next.
6. Select one or more templates to include in the mapping and click Next.
The list of available templates is based on the selected machine or virtual object group. Templates used
in compliance mappings should not include the | character.
7. Click Finish.
What to do next
Run the compliance badge mappings to determine if they are scoring as expected. See "Run Compliance
Badge Mappings " on page 77.
Run Compliance Badge Mappings
When you run the compliance badge mapping, the included templates are run against the collected data
and a score is calculated based on the selected options and settings for the badge to which it is assigned.
Prerequisites
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Collect the data from the machine or virtual object groups. Ensure that you collect the vCenter Guests,
vCenter Hosts, vCenter Inventory, and vCenter Settings from your vCenter Server instances. See
"Collect vCenter Server Data" on page 32.
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Create compliance badge mappings that include one or more templates. See "Create Compliance Badge
Mappings" on page 75.
Procedure
1. Click Compliance.
2. Select vCenter Operations Manager Badge Mapping > Mappings.
3. Select a mapping and click Run.
4. Click OK.
All templates included in the mapping are run and the score calculated. The template results are in the
individual template results data grid and the score is available in the vCenter Operations Manager
Compliance Rollup dashboard.
What to do next
Review the scores in the vCenter Operations Manager Compliance Rollup dashboard. See "Review
Mapping Scores in the Dashboard Report" on page 78.
Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration
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