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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
What to do next
View the mapped badges in vCenter Operations Manager. See "View Compliance Badges in vCenter
Operations Manager" on page 79.
View Compliance Badges in vCenter Operations Manager
The standards compliance score in VCM contributes a compliance score to the Risk badge score in vCenter
Operations Manager. If the Risk score indicates distress for the object, you can view the compliance
breakdown to determine which of the noncompliant templates are contributing to the score and
determine what action to take to resolve the noncompliant results.
Prerequisites
Verify the following requirements.
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VCM adapter is installed.
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VCM adapter is registered.
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Internet Explorer is installed.
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You have a vCenter Operations Manager user name and password from the vCenter Operations
Manager administrator.
Procedure
1. In vCenter Operations Manager, select an object in the inventory pane.
2. Click Dashboard.
3. Click Why is Risk {score}? and review the Compliance score.
4. Click the Compliance badge to view the template scores associated with the overall score.
5. On the Views tab, the score for each template appears in the Details section.
6. To view the template results in VCM, click View details in VCM for the template you are
investigating.
7. If necessary, copy the URL provided in the Info dialog box into the Internet Explorer address bar.
The template results appear in VCM.
What to do next
Resolve the noncompliant results. See "Resolve Noncompliant Virtual Environments Template Results" on
page 67.
Scoring Badges for vCenter Operations Manager Standards Compliance
Badge scores are values that appear in a vCenter Operations Manager Compliance badge, and which also
contribute to the dashboard values for the Risk badge.
The badge score pulled into vCenter Operations Manager is a calculated value that is based on your
compliance mapping options and on the compliance badge settings configured in VCM and run against
collected VCM data.
A compliance mapping is one or more compliance templates that run against a machine group or virtual
object group and calculate scores based on the selected options and the defined settings. When the VCM
adapter is configured in vCenter Operations Manager, the score appears as a Compliance badge for the
Risk badge.
Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration
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