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Scoring Calculation Process
The badge calculations are based on mapping options and standards compliance settings. The options and
the settings interact in the following workflow:
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Scoring based on mapping options.
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Select the compliance standard badge to which the mapping contributes a score.
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Select the roll up type that determines the initial score calculation. If you select weighted
percentages, the weight values are configured in the standards compliance settings.
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Setting detail level aggregation of scores based on the standards compliance options.
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Refining the badge scores as they appear in vCenter Operations Manager using the midpoint and
magnitude settings.
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Scoring the Risk badge in vCenter Operations Manager.
Scoring Based on Mapping Options
You specify the badge name and the roll up types for each mapping you create in VCM.
Standards Compliance Badges
When you create a mapping in VCM, you select the vCenter Operations Manager badge with which it is
associated.
The Compliance subbadges are aligned with the following vCenter Operations Manager badge and VCM-
only roll up.
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Risk - Compliance scores are included in the Risk badge.
The Risk badge indicates potential problems that might eventually degrade the performance of the
managed environment. Risk does not necessarily imply a current problem. Risk indicates problems that
might require your attention in the near future, but not immediately. The overall Risk score for an
object ranges between 0 (no risk) to 100 (serious risk).
Compliance mappings should include templates that evaluate your environment in a way that helps to
identify performance issues. For example, you have an object setting that should be addressed if it is
found to be noncompliant from the configuration standard, but it does not require immediate
attention.
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VCM Only scores are available only in VCM.
The VCM Only mapping scores are not pulled into vCenter Operations Manager. The scores are
intended to provide mapping of multiple templates and scores only in VCM. For example, you can use
this mapping to test a new mapping in VCMbefore you begin reporting the scores in vCenter
Operations Manager.
The roll up type calculations for each badge determine the initial score.
Roll Up Types
The roll up types determine how the template results are initially scored.
When you create a compliance template, each template includes one or more rules, and you assign each
rule a severity level of Low, Moderate, Important, and Critical. Each rule includes one or more individual
checks that return one or more results for each check. The results for the individual checks that are made
on the target machine or object determine if the object is compliant or noncompliant.
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