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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
For the Weighted Percentage and Weighted Rule Percentage roll up types, you can apply a weighted
value. The weighting is the value by which the result or rule is multiplied to give the different severity
levels more or less weight when calculating the scores. The weighting of the severity levels is configured in
the Standards Compliance Settings. The default values are Low=1, Moderate=2, Important=4, and
Critical=8.
Simple Percentage is the percentage of the template results that are compliant. This option does not weight
the results based on severity. For example, the simple percentage score for the results is 73. This score is
calculated based on 11 compliant results out of a total of 15 results.
Severity Compliant Results Noncompliant Results
Critical 1 4
Important 2 0
Moderate 3 0
Low 5 0
Total 11 4
Table 5–1. Simple Percentage Template Results
Weighted Percentage is the percentage of the template results that are compliant where the Critical
severity rule results are weighted more heavily than the Low severity rules results. For example, the
weighted percentage score for the results is 46. This score is calculated based on a weighted value of 27
compliant results out of a total of 59 results.
Severity Severity
Weight
Compliant
Results
Weighting
Calculations
Weighted
Compliant
Results
Noncompliant
Results
Weighting
Calculations
Weighted
Noncompliant
Results
Critical 8 1 8*1=8 8 4 8*4=32 32
Important 4 2 4*2=8 8 0 4*0=0 0
Moderate 2 3 2*3=6 6 0 2*0=0 0
Low 1 5 1*5=5 5 0 1*0=0 0
Total 27 32
Table 5–2. Weighted Percentage Template Results
Simple Rule Percentage is the percentage of compliance rules in the templates that passed as compliant. If
any of the results are non-compliant, the rule is non-compliant. This option does not weight the rules
based on severity. For example, the simple rule percentage is 40. This score is calculated based on two
compliant rules out of a total of five rules.
Rule/
Severity
Compliant
Results
Non-Compliant
Results
Simple Compliant
Rule
Simple Noncompliant
Rule
Rule 1/ Critical 1 0 1
Rule 2/
Important
5 6 1
Rule 3/
Important
15 1 1
Rule 4/
Moderate
1 0 1
Rule 5/ Low 0 9 1
Total 2 3
Table 5–3. Simple Rule Percentage Based on Template Rules
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