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Differing Object Names for Compliance Objects
The virtual machine object name in vCenter Operations Manager might be different from the object name in
the VCM compliance templates. This difference is a result of how vCenter Operations Manager and VCM
retrieve and collect data from vCenter Server.
Some virtual objects in the templates might be managed in VCM as both a virtual machine on which the
VCM Agent is installed and as a virtual object that is managed through a vCenter Server instance using the
Managing Agent. When the object is managed as a virtual machine and as a virtual object, the name that
appears in the template detail results might be different from the name that appears in
vCenter Operations Manager.
The name in the VCM template results is the object name that you assigned when the object was created,
usually similar to the DNS name. The name in vCenter Operations Manager is based on the vCenter Server
object name unless you renamed the object in vCenter Server. If you renamed the object,
vCenter Operations Manager displays the user-assigned name. If the name is different from the originally
assigned name, you see one name in vCenter Operations Manager and the DNS-derived name in VCM.
To verify that you are working with the same object, use the data in VCM to correlate the object name, the
guest object name, and the DNS name.
Correlate Compliance Object Names
If the object name in the VCM template results does not match the name of the object in
vCenter Operations Manager, use VCM to correlate the object names and ensure that you are evaluating and
remediating the same object.
To verify that you are working with the same object, use the data in VCM to correlate the object name, the
guest object name, and the DNS name.
Procedure
1 In VCM, click Console and select Virtual Environments > vCenter > Guests > Summary.
2 In the Guest column, locate the name used in vCenter Operations Manager and identify the Guest
Machine Name and the DNS Name that is used by VCM.
The Guest Machine name and the DNS name are commonly the names used in the template results.
View a List of Members
You can view the objects that belong to the currently selected object or group.
The list of objects contains columns that show the object name, object type, parent object, parent type, and
the policy that is assigned to the object. By default, all columns appear. You can sort the list by one column
in ascending or descending order. You can also hide or show columns.
Procedure
1 Click the Environment tab, and click Members.
Chapter 3 Viewing Members and Relationships in the Monitored Environment
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