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Table Of Contents
- VMware vRealize Configuration ManagerAdministration 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 for Virtual Environment Management
- 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
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Exceptions
- 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
- 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, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machine Management
- Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS X Installation Credentials
- Configure Collections from Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines
- Configure Installation Delegate Machines to Install Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X...
- Configure the HTTPS Bypass Setting for Linux Agent Installations
- Enable Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Agent Installation
- Add and License Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines for Agent Installation
- Install the VCM Agent on Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Operating Systems
- Collect Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Data
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Collection Results
- Configure Scheduled Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Collections
- Using Linux and UNIX Custom Information Types
- File Types that VCM can Parse
- Parsers for Supported File Types
- Identification Expressions
- Parser Directives
- Parser Directives for Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X
- Creating Custom Information Types for Linux and UNIX
- Custom Information Types for Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X
- Add, Edit, or Clone Custom Information Types for Linux and UNIX
- UNIX Custom Information Data View in the Console
- Path Panel in the VCM Collection Filter
- Patching Managed Machines
- Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Prerequisite Tasks and Requirements
- Manually Patching Managed Machines
- Getting Started with VCM Manual Patching
- Configuring An Automated Patch Deployment Environment
- Deploying Patches with Automated Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Configure VCM for Automatic Event-Driven Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Generate a Patch Assessment Template
- Run a Patch Assessment on Managed Machines
- Add Exceptions for Patching Managed Machines
- Configure the VCM Administration Settings
- Generate a Patch Deployment Mapping
- Configure VCM for Automatic Scheduled Patch Assessment and Deployment
- How the Linux and UNIX Patch Staging Works
- How the Linux and UNIX Patching Job Chain Works
- How the Deploy Action Works
- Patch Deployment Wizards
- Running Patching Reports
- Running and Enforcing Compliance
- Configuring Active Directory Environments
- Configuring Remote Machines
- Tracking Unmanaged Hardware and Software Asset Data
- Managing Changes with Service Desk Integration
- Index
Procedure
1. In VCM, click Administration.
2. Select Settings > Integrated Products > VMware > vRealize Operations Manager > Change Events.
3. Configure VCM to report a UNIXdata type, such as UNIX Patch Assessment, to vRealize Operations
Manager.
a. Select UNIXPatch Assessment - Report to vRealize Operations Manager, and click Edit Setting.
b. Click Yes to report the data.
c. Click Next and click Finish.
4. Set the threshold reporting level to roll up the configuration changes in the vRealize Operations
Manager console.
a. Select UNIXPatch Assessment - Rollup Threshold, and click Edit Setting.
b. Type the number of configuration changes for the collection to roll up to a single reporting icon to
report in vRealize Operations Manager.
c. Click Next and click Finish.
For details about the reporting settings, see the VCM online help.
Standards Compliance for vRealize Operations Manager
The integration between vRealize Operations Manager and VCM includes using the VCM compliance
template results to contribute to the Risk badge score in vRealize Operations Manager.
The compliance templates are included in badge mappings that are run in VCM against objects in vCenter
Server instances that are managed by both VCM and vRealize Operations Manager. These objects include
virtual machines, host systems, clusters, vCenter Server instances, and data stores. The compliance
mapping results determine the compliance score. vRealize Operations Manager then pulls the scores into
the formulas used to calculate the Risk badge scores.
When you review the standards compliance in vRealize Operations Manager, you can navigate back to
VCM to view the detailed results and identify any configuration changes that you must make to bring an
object that is noncompliant back to compliance.
The correct correlation of the scores requires the following conditions:
n VCM is configured to collect data from the same vCenter Server instances that are managed by
vRealize Operations Manager. See "Configure vCenter Server Data Collections" on page 29.
n You must collect the required virtualization data types from the shared vCenter Server instances. The
data types are vCenter Guests, vCenter Hosts, vCenter Inventory, and vCenter Settings. See "Collect
vCenter Server Data" on page 32.
Configure vRealize Operations Manager Standards Compliance
Create vRealize Operations ManagerCompliance badge scores that are based on the results of VCM
compliance template mapping runs. The badge scores are values that appear in vRealize Operations
Manager for vCenter Server instances, datacenters, clusters, virtual machine hosts, and virtual machines
managed by your vRealize Operations Manager and VCM.
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