Licensing
Hello, We have a customer using the free compliance checker to check the security compliance for vSphere only. However, the limitation of the free compliance checker is up to 5-hosts reporting....
View ArticleEmail Notification
Hello, How do you specify email server for vCM? I want to scheduled reports and compliance audit and send it to helpdesk to verification and escalation. I have tested from the vCM server I can send...
View ArticleOS Provisioning Server and Software Repository Info
I was looking for some information on the OS provisioning server in the Advanced Install Guide for 5.8, but it looks like it's been taken out of that document. Did it get moved or deleted altogether. I...
View ArticlevShield Manager / Trend Micro Integration
I'm using Trend Micro with vShield Manager to do antivirus and IPS on VMs. What can VCM do for me, if anything, in terms of scanning APIs to get information about what Trend Micro and vShield Manager...
View ArticleIssue with Two Tier Fresh Install of vRealize Configuration Manager
Hi!I am trying to do a split install of vRealize Configuration Manager 5.8 - the web and collector are on a windows server 2012 R2 and the database server is a windows server 2012 R2 with SQL 2008 R2...
View ArticleVCM communication with ESXi 5.1 in lockdown mode
Hi, I've been trying to look into documents and forums but was unable to find an answer. I wanted to check if the ESXi 5.1 update 2 hosts are configured with Lockdown mode On and SSH access Off, will...
View ArticleChange Detection
Hi All,IS it possible to have vCM to detect changes dynamically for example someone changed cpu count and added memory or vdisk? I would like to track changes to VMs over its life cycle, what changed...
View ArticleEmail Notification not working!
I have followed everything here and the KB article online to no avail. I am in a 2 tier setup and the SRS is on the SQL server due to licensing. Email Notification
View ArticleCustomize VCM Risk Profiles
I want to target risk profile 1 for my VMware environment. VCM has the option for me to check my environment against risk profile 1 However, there are a few things in risk profile 1 that I don't want...
View ArticleFailure installing: VCM Reports (SSRS 2008)
Hi! I was trying an advanced installation of vRealize VCM 5.8 in a two tier split installation. The database server is win 2012 R2 with SQL 2008 R2 Ent and the collector and VCM server is Win 2012 R2....
View ArticlevCM network connectivity diagram
We are getting ready to deploy vCM, and I am trying to understand the use cases for each of the ports listed as being needed (or should I say, potentially needed). I got the entire list of ports from...
View ArticlevRealize Configuration Manager - Ubuntu Patching Support?
Good Day Everyone, Can anyone confirm whether or not - vRealize Configuration Manager supports Ubuntu OS in terms of patching? I believe VrCM does NOT support Ubuntu in terms of patching ThanksSteve
View ArticleDCOM Configuration and Permission Collection
Is there a filter or report on DCOM Configuration and Permissions in vCM? If not, how can I collect this information. I know DCOM lives in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\OLE, and this key is not collected...
View ArticleCredentials Fail error but credentials are valid
A few days ago I ran some jobs to add a new account to a list of servers and then added the account to the admin group on the servers. I then created a new network authority with the account I added...
View ArticlevCM with multiple domains
Hi all, I'm trying to work out my way around a vCM install having never used it before and I'm having issues with multiple domains. An auto discovery has been configured which is a vcenter DB...
View ArticleHow to configure fence vmware soap at vCenter
Hi..I have vCenter version 6 and RHEL 7 HA require fencing. I am planning to use agent fence_vmware_soap as fencing. But from vmware/vCenter side what shall I do and how can I create id and password....
View ArticlePatch Linux 7 with VCM
I've had to tear down my test VCM build, but have a question regarding patching. Has anyone patched/updated Redhat 7 with VCM? Were there any issues? Thanks.
View ArticleDynamic Machine Groups in VCM
Hey guys, I need a little help with Dynamic Machine Groups creations in VCM. I need to create a Windows machine group for Patching functionalities and that has to be a group of machines whom are member...
View ArticleUsing SCR for Linux patching without providing username and password
Hi,Is it possible to use Linux vendor subscriptions and download patch content without having to provide username and password for vendor portal? I'm trying to set up patching for SLES and RHEL using...
View ArticleError Updating Bulletins: "Error: Signature verification failed for: Post XML...
Hi all, I get this error when when looking for Windows bulletins ( Patching -> Windows -> Bulletins -> by Bulletin -> Check for Update ) . Looking in the Job Manager , I see "Error:...
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