VMware vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud provides continuous compliance monitoring, reporting, remediation, and automation capabilities that help VMware Cloud Provider Program Partners remain compliant with both VMware Sovereign Cloud guidelines and other regulatory benchmarks.

What is the VMware vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud?

VMware vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud is a management pack available in the VMware Marketplace. You can download and install this management pack on an instance of vRealize Operations to automatically assess a Sovereign Cloud stack for compliance. VMware vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud is intended to be used by the VMware Cloud Provider Program Partners who are part of the Sovereign Cloud Initiative. The following products in the Sovereign Cloud stack are currently supported for compliance assessment:
  • vSphere
  • NSX-T
  • VMware Cloud Director
  • VMware Cloud Director Availability
For every Sovereign Cloud instance, you need one instance of vRealize Operations with the VMware vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud installed and configured. The compliance score card is available in the Optimize > Compliance screen of vRealize Operations.
Note:
  • To know more about the VMware Sovereign Cloud products and solutions, visit the VMware website by clicking here.
  • To know more about the VMware Cloud Provider Program, visit the VMware website by clicking here.

Reports are available for the VMware Cloud Provider Program Partners and tenants to understand the deviation in the compliance. These reports are generated in vRealize Operations and is available for download in vRealize Operations and VMware Cloud Director.

VMware vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud Controls Rules

The compliance rules are based on a checklist which VMware vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud utilizes to monitor the products in the Sovereign Cloud stack. The checklist is based on the Sovereign Cloud Framework which takes into consideration the following key principles:
  • Data Sovereignty and Jurisdictional Control
  • Data Access and Integrity
  • Data Security and Compliance
  • Data Independence and Interoperability

For more information, see the topic, VMware vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud Controls Rules.