You can run compliance checks globally across all vCenter instances to verify whether the vCenter configuration matches the profile configuration and detect any drifts instantly. You can run compliance checks either manually or define a schedule for the compliance checks to run periodically.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure that you have the Cloud Administrator role.
  • Verify that at least one or more vCenter instances are assigned with profiles.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Console at https://vmc.vmware.com.
  2. Click Configuration Drifts > Schedule Compliance Check.
  3. Specify the frequency at which you want to run compliance checks.
  4. If you want to notify users when there are drifts, select Notify drifts and enter the email addresses of users who should receive the email notification.
  5. Click Schedule.

Results

Compliance checks are run at the specified schedule and you can view the status on the Configuration Drifts page. If you had opted to notify specific users in case of drifts in compliance, all those users receive an email notification and they can take the necessary actions to resolve the drifts.
Note: To edit the compliance check schedule, on the Configuration Drifts page, click View, and modify the schedule. You can also pause and resume the scheduled compliance checks when you want to modify the profile definitions and assignments, or when the vCenter instances are in the maintenance mode.