Compliance information about inventory objects is displayed on the Updates tab for the object, in the so-called vSphere Lifecycle Manager compliance view.

The vSphere Lifecycle Manager compliance view for objects that you manage with baselines and baseline groups consists of three panes.

Table 1. vSphere Lifecycle Manager Compliance View
Pane Description
Baselines The Baselines pane has three information panels.
  • Host Information panel

    For individual ESXi hosts, this panel shows information about the ESXi version installed on the host. You can also view all updates that are installed on the host.

    For container objects, this panel shows information about the ESXi versions of all hosts in the container object.

  • Compliance Information panel

    For individual ESXi hosts, this panel shows the overall compliance status of the host against all attached baselines and baseline groups. You can also view compliance information about the baselines and baseline groups attached to the host.

    For container objects, this panel shows the overall number of compliant and non-compliant hosts.

    This panel also shows the last time a compliance check was completed.

  • Remediation Information panel

    This panel shows the result of the remediation pre-check and indicates whether the selected object is ready for remediation. The panel also contains information about the issues that require user attention or action.

    This panel also shows the last time a remediation pre-check was completed.

The information in the Baselines pane changes dynamically depending on the inventory object, baselines, and baseline groups that you select.
Attached Baselines and Baseline Groups Displays the baselines and baseline groups attached to the selected object.
Bottom pane The bottom pane appears when you select a baseline or a baseline group from the Attached Baselines and Baseline Groups pane. The information in this pane depends on the type of inventory object that you select.
For individual hosts, the bottom pane shows information about all updates in the baseline or baseline group that you select from the Attached Baselines and Baseline Groups pane.
  • If you select a patch baseline or extension baseline, the bottom pane shows a list of all updates that the selected baseline contains.
  • If you select an upgrade baseline, the bottom pane shows information about the ESXi image that the upgrade baseline contains.
  • If you select a baseline group, the bottom pane shows all baselines included in the group along with their compliance statuses. You can also view all the updates that the baseline group contains. If the baseline group contains an ESXi image, information about it is also displayed in the bottom pane.

For container objects, the bottom pane displays compliance information about the ESXi hosts that have the selected baseline or baseline group. When you select a baseline or a baseline group from the Attached Baselines and Baseline Groups pane, the bottom pane appears and displays all the hosts to which the selected baseline or baseline group is attached along with the individual compliance statuses of those hosts.