{"id":605,"date":"2020-11-28T21:32:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T20:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomas-kopton.de\/vblog\/?p=605"},"modified":"2020-11-28T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T20:32:12","slug":"custom-compliance-management-using-vrealize-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomas-kopton.de\/vblog\/?p=605","title":{"rendered":"Custom Compliance Management using vRealize Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As you probably know vRealize Operations<\/span><\/strong> provides several Compliance Packs<\/span><\/strong> basically out-of-the-box (“natively”). A simple click on “ACTIVATE” in the “Repository” tab installs all needed components of the Compliance Pack and allows the corresponding regulatory benchmarks to be executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Regulatory benchmarks<\/strong> provide solutions for industry standard regulatory compliance requirements to enforce and report on the compliance of your vSphere objects. You can install compliance packs for the following regulatory standards.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the following picture, you can see the currently available six Compliance Packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1: Native Compliance Packs<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But what if regarding compliance you have different requirements<\/strong> than what is provided by the available Packs? What are the components<\/span><\/strong> and the method<\/strong><\/span> to create customized<\/span><\/strong> or completely new compliance benchmarks<\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog post, I will give you a short overview of what vRealize Operations elements<\/span> comprise a Compliance Pack and how to put everything together to create your very own custom compliance benchmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Components of a Compliance Management Pack<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The mandatory parts of a Compliance Pack which are implementing the actual checks are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n