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VMware vSphere Security Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vSphere Security Cookbook Over 75 practical recipes to help you successfully secure your vSphere environment

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782170341
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michael Greer Michael Greer
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Threat and Vulnerability Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. ESXi Host Security 3. Configuring Virtual Machine Security 4. Configuring User Management 5. Configuring Network Security 6. Configuring Storage Security 7. Configuring vShield Manager 8. Configuring vShield App 9. Configuring vShield Edge 10. Configuring vShield Endpoint 11. Configuring vShield Data Security 12. Configuring vSphere Certificates 13. Configuring vShield VXLAN Virtual Wires Index

Managing vShield Data Security reports


Following the configuration of a vShield Data Security policy, a scan can be initiated. Once a scan is in progress or has completed, the statistics and reporting can be viewed, utilizing the vShield Data Security reports option within vCenter.

Getting ready

To proceed, we'll require access to vShield App through the vSphere Client plugin. The plugin can be enabled through the Plug-ins menu in vSphere Client. The client can be run on any modern Windows desktop operating system or server operating system.

Note

The vShield vSphere Client plugin requires Adobe Flash, which is not supported on Linux operating systems at this time.

vShield Manager must be installed and the vCenter account used for login should have Enterprise Administrator rights to vShield Manager.

How to do it…

Perform the following steps:

  1. Launch vSphere Client using an account with administrative rights, if it is not already open.

  2. Navigate to Home | Inventory | Hosts and Clusters from the menu...

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