VMware Best Audit & Best Practice Tools
Can anybody recommend any tools / utilities which can help audit and / or will provide best practice recommendations based on current configurations for a VMware estate (preferably free)?
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Pete Long
Veeam One its not free but get a decent trial http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esx-management-one-solution.html
The free edition is not as feature rich http://www.veeam.com/free.html?ad=vmware-esx-management-one-solution.html
If you want something FREE for Audit.
The following free compliance checkers are available for download:
vSphere 4.1 VMware Hardening Guidelines Checker
vSphere 4.0 VMware Hardening Guidelines Checker
PCI 2.0 Compliance Guidelines Checker
VMware vCenter Configuration Manager and Free Compliance Checkers
otherwise the Commercial version is better
Automated Configuration and Compliance Management
vCenter Configuration Manager automates critical configuration and compliance management tasks including configuration data collection, configuration change execution, configuration reporting, change auditing, compliance assessment, patch management, OS provisioning and software package distribution. vCenter Configuration Manager supports configuration management across virtual and physical servers, across VMware Infrastructure and across multiple operations systems including Windows, Linux and Windows. In many cases vCenter Configuration Manager supports automated enforcement and remediation of non compliant configurations.
VMware vCenter Configuration Manager
http://www.vmware.com/products/configuration-manager/index.html
The following free compliance checkers are available for download:
vSphere 4.1 VMware Hardening Guidelines Checker
vSphere 4.0 VMware Hardening Guidelines Checker
PCI 2.0 Compliance Guidelines Checker
VMware vCenter Configuration Manager and Free Compliance Checkers
otherwise the Commercial version is better
Automated Configuration and Compliance Management
vCenter Configuration Manager automates critical configuration and compliance management tasks including configuration data collection, configuration change execution, configuration reporting, change auditing, compliance assessment, patch management, OS provisioning and software package distribution. vCenter Configuration Manager supports configuration management across virtual and physical servers, across VMware Infrastructure and across multiple operations systems including Windows, Linux and Windows. In many cases vCenter Configuration Manager supports automated enforcement and remediation of non compliant configurations.
VMware vCenter Configuration Manager
http://www.vmware.com/products/configuration-manager/index.html