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vCenter Configuration Manager Security Environment Requirements

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4.0 Hosting Environment

This section describes the security environment that must be maintained on the hosts onto which components of VCM

are installed.

4.1 VCM servers are secured and managed like network infrastructure

VCM servers are hosts in the server zone. These hosts store and manipulate collected data and change requests for

every managed machine.

As such, these servers should adhere to the following requirements:

Servers should not be open to general users.

Servers should be protected from the open Internet by firewalls.

Servers should be completely trusted by managed machine administrators.

Operating systems on these servers should be updated to the most recent current patch level.

Servers should be backed-up on a routine basis.

Each server should be running an operating system with mandatory user logins enabled.

If infrastructure hosts like domain controllers are managed by VCM, hosts in the server zone should be treated and

managed with measures consistent with those used for the infrastructure.

Each VCM server should also be running an operating system that conforms to the Common Criteria Controlled

Access Protection Profile (CAPP)

. The CAPP ensures that:

Access to the host is protected by a certified authentication process

User data is protected from other users

Security functions of the operating system are protected from unauthorized changes

Windows 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista, 2003 Server, and 2008 Server conform to the CAPP

. Windows 7 and Windows

2008 Server R2 are in evaluation as of November 2009.

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