Viewing policy violation details
A policy violation occurs when a configuration option on a managed host does not meet the condition that a registered policy signature sets for it. The violation is discovered and reported on by a policy signature scan.
The Management Server console displays detailed information about the violations that are discovered by policy signature scans. You can view the policy violations for a selected host on the Server perspective or for a selected cluster on the Availability perspective. You can also view policy violations for an Organization.
The violations are grouped in the following categories.
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Table: Categories of policy violations
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| All | A list that shows both the new and recurring violations, based on the previous five scans. |
| New | New policy violations in the current scan that were not part of the previous five scans. |
| Recurring | Violations that occurred in one or more of the previous five scans and are continuing to happen in the current scan. |
| Resolved | Policy violations that were found in the previous five scans that are no longer occurring. |
The Overview tab includes information on the signature names, the signature categories (for example, the platform), the number of errors, the number of warnings, and the total number of violations.
The details include the signature that was violated, the object on which the violation occurred, and the details of the violation.
Note: A Policy Signature Scan Summary report is available in the Reports view.
Policy violations also generate a fault for the host. The data center Faults tab provides a central view to manage and monitor all faults of the corresponding perspective, including policy violation faults. For the faults that are generated on Management Server, or on the managed host versions lower than 6.1, the email notifications and faults may be displayed in the console within 30 minutes.
You can also set up a rule to receive offline notification of policy violations.
You can view this information related to the hosts (on the Server perspective) or the clusters (on the Availability perspective) for which your user group has at least Guest role explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization. You can also view information if your user group has at least Guest role assigned on the perspective.
To view policy violation details
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Choose one of the following:
Server perspective Select an Organization or a host Availability perspective Select an Organization or a cluster -
Right-click the selected object and click Policy Checks > Show Violation Details.
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Review the overview information on the Overview tab. Choose from the other tabs for details.
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