Creating a custom baseline

A baseline is a standard that you compare a vSphere object against for compliance. Certain baselines are created by default, that is, predefined; alternatively, a custom baseline can also be created, tailored to the requirements. In this recipe, we shall walk through creating a custom recipe.

How to do it...

 

1. Log in to vCenter and navigate to the Home page. Click on the Update Manager icon, as shown here:

2. Click on the Manage tab. Click the Hosts Baselines tab, and then click on New Baseline....
3. Provide a name for the baseline and click on Next ,as depicted in the following screenshot:

4. Click on the Dynamic baseline radio button:

5. Provide the relevant criterion, as demonstrated in the following screenshot. Here we select VMware Inc. patches that are of Critical severity and the Security category associated with embeddedEsx 6.0.0 and click Next:

6. Leave at default, since we do not want to exclude any of the patches:

7. Click on Finish in the Ready to complete screen:

How it works...