The vCenter Server must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.
| Description |
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| Without establishing what types of events occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| From the vSphere Client, go to Host and Clusters. Select a vCenter Server >> Configure >> Settings >> Advanced Settings. Verify the "config.log.level" value is set to "info". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server, run the following command: Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity <vcenter server name> -Name config.log.level and verify it is set to "info". If the "config.log.level" value is not set to "info" or does not exist, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| From the vSphere Client, go to Host and Clusters. Select a vCenter Server >> Configure >> Settings >> Advanced Settings. Click "Edit Settings" and configure the "config.log.level" setting to "info". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server, run the following command: Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity <vcenter server name> -Name config.log.level | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value info |