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Configure an Audit Collection Policy in CA Access Control Enterprise Management

You configure the audit collection policy and for each security group that CA Access Control for Virtual Environments manages. CA Access Control for Virtual Environments enforces the audit collection policy on each virtual machine that you add to the group.

Follow these steps:

  1. Go to WorldView, Security Groups, Security Groups Management

    The Security Groups Management page appears displaying the computer groups on the VMware vCenter and the CA Access Control Server details

  2. From the Security Groups section, select a group

    CA Access Control Enterprise Management displays the group details and members.

  3. From the Action menu, select Add Audit Collection Policy

    The manage security group audit collection: security group name window opens.

  4. Complete the following fields:
    Description

    Specify a description for the audit collection policy.

    Enabled

    Select to enable events collection from the managed devices.

    Operating System Profile

    Select the operating system profile that you want to apply the audit collection policy to.

    Audit Collection Profile

    Specify the audit collection profile that you defined in CA User Activity Reporting Module.

    Profile Description

    Specify a description from the audit collection profile.

    Authentication Account

    Define the user account used to connect to CA User Activity Reporting Module.

    Note: This field is enabled or disabled according to the audit collection profile you selected.

  5. Select Submit

    CA Access Control Enterprise Management creates the audit collection policy and assigns the policy to the security group. CA User Activity Reporting Module can now collect audit events directly from the managed devices.