VCOPS VCM Integration, no data on Compliance badge

[savagea]

I'm trying to integrate my vcops and vcm instances.  Attached is what I'm seeing.  The Compliance badge does have a score, but no other data at all.

[gradinka]

If you are running 5.7 GA build in balanced_profile mode, you can install a hotpatch which is available
here: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/get-download?downloadGroup=VCOPS-PATCH-57

[savagea]

Thanks, but currently 5.6.0.

[gradinka]

ok, so you have some other issue. If you have license for custom_ui, can you check the state of the vcm adapter? It should be runing/collecting.

Also, have you run a scan from inside the VCM product recently?

[savagea]

In the custom ui, the VCM Adapter state is 'Collecting / Data Receiving'.  Also, I did a manual collection yesterday afternoon from VCM.  But I was under the impression, this would continue to happen automatically?

[gradinka]

yes, it seems all is fine from what you say.

something else - are you sure that the object(s) you're looking at are included in the VCM policy which you run?

[savagea]

Yes, I'm running a test collection of all vm's that do not have vmware tools installed.  There are many that dont, so I would expect to see that detail in VCOPS. 

[gradinka]

And you have the same details for the actual VMs  - no data?

"World" is not an object which VCM will recognise so there aren't any details, just the score - can you check what's up at VC or VM level.

[savagea]

Which ui would that be?

[gradinka]

vsphere-UI - just select a VM (or a VC) from the inventory tree, and then go to planning/views/compliance.

[savagea]

Actually I see it at the main ui, http://vcops-server/.  So I do see the data but not until I drill ALL the way down to each and every VM.  How does one know where to drill down?  I'd imagine the admins will be looking at the compliance badge with a certain score at a high level.  But having nothing to click on, how do they know where the compliancy issues reside?

[gradinka · Accepted solution]

I agree that it's not immediattely visible. we can probably improve that.

What you can do here is to use the Environment / Overview page. Click on the "compliance" badge then, and will see everything at a glance.

[savagea]

Thank you very much for your help.  Oh, also, in order to report ESXi host compliance, do I need a proxy, or can that happen with just vCenter data collections?

[gradinka]

what kind of a proxy?

AFAIK it should work.

[savagea]

Thank you again.