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abhis_mail2002
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Hardening of multiple VMs by making changes at one place

I want to right some rules which will harden my VM. What i was reading is we can do hardening rules for the VM by passing information in the .vmx file or going through Advance settings of the vm for the rules.

  I have also read we can make a change in /etc/vmware/config file and this will reflect in the VMs. I tried to  make changes in this file and tried to see in the individual VM for the information, but cannot see that information in the vmx / advance options

  Tried with :

   vi /etc/vmware/config

   isolation.check tools.unity.push.update.disable = "true"
   isolation.check tools.hgfsServerSet.disable = "true"
   isolation.check tools.memSchedFakeSampleStats.disable = "true"
   isolation.check tools.getCreds.disable = "true"

isolation.tools.copy.disable = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.paste.disable = "TRUE"

Whats the best way to harden the VM, and also i want a central place where i can make change and that can effect all my vms.
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aravinds3107
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Welcome to the Communities..

It can be automated using PowerCLI or Perl Scripts

Check the following vSphere blogs

Automate the Hardening of Your Virtual Machine VMX Configurations

Automatically Securing Virtual Machines Using a vCenter Alarm

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