VMware audit

The VMware plugin has automated auditing and correcting support from vSphere to Connect. In this case, the vSphere config is all times the master config.

This means:

  • Any missing config in Connect for a config present in vSphere is automatically added to Connect
  • Any dangling config in Connect for a config not present in vSphere is automatically removed from Connect
  • Any incorrect config in Connect for a config present in vSphere will be automatically updated in Connect

Fabric Services System managed resources, though, are an exception:

  • Fabric Services System managed resources are never deleted from Connect
  • Fabric Services System managed resources are never updated in Connect

An audit is executed upon any of the following triggers :

  • Upon startup of the VMware plugin (specifically, on startup of the pod in the Kubernetes cluster) for all deployments that are administratively Up; that is, the adminUp field is set to True.
  • Upon creation of a new deployment as administratively Up.
  • Upon updating an existing administratively down deployment to administratively up (that is, setting the adminUp field to True)