There is no up-to-date documentation of the virtualization infrastructure.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-15882	ESX0860	SV-16823r1_rule	DCHW-1 DCSW-1	Medium

Description
With the creation of virtual machines, the actual virtual network topology becomes increasingly complex. The topology changes when a virtual machine is created, added to a virtual switch or port group, moved to another virtualization server, etc. With the dynamic nature of the virtualization environment, administrators of the virtualization environment will maintain up to date documentation for all virtual machines, virtual switches, IP addresses, MAC addresses, etc.

Description

With the creation of virtual machines, the actual virtual network topology becomes increasingly complex. The topology changes when a virtual machine is created, added to a virtual switch or port group, moved to another virtualization server, etc. With the dynamic nature of the virtualization environment, administrators of the virtualization environment will maintain up to date documentation for all virtual machines, virtual switches, IP addresses, MAC addresses, etc.

STIG	Date
VMware ESX 3 Policy	2016-05-03

Details

Check Text ( C-16241r1_chk )
Request a copy of all the virtualization infrastructure documentation. Documentation must include all ESX Servers, virtual machines, IP addresses, MAC addresses, virtual switches, operating systems, and any virtual applications. If the documentation does include all of these components, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-15842r1_fix)
Develop up-to-date documentation for the virtualization infrastructure.