Scheduled Events

Scheduled events allow you to run a defined compliance security template on one or more hosts at a specific time or at a specific interval. When CloudControl executes a scheduled event with a security template, the security template with all of its individual sub-tests and operations will run on each assigned host.

Note:

Scheduled Events are restricted by host type. If you assign an ESXi template to a scheduled event only ESXi hosts can be added to that event. For an auto deploy vCenter Server host, run a Scheduled Event using the last known template associated with the host to refresh and deploy the vCenter Server in CloudControl.

Select Compliance > Scheduled Events to view all CloudControl scheduled events.

By default, the following scheduled events are enabled:

Directory Service Sync—Syncs CloudControl with the current Directory Service setup, and maps each user to their corresponding admin categories. This is used for the Admin Access Dashboard.
Get Host IP address changes—Updates host IP address changes to all other protected hosts.
License Monitor SNMP Trap—Allows the SNMP Traps for licensing to be run.
Purge Database—Purges old data from the database. If the database disk space utilization exceeds the amount set in the Threshold for Full Vacuum (%) field on the Services page, it also runs a full vacuum to reclaim space. For more information, see CloudControl Services.
Refresh Auto Deploy Status—Checks all protected vCenters to detect if they have enabled Auto Deploy, and if Auto Deploy service is running.
Refresh ELM Setup—Discovers any newly added vCenters in ELM setup.
Refresh Patch Levels—Updates the patch level for all hosts.
Trending Compliance—Aggregates the number of compliant hosts for the Compliance Dashboard.
Trending RBAC Protection—Handles trending the RBAC protection status for all known resources within CloudControl. This is used for the Protection Dashboard.
Update Hosts Passwords—Updates the managed passwords for protected hosts.

By default, the following scheduled events are disabled:

Export assessment data—Exports the assessment data to the Assessments.csv file.
Export asset data—Exports the host and virtual machine data to the Assets.csv file.
Get vCenter events—Updates the log with events from all protected vCenter Servers.
Inventory Refresh—Updates the host policy to include resource changes resulting from a Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) activity.
Refresh Trust Status—Updates the trust status for all hosts.
Refresh Host Socket Count—Updates the socket count for all hosts.
Update Esxi Resource MOR—Updates the ESXi-specific managed object reference for your vSphere resources in the CloudControl database.