Mismatch, flagged by VCF Operations, between how vCenter or cluster settings actually look and the desired state stored in a template. Checks can run on a schedule or on request, from the Configuration Drifts page in Fleet Management.
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Terms in this definition
- VCF Operations
VCF's console for running the fleet. It covers alerting, monitoring, capacity, reporting, log analysis and licensing alongside fleet management of identity, passwords, certificates and lifecycle.
- vCenter
Management software for VMs, clusters and ESX hosts. Each domain in VCF gets a dedicated one.
- State
A parameter in OAuth that carries custom data through the authorisation flow and back, as with the "Support state parameter" option in APIM.
- Fleet management
VCF Operations area, running on its own appliance, that centrally looks after licences, lifecycle, identity, certificates, passwords, tags and drift for an entire fleet. Aria Suite Lifecycle is not upgraded into it but replaced by it.
Related terms
- Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance
A Microsoft Entra feature that gives oversight of multiple tenants. It finds tenants linked to yours through B2B, multitenant apps and shared billing, lets you establish governance relationships, watches for configuration drift and provides a Governed Workforce flow for creating secure add-on tenants.
- Sync Inventory
Action run from VCF Operations against a VCF domain when SDDC Manager's records and vCenter disagree, bringing the two back into line. It is unrelated to detecting configuration drift.