Cluster-level management of host settings from a desired-state document, superseding host profiles. VCF Operations only reports cluster drift where this has been turned on.
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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.
- Cluster drift
Shows, inside VCF Operations, where hosts no longer match what vSphere Configuration Profiles says the cluster should look like. Only profile-enabled clusters report it, using states like Drift Detected or Not Drifted.
- WHERE
Limits a SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE to just the rows meeting a condition. Omit it, and the statement hits every row.