The NSX Manager must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the application include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC.

ID: SV-265339r994240_rule
Version: NMGR-4X-000068
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001890
Updated: about 2 months ago

Remediation Templates

To configure a profile to apply a time zone to all NSX Manager nodes, do the following:

From the NSX Manager web interface, go to System >> Configuration >> Fabric >> Profiles >> Node Profiles.

Click "All NSX Nodes", and then click "Edit".
In the time zone drop-down list, select "UTC", and then click "Save".

or

From an NSX Manager shell, run the following command:

> set timezone UTC

Note: This fix must be run from each NSX Manager as they are configured individually if done from the command line.

The NSX Manager must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure