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V-251783

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-251783r879747_rule

STIG

VMware NSX-T Manager NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R3

CCIs

CCI-001890

Discussion

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 UTC, a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC.

Check Content

From the NSX-T Manager web interface, go to System >> Fabric >> Profiles >> Node Profiles. Click "All NSX Nodes" and verify the time zone.

or

From an NSX-T Manager shell, run the following command(s):

> get clock

If system clock is not configured with the UTC time zone, this is a finding.

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

Fix Text

To configure a profile to apply NTP servers to all NSX-T Manager nodes, do the following:

From the NSX-T Manager web interface, go to System >> 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-T Manager shell, run the following command(s):

> set timezone UTC

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