Feb. 1, 2022, 6:28 p.m. | /u/brian1974

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Here is my setup – pretty simple

Nessus Pro v10

ESXi host 1 10.0.0.40

ESXi host 2 10.0.0.44

vCenter 6.5 10.0.0.70

Logging software 10.0.0.125

So I setup a compliance scan in Nessus here – New scan > Compliance > Policy Compliance Auditing.

When configuring the scan under compliance I picked the VMWare vSphere 6.5 hardening Guide.

In the scan I have this set for Remote syslog address - 10\.0\.0\.125

The scan shows FAILED for the following - ESXi : …

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