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VMCH-06-000029 - The system must disconnect unauthorized CD/DVD devices.

Information

Ensure that no device is connected to a virtual machine if it is not required. For example, floppy, serial and parallel ports are rarely used for virtual machines in a datacenter environment, and CD/DVD drives are usually connected only temporarily during software installation.

Solution

From the vSphere Client select the Virtual Machine right click and go to Edit Settings. Select the CD/DVD drive and uncheck 'Connected' and 'Connect at power on' and remove any attached ISOs.

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host or vCenter server run the following command:

Get-VM 'VM Name' | Get-CDDrive | Set-CDDrive -NoMedia

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMware_vSphere_6-0_Virtual_Machine_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-64095, Rule-ID|SV-78585r1_rule, STIG-ID|VMCH-06-000029, Vuln-ID|V-64095

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 6251fb1063a4a06be84458fa7d7b6e97764cf813e52a0175190c081f179fcb3d