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The ESXi host must allocate audit record storage capacity to store at least one week's worth of audit records.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-258743ESXI-80-000113SV-258743r958752_ruleCCI-001849medium
Description
In order to ensure ESXi has sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, audit record storage capacity should be configured. If a central audit record storage facility is available, the local storage capacity should be sufficient to hold audit records that would accumulate during anticipated interruptions in delivery of records to the facility.
STIGDate
VMware vSphere 8.0 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-06-04

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

MON-04Event Log Storage Capacity
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (14) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00
AU-3(1)Additional Audit Information
1.00
AU-4Audit Log Storage Capacity
1.00
AU-4(1)Transfer to Alternate Storage
1.00
AU-5Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
1.00
AU-5(1)Storage Capacity Warning
1.00
AU-5(2)Real-time Alerts
1.00
AU-7Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
1.00

+4 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001849
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-258743r958752_chk)

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters. Select the ESXi Host >> Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings. Select the "Syslog.global.auditRecord.storageCapacity" value and verify it is set to "100". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following command: Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Syslog.global.auditRecord.storageCapacity If the "Syslog.global.auditRecord.storageCapacity" setting is not set to 100, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62392r933289_fix)

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters. Select the ESXi Host >> Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings. Click "Edit". Select the "Syslog.global.auditRecord.storageCapacity" value and configure it to "100". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following command: Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Syslog.global.auditRecord.storageCapacity | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 100