Configuring VRealize Automation 7.4 V Realize 74 Configuration
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- Configuring vRealize Automation
- Contents
- Configuring vRealize Automation
- External Preparations for Blueprint Provisioning
- Preparing Your Environment for vRealize Automation Management
- Checklist for Preparing NSX Network and Security Configuration
- Checklist For Providing Third-Party IPAM Provider Support
- Checklist for Configuring Containers for vRealize Automation
- Preparing Your vCloud Director Environment for vRealize Automation
- Preparing Your vCloud Air Environment for vRealize Automation
- Preparing Your Amazon AWS Environment
- Preparing Red Hat OpenStack Network and Security Features
- Preparing Your SCVMM Environment
- Configure Network-to-Azure VPC Connectivity
- Preparing for Machine Provisioning
- Choosing a Machine Provisioning Method to Prepare
- Checklist for Running Visual Basic Scripts During Provisioning
- Using vRealize Automation Guest Agent in Provisioning
- Checklist for Preparing to Provision by Cloning
- Preparing for vCloud Air and vCloud Director Provisioning
- Preparing for Linux Kickstart Provisioning
- Preparing for SCCM Provisioning
- Preparing for WIM Provisioning
- Preparing for Virtual Machine Image Provisioning
- Preparing for Amazon Machine Image Provisioning
- Scenario: Prepare vSphere Resources for Machine Provisioning in Rainpole
- Preparing for Software Provisioning
- Preparing Your Environment for vRealize Automation Management
- Tenant and Resource Preparations for Blueprint Provisioning
- Configuring Tenant Settings
- Choosing Directories Management Configuration Options
- Directories Management Overview
- Using Directories Management to Create an Active Directory Link
- Configure an Active Directory over LDAP/IWA Link
- Configure an OpenLDAP Directory Connection
- Configure Directories Management for High Availability
- Configure a Bi Directional Trust Relationship Between vRealize Automation and Active Directory
- Configure SAML Federation Between Directories Management and SSO2
- Add Users or Groups to an Active Directory Connection
- Select Attributes to Sync with Directory
- Add Memory to Directories Management
- Create a Domain Host Lookup File to Override DNS Service Location (SRV) Lookup
- Configure Just-in-Time User Provisioning
- Managing User Attributes that Sync from Active Directory
- Managing Connectors and Connector Clusters
- Join a Connector Machine to a Domain
- About Domain Controller Selection
- Managing Access Policies
- Configuring Additional Identity Provider Connections
- Integrating Alternative User Authentication Products with Directories Management
- Configuring SecurID for Directories Management
- Configuring RADIUS for Directories Management
- Configuring a Certificate or Smart Card Adapter for Use with Directories Management
- Configuring a Third-Party Identity Provider Instance to Authenticate Users
- Managing Authentication Methods to Apply to Users
- Configuring Kerberos for Directories Management
- Upgrading External Connectors for Directories Management
- Scenario: Configure an Active Directory Link for a Highly Available vRealize Automation
- Configure External Connectors for Smart Card and Third-party Identity Provider Authentication in vRealize Automation
- Create a Multi Domain or Multi Forest Active Directory Link
- Configuring Groups and User Roles
- Create Additional Tenants
- Delete a Tenant
- Configuring Security Settings for Multi-tenancy
- Configuring Custom Branding
- Checklist for Configuring Notifications
- Configuring Global Email Servers for Notifications
- Add a Tenant-Specific Outbound Email Server
- Add a Tenant-Specific Inbound Email Server
- Override a System Default Outbound Email Server
- Override a System Default Inbound Email Server
- Revert to System Default Email Servers
- Configure Notifications
- Customize the Date for Email Notification for Machine Expiration
- Configuring Templates for Automatic IaaS Emails
- Subscribe to Notifications
- Create a Custom RDP File to Support RDP Connections for Provisioned Machines
- Scenario: Add Datacenter Locations for Cross Region Deployments
- Configuring vRealize Orchestrator
- Choosing Directories Management Configuration Options
- Configuring Resources
- Checklist for Configuring IaaS Resources
- Configuring Endpoints
- Choosing an Endpoint Scenario
- Endpoint Settings Reference
- Create a vSphere Endpoint
- Create an NSX Endpoint and Associate to a vSphere Endpoint
- Create a vCloud Air Endpoint
- Create a vCloud Director Endpoint
- Create an Amazon Endpoint
- Create a Proxy Endpoint and Associate to a Cloud Endpoint
- Create a Proxy Endpoint for OVF Host Web Site
- Create a vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint
- Create a vRealize Operations Manager Endpoint
- Create a Third-Party IPAM Provider Endpoint
- Create a Microsoft Azure Endpoint
- Create a Puppet Endpoint
- Create a Hyper-V (SCVMM) Endpoint
- Create an OpenStack Endpoint
- Create a Hyper-V, XenServer, or Xen Pool Endpoint
- Considerations When Using Test Connection
- Import or Export Endpoints Programmatically
- Viewing Endpoint Sources and Running Data Collection
- Considerations When Working With Upgraded or Migrated Endpoints
- Considerations When Deleting Endpoints
- Troubleshooting Attached vSphere Endpoint Cannot be Found
- Create a Fabric Group
- Configure Machine Prefixes
- Creating a Network Profile
- Using Network Profiles to Control IP Address Ranges
- Understanding CSV File Format for Importing Network Profile IP Addresses
- Creating an External Network Profile For an Existing Network
- Creating a Routed Network Profile For an On-Demand Network
- Creating a NAT Network Profile For an On-Demand Network
- Releasing IP Addresses By Destroying Provisioned Machines
- Configuring Reservations and Reservation Policies
- Reservations
- Choosing a Reservation Scenario
- Creating Cloud Category Reservations
- Creating Virtual Category Reservations
- Edit a Reservation to Assign a Network Profile
- Reservation Policies
- Storage Reservation Policies
- Reservations
- Workload Placement
- Managing Key Pairs
- Scenario: Apply a Location to a Compute Resource for Cross Region Deployments
- Provisioning a vRealize Automation Deployment Using a Third-Party IPAM Provider
- Configuring Endpoints
- Configuring XaaS Resources
- Creating and Configuring Containers
- Installing Additional Plug-Ins on the Default vRealize Orchestrator Server
- Working With Active Directory Policies
- Checklist for Configuring IaaS Resources
- User Preferences for Notifications and Delegates
- Configuring Tenant Settings
- Providing Service Blueprints to Users
- Designing Blueprints
- Building Your Design Library
- Designing Machine Blueprints
- Space-Efficient Storage for Virtual Provisioning
- Understanding and Using Blueprint Parameterization
- Configure a Machine Blueprint
- Machine Blueprint Settings
- Designing Blueprints with NSX Settings
- New Blueprint and Blueprint Properties Page Settings with NSX
- Configuring Network and Security Component Settings
- Using Network Components in the Design Canvas
- Using Load Balancer Components in the Design Canvas
- Using Security Components in the Design Canvas
- Associating Network and Security Components
- Configuring a Blueprint to Provision from an OVF
- Using Container Components in Blueprints
- Creating Microsoft Azure Blueprints and Incorporating Resource Actions
- Creating Puppet Enabled vSphere Blueprints
- Add RDP Connection Support to Your Windows Machine Blueprints
- Scenario: Add Active Directory Cleanup to Your CentOS Blueprint
- Scenario: Allow Requesters to Specify Machine Host Name
- Scenario: Enable Users to Select Datacenter Locations for Cross Region Deployments
- Designing Software Components
- Designing XaaS Blueprints and Resource Actions
- vRealize Orchestrator Integration in vRealize Automation
- List of vRealize Orchestrator Plug-Ins
- Creating XaaS Blueprints and Resource Actions
- Mapping Other Resources to Work with XaaS Resource Actions
- Designing Forms for XaaS Blueprints and Actions
- XaaS Examples and Scenarios
- Create an XaaS Blueprint and Action for Creating and Modifying a User
- Create and Publish an XaaS Action to Migrate a Virtual Machine
- Create an XaaS Action to Migrate a Virtual Machine With vMotion
- Create and Publish an XaaS Action to Take a Snapshot
- Create and Publish an XaaS Action to Start an Amazon Virtual Machine
- Troubleshooting Incorrect Accents and Special Characters in XaaS Blueprints
- Publishing a Blueprint
- Designing Machine Blueprints
- Working with Blueprints Programmatically
- Assembling Composite Blueprints
- Customizing Blueprint Request Forms
- Managing the Service Catalog
- Checklist for Configuring the Service Catalog
- Creating a Service
- Working with Catalog Items and Actions
- Creating Entitlements
- Working with Approval Policies
- Examples of Approval Policies Based on the Virtual Machine Policy Type
- Example of Actions with Approval Policies Applied in a Composite Deployment
- Example of an Approval Policy in Multiple Entitlements
- Processing Approval Policies in the Service Catalog
- Create an Approval Policy
- Modify an Approval Policy
- Deactivate an Approval Policy
- Delete an Approval Policy
- Scenario: Create and Apply CentOS with MySQL Approval Policies
- Request Machine Provisioning By Using a Parameterized Blueprint
- Scenario: Make the CentOS with MySQL Application Blueprint Available in the Service Catalog
- Managing Deployed Catalog Items
- Running Actions for Provisioned Resources
- Action Menu Commands for Provisioned Resources
- Configure a Metrics Provider
- Send Reclamation Requests
- Track Reclamation Requests
- Change the Reservation of a Managed Machine
- Create a Snapshot of Your Machine
- Connect Remotely to a Machine
- Configuring Remote Consoles for vSphere with Untrusted SSL Certificates
- Force Destroy a Deployment After a Failed Destroy Request
- Troubleshooting Missing Actions in the Resource Actions Menu
- Troubleshooting a Failed Deployment That Includes a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow
- Specify Machine Reconfiguration Settings and Considerations for Reconfiguration
- Reconfigure a Load Balancer in a Deployment
- Change NAT Rules in a Deployment
- Add or Remove Security Items in a Deployment
- Display All NAT Rules for an Existing NSX Edge
- Running Actions for Provisioned Resources