A frequent question I receive:
“What is the primary production storage system included in a VxBlock / Vblock?”
Answer:
Note: Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) STaaS leverages EMC ViPR Controller as the abstraction layer to provide software-defined storage.
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create a Service & Entitlement (Part 5)
VMware Machine Blueprint Definition: A blueprint that contains a machine component specifies the workflow used to provision a machine and includes information such as CPU, memory, and storage. Machine blueprints specify the workflow used to provision a machine and include additional provisioning information such as the locations of required disk images or virtualization platform objects. Blueprints also specify policies such as the lease period and can include networking and security components such as security groups, policies, or tags. Blueprints can be specific to a business group or shared among groups in a tenant, depending on the entitlements that are configured for the published blueprint. More detail on Blueprints here.
To create the Blueprint Login as a user who has the ‘Infrastructure Architect’ role assigned (Machine Blueprint capabilities):
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Machine Prefix, Business Group & Add Reservation (Part 4)
VMware Services Definition: Services are used to organize catalog items into related offerings to make it easier for service catalog users to browse for the catalog items they need. You can entitle the service, which entitles business group users to all the associated catalog items. More details on Services here.
Login as a Tenant Admin or a user that holds the Catalog Admin role:
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Endpoints & Fabric Groups (Part 3)
Before creating the Business Group we firstly need to create a Machine Prefix which can be used by the Business Group to create IaaS resources.
VMware Machine Prefix Definition: You use machine prefixes to generate the names of provisioned machines. Machine prefixes are shared across all tenants. You should assign a default machine prefix to every business group that you expect to need IaaS resources. Every blueprint must have a machine prefix or use the group default prefix. Fabric administrators are responsible for managing machine prefixes. More detail on Machine Prefixes here.
Login as a Fabric Admin (which we created in the previous post) to create the machine prefix: Continue reading
Reference KB:
Directory sync is running endlessly in vRealize Automation 7.x (2146237)
While the above Kb refers to a known issue affecting VMware vRealize Automation 7.0.x, I also encountered this issue on vRA 7.1 and the resolution in the Kb worked successfully.
Sync displays as a running indefinitely:
While in the process of creating a vRA blueprint, none of my vSphere templates were displaying as an option for selection. This led me to verify some of my previous config, which led to identifying the source of the problem to be a misplaced template. Thanks @HeagaSteve for pointing me in the right direction!
As you can see when I click on the ellipsis in order to select a template I receive ‘No data to display’ in the list box:
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Tenant & Configure Authentication (Part 2)
Following on from the tenant & authentication post above, the following steps detail the creation of an Endpoint & Fabric Group in vRA 7.1.
This post will show how to create a vCenter endpoint followed by a Fabric Group, a vRO endpoint and the credentials required to connect vRA to these endpoints.
Begin by logging into the new tenant with a user who has the IaaS Administrator privileges:
Nice flow chart from vmware.com:
Login into your tenant:
https://vipvra.ppsilver.lab.local/vcac/org/ehc/
