This article will walk you through getting the latest version of the "Management Pack for vROPs" installed and working, and get you on your journey to expanding out the functionality within vRealize Operations. What Is It? The management pack is a software update for vROPs that does several things including: Allowing visibility into vRO so … Continue reading vRealize Operations – Management Pack for vRealize Orchestrator
vRealize Automation/Cloud Services
Cloud and On-Prem
vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 3)
This is the third installment in a series of articles for micro-segmentation with vRA and NSX-V. The previous articles in the series can be found here: Part 1 Part 2 This article wasn't going to be written as my mini series was complete on this topic however I discovered an issue with my configuration and … Continue reading vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 3)
vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 2)
This article follows on from a previous micro-segmentation article (Part 1) and expands its use case a little bit further. In part 1 we had a very simple 3 tier application with a single machine in each tier as shown in this diagram. To help increase the scalability and availability of the application, our use … Continue reading vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 2)
vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 1)
This article is as much a reminder for me as it is for you. Sometimes when you don't cover a particular topic for a while it's a good idea just to sit down and play with technology, especially when there are new product versions to consider. The Scenario The scenario for this article is as … Continue reading vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 1)
vRealize Automation – NAT NSX Edge Internal Error
This short post covers an issue I came across the other day when testing out deploying a vRA blueprint that was configured with an "On-Demand NAT Network". Every time I tried to use the blueprint it would fail halfway through with the following error. No data for field segment: Current field-id [address], current field path … Continue reading vRealize Automation – NAT NSX Edge Internal Error
vRA 7.5 Deployed with vRSLCM 2.0 – The Issue with Self Signed Certificates
This article covers an issue that a few people have reported internally within VMware when deploying new instances of vRA 7.5 using vRSLCM 2.0 (pre patch 1). The issue relates to the vSphere Proxy Agent failing to connect back to vRA due to the proxy agent encountering a certificate trust error. In this example, the … Continue reading vRA 7.5 Deployed with vRSLCM 2.0 – The Issue with Self Signed Certificates
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager – Certificates
To use certificates within vRSLCM (i.e. assign them to products you are deploying from vRSLCM) they must be added under "Settings -> Certificate". When this is done each certificate added becomes visible from the product deployment wizards and could be used for one of the given products. There are a few options available to get … Continue reading vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager – Certificates
vRealize Automation 7.5 – Quick Overview
Now that VMworld 2018 has passed (at least for the US) screenshots of vRA 7.5 are out in the wild so I can take a few minutes here to cover some of the changes/additions since vRA 7.4. The UI VMware products are being aligned to the Clarity UI design to give a consistent look and … Continue reading vRealize Automation 7.5 – Quick Overview
Dynamic Types
Dynamic Types have always seemed to be a mystery to alot of people who use vRealize Orchestrator (vRO). Sometimes people don't understand why you might need them and other times they just seem way to complex to figure out how they work and how to implement them. What and Why Dynamic Types enables you to … Continue reading Dynamic Types
vRO with PowerShell & CredSSP
In this post I will show you how to integrate a PowerShell host into vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) leveraging CredSSP. Throughout my time at VMware I have worked on many automation projects and most (if not all) of them have had a requirement to re-use PowerShell scripts that already exist. Customers just don't lik re-working stuff … Continue reading vRO with PowerShell & CredSSP
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