vRA7 Endpoint Setup and Fabric Setup

IaaS and Fabric administrators configure the resources for the existing infrastructure to work with vRealize Automation and allocates the infrastructure resources to vRealize Automation business groups.

The diagram shows the flow of things happening from the administrators side.

vRA7 Adding Directory Services

1. Login with the Local account you created. Select Administration > Directories Management > Directories.

vRA7 Tenant Setup

1. Once the installation is complete, open the vRA URL using the VIP or first node of vRA appliance. You should see the page below.

VMware ESXi 6.0 Install (Interactive)

Prerequisites

• ESXi installer ISO must be in one of the following locations:

         On CD or DVD
         On a USB flash drive.
         You can also PXE boot the ESXi installer to launch an interactive installation or a scripted one.

• Verify that the server hardware clock is set to UTC. This setting is in the system BIOS.
• Verify that a keyboard and monitor are attached to the machine on which the ESXi software will be installed. Alternatively, use a remote management application.
• Consider disconnecting your network storage. This action decreases the time it takes the installer to search for available disk drives.

Note that when you disconnect network storage, any files on the disconnected disks are unavailable at installation.

• Do not disconnect a LUN that contains an existing ESX or ESXi installation.
• Gather the information required by the ESXi installation wizard
• Verify that ESXi Embedded is not present on the host machine. ESXi Installable and ESXi Embedded cannot exist on the same host.

Part 5. Import external application to AppD

1. Login to the AppD server using the darwin_user account or the one has sufficient permissions,

a. Once logged in Login run to launch the Darwin CLI,

Part 4. Prepare the VM template for Cloud provisioning - Linux

1. Agent files and Location (on AppDirector).

Copy the necessary agents files depending on the OS and architecture to the VM template /tmp folder. You can use SCP/WGET/WinSCP anything.

Part 3. Add templates to Cloud Provider and map it with Logical template

1. Login to AppD page and Click on 'Cloud Provider' from drop down menu.

Part 2. Create Cloud Provider in AppD

vCloud Application Director registers a cloud provider by connecting to a vCloud Automation Center provisioning or business group. Verify that your user account has the ROLE_CLOUD_ADMIN cloud administrator role assigned to it in vRA.

VMware vRA Application Director Basic Guide

Pre-requisites and Assumptions

Part 1. Install & Configure vRA Application Director

1. Download the vRA Application Services OVA file from the VMware website.

This is the link: Download Link

2. Deploy the appliance the usual way in vCenter and open the console window.

3. At the course of installation you will see the configuration items in the Console, starting with License key,

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vCAC - Install & Configure IaaS Engine

Pre-requisites of IaaS

1. Windows Server 2008 or 2012.

2. Dot Net Framework 4.5

3. vCAC Prereq Automation Script (Optional)

4. Separate blank Database.

These are the 6 core components of IaaS,

1. IIS Role

2. Distributed Execution Managers (DEMs)

3. Agents

4. Model Manager

5. Manager Service

6. Database

Iaas Component Architecture Diagram

To start with, make sure the PowerShell policy is set correctly. Set the Execution policy to remote signed.

vSphere Client Integration Plug-In - Web Client

Sometimes it is difficult to download and install vSphere client integration plugin. Below is the location where it can be manually downloaded,

C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphereWebClient\server\work\deployer\s\global\72\0\container-app-war-5.5.0.war\vmrc

Replace the vCD Transfer Storage

If you have a new NFS share and want to replace it with the existing one, you can follow something below,

For example you setup a new share name: 192.168.1.5:/mnt/esxsan/nfs/vcdshare

Setup Transfer Server Storage on vCD cell

It is very simple and straight forward to setup. The transfer server storage is basically mounted on the path "/opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer/" on the vCD cell. If it is a single cell then the transfer storage is mounted on the local disk.

Pre-requisites,

• NFS server with fully setup shares.
• NFS server and share details.
• Atleast one vCD cell.
• Both NFS and vCD must talk to each other.

vCloud Networking

Different vCloud networks

I will attempt to lay out some of the networking concepts used in vCloud Director. So for a start this is divided into three networks layers,

• External Network
• Organization Network
• vApp Network

Prepare Host for VXLAN

The VXLAN network gets created automatically when you create the first PvDC. But if you are facing issues setting up VXLAN network in the PvDC then probably you  may have missed the below,

1. Login to the vCNS.

Add vCenter to vCD

Here is how you add the vCenter to vCD,

1. Login to the vCD application page, that looks like something below,

Not able to prepare host in vCD? Remove the vCD agent....

When you try to prepare the host(s) you get below error,

The host is managed by another  vCloud Director system "vcd". Unprepare the host from the other system or uninstall the agent software on the host...

Hosts not visible in the vCD vSphere resources?

Here I would check and do,

1. Make sure the time synchronization is accurate among vCD, vShield Manager and vCenter server. Use of NTP server is recommended.

2. Make sure vLookup service is responding and correctly configured.

3. Check if the PvDC is throwing any error, this issue is most probably related to the PvDC. If possible remove the PvDC and re-create it.

4. Once PvDC re-created the hosts should show up.