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1 May 2022

vRA 8.8 Custom Names

With the release of vRA 8.8 you can now make use of Custom Names by enabling this feature through the UI. I have written before about vRA Custom Names since the release of version 8.6.1. However, in that version the Custom Names feature was hidden and could only be enabled with some API reverse engineering (hence I had to temporarily...

Automation/vRA

10 February 2022

Using vCenter Content Library with vRealize Automation 8

To speed up vRA VM deployments a common used practice is to copy the “golden” VM templates to each vSphere cluster with a script or via vRealize Orchestrator. In addition for vRA7 environments, the custom property “CloneFrom” [Custom Property] in combination with an Orchestrator Workflow is used to select the template from the cluster that the new VM is deployed...

Automation/vCenter/vRA/vSphere

23 January 2022

VIDM 3.3.5 to 3.3.6 Upgrade Error – Fix the missing OVF Properties with PowerCLi.

Update 05/feb/2023; I ran into this issue again while upgrading to 3.3.7 and created an updated Powershell script on my [Github] page. After the release of vRealize Automation 8.6.2 and deploying this in greenfield, I also wanted to upgrade my “production” environment. Before you can upgrade to vRA 8.6.2, you have to upgrade vRSLCM to version 8.6.2 and VIDM to...

VIDM/vRSLCM

26 November 2021

vRA 8.6.1 Custom names

Update 29/04 – Although the Custom Names feature is available in vRA 8.6.1. it is a hidden feature and not available from the UI. I had some issues around the contents of this blogpost so I decided to temporarily remove it. Please check out my new blogpost [here] about the custom names feature which is available in vRA 8.8 Before...

vRA

15 November 2021

How to resize VIDM or Workspace ONE Access Disks

As a follow up to a [previous article] where I described how to resize the disk for VIDM, my co-blogger came up with another (better) solution that does not require the installation of gparted. Note that resizing sda has a different procedure than resizing sdb/sdc (traditional partition vs [LVM]). This blogpost is based on Photon based Workspace ONE Access 2108....

Access/Linux/VIDM/Workspace ONE

2 October 2021

Getting started with vRA SaltStack Config – part 2

If you successfully complete part 1, it is now time to see the integration between vRA and SaltStack in action. To make life a bit easier (but insecure) you can configure SSC to automatically Accept new Minion Keys. To do this, you have to edit the file /etc/salt/master and look for the auto_accept entry. Remove the bracket and set the...

Automation/SaltStack/vRA

2 October 2021

Getting started with vRA SaltStack Config – part 1

I finally got some time to work with vRA Saltstack Config (SSC) and want to share my experience in this blogpost. My starting point is: vRSLCM 8.4.1.1 Patch 2 with VIDM 3.3.5 and vRA 8.5.1 Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) Cloud ova image on a local webserver (or Content library). You can find the latest [here]: Microsoft CA with generated certificates...

Automation/SaltStack/vRA

26 August 2021

Password management in VCF with Powershell and PowerVCF

SDDC Manager is the core component of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) to manage full life cycle management tasks such as deployment, configuration, patching and upgrades. SDDC Manager can even be used to update and (automatically) rotate the passwords of all components. This feature called is Password management and can be found under Administration, Security. With Password Management it is possible...

Powershell/VCF

14 August 2021

Automated deployment of vRealize Automation 8.x via PowerShell – Part 2

If all went well during Part 1, you should now have a fresh vRSLCM installation. In this part I will use another script to take care of configuring vRSLCM, deploying VIDM and deploying vRA, both as single node. Just like the previous script, some parts of the script may be further optimized and need additional error handling. Also, I did...

Automation/Powershell/VIDM/vRA/vRSLCM

13 August 2021

Automated deployment of vRealize Automation 8.x via Powershell – Part 1

For my work, I regularly need to deploy a fresh vRA Environment, either to test with a specific (older) version or new beta release. Although the Deployment of vRA is relatively easy, it always takes me more time than I like, so I decided to throw in some extra time and automate the deployment of vRSLCM, VIDM and VRA. There...

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Author: Henk Engelsman