Index
A
- active-active, Orchestrator configuration
- about / Active-Active
- active-active configuration / Active-Active configuration
- active-passive configuration / Active-Passive configuration
- active-standby, Orchestrator configuration
- about / Active-Standby
- active CAFÉ nodes
- finding / Which CAFÉ node is active?
- active DEM Orchestrator
- checking / Which DEM Orchestrator is online and active?
- Active Directory (AD) / Identity management appliance or SSO or PSC
- AD Certificate Services (ADCS) / Planning and preparation
- Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) / RabbitMQ
- Advanced Service Designer (ASD)
- overview / Advanced Service Designer overview
- roles / Advanced Service Designer overview
- advanced service endpoints
- ASD provider
- communication, with catalog / Advanced Service Designer overview
- communication, with vRO / Advanced Service Designer overview
- ASD tab
- enabling, in vRA / Enabling the ASD tab in vRA
B
- business groups
- creating / Creating business groups
C
- CAFE1 node
- CAFE2 node
- CAFÉ
- NSX load balancer configurations, creating for / Creating NSX load balancer configurations for CAFÉ
- vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), configuring at / Configuring vRO at CAFÉ or IaaS makes a difference!
- CAFÉ, HA
- configuring / Configuring the CAFÉ appliance in HA
- configuring, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- setup details / Setup Details
- NSX load balancer configurations / CAFÉ NSX load balancer configurations
- configuration / CAFÉ configuration
- NSX load balancer configuration, updating / Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for CAFÉ
- CAFÉ appliance
- about / vRealize Automation or CAFÉ appliance
- vPostgres / vPostgres
- RabbitMQ / RabbitMQ
- vCAC server / vCAC server
- tcServer (Tomcat) / tcServer (Tomcat)
- Telemetry / Telemetry
- failure / Failover of CAFÉ appliance
- CAFÉ health monitor URL
- about / The CAFÉ health monitor URL
- CAFÉ service monitoring
- URL / Pools configuration
- catalog item
- configuring / Configuring a catalog item
- Certgen script
- certificates
- about / Certificates
- SSL certificates / Certificates
- generation process / The certificate generation process
- creating / Creating certificates, Generating Orchestrator certificates
- Cloud Automation Framework for Extensibility (CAFÉ) / vRealize Automation – a conceptual diagram
- Cloud Management Platform (CMP) / What is vRealize Automation?
- Create/Read/Update/Delete (CRUD) / Model Manager Web a.k.a. repository
- credentials
- creating / Creating and configuring credentials
- configuring / Creating and configuring credentials
- Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) / Telemetry
- custom group
- service architect role, assigning to / Creating a custom group and assigning the role
D
- DEM
- about / Model Manager Web a.k.a. repository, Distributed Execution Manager
- Orchestrator / DEM Orchestrator (DEO)
- Worker / DEM Worker
- DEM Orchestrator
- failover / Failover of DEM Orchestrator
- DEM Orchestrator (DEO) / DEM Orchestrator (DEO)
- DEM Orchestrator node
- installation / Installation of the first Manager Service and DEM Orchestrator node
- installation, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- setup details / Setup Details
- checkpoint / Checkpoint
- installing / Installing the standby Manager Service and the DEM Orchestrator node
- installing, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- DEM Worker / DEM Worker
- installation / Installation of the First DEM Worker and Proxy Agent, Worker installation
- installation, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- setup details / Setup Details
- failover / Failover of DEM Worker and proxy agent
- deployment
- monitoring, by user / Monitoring deployment by a user
- monitoring, by fabric administrator / Monitoring deployment by fabric administrator
- deployment modes
- simple / Getting started
- distributed / Getting started
- deployment status
- monitoring / Monitoring deployment status
- distributed architecture
- configuring / Distributed architecture
- implementing / Distributed architecture
- distributed deployment architecture
- Distributed Execution Manager (DEM) / Installation of the First Web node
- distributed installation
- pre-implementation tasks / Planning and preparation
- infrastructure details / Infrastructure details
E
- entitlement
- creating / Creating an entitlement
- external database
- Orchestrator appliance, configuring with / Configuring the database
- external vPostgres DB, HA
- configuration, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- setup details / Setup Details
- NSX load balancer configurations / vPostgres NSX load balancer configurations
- replication, testing / Testing Replication
- monitor scripts / Postgres Monitor scripts
- monitor scripts, configuration / Configuration
- monitor scripts, testing / Testing Monitor scripts
F
- fabric administrator
- deployment, monitoring by / Monitoring deployment by fabric administrator
- fabric groups
- configuring / Configuring fabric groups
- failover, of DEM Orchestrator
- about / Failover of DEM Orchestrator
- failover, of DEM Worker
- about / DEM Worker
- failover, of Manager Service
- about / Failover of Manager Service
- active node, finding / Finding the active node
- failover, of Model Manager Web
- about / Failover of Model Manager Web
- failover, of proxy agent
- about / Proxy agents
- failover test, Manager Service
- about / Failover test
- symptoms / Symptoms
- effect / Effect and failover step
- steps / Effect and failover step
- failure, of CAFÉ appliance
- about / Failover of CAFÉ appliance
- state 1 (one active node failed) / Failover test – state 1 (one active node failed)
- state 2 (failure of all active nodes) / Failover test – state 2 (failure of all the active nodes)
- failure, of identity management appliance
- failure, of vPostgres
- about / Failover of vPostgres
- via NSX load balancer / Choice 1 – identify active node via NSX load balancer
- via health monitor URL / Choice 2 – identify master node via health monitor URL
G
- guest agents
- about / Guest agents
- uninstalling / Guest agent uninstall steps
H
- HA
- CAFÉ appliance, configuring / Configuring the CAFÉ appliance in HA
- modes, for IaaS component / IaaS components HA modes and failover options
- modes, for failover options / IaaS components HA modes and failover options
- HA modes
- about / vRealize Automation components and HA modes
- active-active configuration / Active-Active configuration
- active-passive configuration / Active-Passive configuration
- health check URL
- about / Health monitor URL
I
- IaaS
- about / IaaS – architecture and component deep dive
- architecture / IaaS – architecture and component deep dive
- components / IaaS – architecture and component deep dive
- installation / IaaS installation
- installation, components / IaaS installation
- setup configuration / IaaS installation
- HA modes / IaaS components HA modes and failover options
- failover options / IaaS components HA modes and failover options
- prerequisites / IaaS prerequisites and virtual machine preparation
- virtual machine preparation / IaaS prerequisites and virtual machine preparation
- installation flow, overview / Overview of the IaaS installation flow (only the first nodes)
- vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), configuring at / Configuring vRO at CAFÉ or IaaS makes a difference!
- IaaS installation flow
- overview / Overview of the IaaS installation flow (only the first nodes)
- PFX certificate, installing to IIS web server / Installing PFX certificate to IIS Web Server
- first web node, installing / Installation of the First Web node
- prerequisites / Prerequisites
- setup details / Setup Details
- IaaS Manager Node
- IaaS MGR
- NSX load balancer configurations / NSX load balancer configurations for IaaS MGR
- and Orchestrator installation (first/active node) / IaaS MGR and Orchestrator Installation (first/active node)
- installing / IaaS MGR and Orchestrator installation – (second/standby node)
- IaaS WEB
- NSX load balancer configurations / NSX load balancer configurations for IaaS web
- installation / IaaS WEB installation
- installation, checkpoint / Checkpoint
- installing / IaaS WEB installation (second node)
- identity (ID) appliance, vRA components
- running / The identity (ID) appliance
- configuration / Identity appliance configuration, Configuration
- configuration, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- identity management appliance
- IIS web server
- PFX certificate, installing / Installing PFX certificate to IIS Web Server
- infrastructure agent
- about / Infrastructure agent
- virtualization proxy agents / Infrastructure agent
- integration agents / Infrastructure agent
- WMI agents / Infrastructure agent
- installation flow
- overview / Overview of the installation flow
K
- key capabilities, vRA
- about / Key capabilities
- single solution of abstracted service models / A single solution of abstracted service models
- service deployment / Model once – deploy anywhere
- personalization through policies (governance) / Personalization through policies (governance)
L
- Linux-based guest OS
- preparing, for vSphere Blueprint / GOS – Linux
- login validation
- about / Login validation
M
- machine prefix
- configuring / Configuring the machine prefix
- management agent
- about / Management agent
- roadmap / Management agent
- Manager Service
- installation / Installation of the first Manager Service and DEM Orchestrator node
- installation, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- setup details / Setup Details
- checkpoint / Checkpoint
- failover / Failover of Manager Service
- failover test / Failover test
- Manager Services
- about / Manager Service
- key functionalities / Manager Service
- URL / Manager Service
- MGR
- NSX load balancer configuration, updating / Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for WEB and MGR
- service monitoring configuration / Service monitoring configuration for MGR
- Microsoft Certificate Authority
- Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) / MSSQL database
- Model Manager
- about / Model Manager
- Data / Model Manager Data
- Web (repository) / Model Manager Web a.k.a. repository
- Model Manager Web
- failover / Failover of Model Manager Web
- monitor scripts
- URL / Configuration
- MSSQL database / MSSQL database
N
- NSX load balancer
- configuring / Configuring the NSX load balancer
- NSX load balancer configuration
- about / NSX load balancer configuration
- prerequisite / Prerequisite
- updating, for vPostgres / Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for vPostgres
- updating, for WEB / Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for WEB and MGR
- updating, for MGR / Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for WEB and MGR
- NSX load balancer configuration, vPostgres
- updating / Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for vPostgres
- service monitoring configuration / Service monitoring configuration
- pool configuration / Pool configuration
- NSX load balancer configurations
- creating, for CAFÉ / Creating NSX load balancer configurations for CAFÉ
- NSX load balancer configurations, CAFÉ
- about / CAFÉ NSX load balancer configurations
- application profile configuration / Application Profile configuration
- service monitoring configuration / Service Monitoring configuration, Service Monitoring configuration
- pool configuration / Pool configuration, Pools configuration
- virtual servers configuration / Virtual servers configuration
- updating / Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for CAFÉ
- NSX load balancer configurations, for IaaS MGR
- about / NSX load balancer configurations for IaaS MGR
- pool configuration / Pool configuration
- pools statistic, after adding second node / Pools statistics after adding the second node
- NSX load balancer configurations, for IaaS web
- about / NSX load balancer configurations for IaaS web
- pool configuration / Pool configuration
- pools statistics, after adding second node / Pools statistics after adding the second node
- NSX load balancer configurations, IaaS MGR
- about / NSX load balancer configurations for IaaS MGR
- application profile configuration / Application Profile configuration
- service monitoring configuration / Application Profile configuration
- pool configuration / Application Profile configuration, Virtual Server configuration
- virtual server configuration / Virtual Server configuration
- NSX load balancer configurations, IaaS WEB
- about / NSX load balancer configurations for IaaS web
- application profile configuration / Application Profile configuration
- pool configuration / Application Profile configuration
- service monitoring configuration / Application Profile configuration
- virtual server configuration / Virtual Server configuration
- virtual server configuration, checkpoint / Checkpoint
- NSX load balancer configurations, vPostgres
- steps / vPostgres NSX load balancer configurations
- application profile configuration / Application Profile configuration
- service monitoring configuration / Application Profile configuration
- virtual server configuration / Virtual Server configuration
- pool configuration / Virtual Server configuration
- about / vPostgres configuration
O
- online DEM Orchestrator
- checking / Which DEM Orchestrator is online and active?
- Orchestrator
- Orchestrator appliance
- configuring, with external database / Configuring the database
- Orchestrator client
- installing / Installing the Orchestrator client
- Orchestrator cluster
- configuring / Configuring the cluster
- Orchestrator configuration
- about / Types of Orchestrator configuration
- active-active / Active-Active
- active-standby / Active-Standby
- planning / Planning and preparing
- preparing / Planning and preparing
- export configuration settings / Export configuration
- Orchestrator configuration page
- Orchestrator NSX load balancer configurations
- about / Orchestrator NSX load balancer configurations
- application profile, configuring / Configuring an application profile
- service monitors, configuring / Configuring service monitors
- pools, configuring / Configuring pools
- virtual servers, configuring / Configuring virtual servers
- Orchestrator server
- configuring / Configuring the first Orchestrator server, Orchestrator server configuration continues, Configuring the second Orchestrator server
- certificates, configuring / Configuring certificates
P
- permissions
- providing, in vSphere Endpoint / Providing the required permissions in the vSphere Endpoint
- PFX certificate
- installing, to IIS web server / Installing PFX certificate to IIS Web Server
- Platform Service Controller (PSC) / vSphere 6.0 PSC
- pre-implementation tasks, distributed installation
- software, downloading / Planning and preparation
- hostname, planning / Planning and preparation
- SSL certificate generation / Planning and preparation
- DNS entries, creating / Planning and preparation
- service account, creating / Planning and preparation
- load balancer configuration / Planning and preparation
- Microsoft SQL Server / Planning and preparation
- proxy agent
- installation / Installation of the First DEM Worker and Proxy Agent, Proxy Agent installation
- installation, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- setup details / Setup Details
- installing / Installing the second DEM Worker and proxy agent, Installing the proxy agent
- installing, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- failover / Proxy agents
- Public Key Cryptography Standard (PKCS) / Certificates
R
- RabbitMQ / RabbitMQ
- RepoUtil commands / Model Manager Data
- reservation policies
- configuring / Configuring reservation policies
- roles, Advanced Service Designer (ASD)
- tenant administrator / Advanced Service Designer overview
- service architect / Advanced Service Designer overview
- consumer/user / Advanced Service Designer overview
- RunOneOnly feature / DEM Orchestrator (DEO)
S
- second active web node
- installing / Installing the second active web node
- installing, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- second DEM Worker
- installing / Installing the second DEM Worker and proxy agent, Worker installation
- installing, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- service
- creating / Creating a service
- service architect role
- granting / Granting the service architect role
- assigning, to specific user / Assigning to a specific user
- assigning, to custom group / Creating a custom group and assigning the role
- service blueprints
- about / Advanced Service Designer overview, Service blueprint
- prerequisites / Prerequisites
- provisioning operation / Service blueprint provisioning and post-provisioning operation
- post-provisioning operation / Service blueprint provisioning and post-provisioning operation
- custom resource, creating / Creating a custom resource
- creating / Create a service blueprint
- resource action, creating / Creating a resource action
- creating, for provisioning virtual machine / No actions required after provisioning a service blueprint
- service catalog
- creating / An overview of creating a service catalog
- requesting / Requesting a service catalog
- shutdown order
- for vRealize Automation components / Shutdown order
- simple deployment architecture
- about / Simple deployment architecture
- Single Sign-On (SSO) / Identity management appliance or SSO or PSC
- Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) / What is vRealize Automation?
- specific user
- service architect role, assigning to / Assigning to a specific user
- SSL certificates
- about / Certificates
- standby Manager Service
- installing / Installing the standby Manager Service and the DEM Orchestrator node
- installing, prerequisites / Prerequisites
- startup order
- roadmap / Startup order
- Subject Alternative Names (SANs) / Creating vRA certificate templates
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES) / vRealize Automation or CAFÉ appliance
T
- tcServer (Tomcat) / tcServer (Tomcat)
- Telemetry / Telemetry
- template
- VM, converting to / Converting the VM to a template
U
- user
- deployment, monitoring by / Monitoring deployment by a user
V
- validation test
- about / Validation test
- vCenter
- VM template specifications, configuring in / Configuring VM template and VM customization specifications in vCenter
- VM customization specifications, configuring in / Configuring VM template and VM customization specifications in vCenter
- vCloud Air / DEM Worker
- vCloud Automation Center (vCAC)
- about / vCAC server
- vCloud Director / DEM Worker
- Virtual Machine Observer (VMO) / Manager Service
- VM
- converting, to template / Converting the VM to a template
- VM customization specifications
- configuring, in vCenter / Configuring VM template and VM customization specifications in vCenter
- VM template specifications
- configuring, in vCenter / Configuring VM template and VM customization specifications in vCenter
- VMware
- reference link, for supportability information / Preparing the vSphere guest OS template
- VMware documentation
- URL / Summary
- VMware Knowledge Base
- vPostgres
- about / vPostgres
- contents / vPostgres
- failure / Failover of vPostgres
- vRA
- about / What is vRealize Automation?
- key capabilities / Key capabilities
- use cases / Common use cases of vRealize Automation
- conceptual diagram / vRealize Automation – a conceptual diagram
- components / vRealize Automation – a conceptual diagram
- services / vRealize Automation or CAFÉ appliance
- ASD tab, enabling in / Enabling the ASD tab in vRA
- vRA certificate templates
- creating / Creating vRA certificate templates
- new template, adding / Adding a new template to certificate templates
- vRA components
- identity management, for authentication / Identity management for authentication and authorization by vRA components
- identity management, for authorization / Identity management for authentication and authorization by vRA components
- identity (ID) appliance / The identity (ID) appliance
- NSX load balancer configuration / NSX load balancer configuration
- vRA solution
- PEM format / Certificates
- P7B format / Certificates
- PFX format / Certificates
- CSR / Certificates
- vRealize Automation
- components / vRealize Automation components and HA modes
- vRealize Automation (vRA)
- components, specifications / Bill of materials
- vRealize Automation (vRA) plugins
- installing / Installing plugins
- vRealize Automation CAFÉ appliance
- external vPostgres DB in HA, configuring / Configuring the external vPostgres DB in HA for the vRealize Automation CAFÉ appliance
- vRealize Automation Support Matrix
- URL / IaaS installation
- vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) / DEM Worker
- infrastructure details / Infrastructure details
- bill of materials / Bill of materials
- configuring, at CAFÉ / Configuring vRO at CAFÉ or IaaS makes a difference!
- configuring, at IaaS / Configuring vRO at CAFÉ or IaaS makes a difference!
- vRealize Orchestrator cluster
- configuring / Configuring the vRealize Orchestrator cluster
- setup, configuring / Configuring the setup
- prerequisites / Prerequisites
- database, preparing / Preparing the database
- vRealize Orchestrator high availability mechanism
- vSphere 5.5 Single Sign-On (SSO)
- vSphere 6.0 Platform Service Controller (PSC) / vSphere 6.0 PSC
- vSphere Blueprint
- Windows-based guest OS, preparing for / GOS – Windows
- Linux-based guest OS, preparing for / GOS – Linux
- vSphere blueprint
- creating / Creating a vSphere blueprint
- vSphere Endpoint
- permissions, providing in / Providing the required permissions in the vSphere Endpoint
- configuring / Configuring the vSphere Endpoint
- vSphere FT
- reference link / Failover of the identity management appliance
- vSphere guest OS template
- preparing / Preparing the vSphere guest OS template
- scope / Scope
W
- WEB
- NSX load balancer configuration, updating / Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for WEB and MGR
- service monitoring configuration / Service monitoring configuration for WEB
- website configuration, Model Manager Web
- IaaS Web UI / Model Manager Web a.k.a. repository
- WAPI portal / Model Manager Web a.k.a. repository
- reporting website / Model Manager Web a.k.a. repository
- Windows-based guest OS
- creating, for vSphere Blueprint / GOS – Windows