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Configuration
Configuration overview Networking Stretched-cluster configuration in Cloud Foundation Deploying vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator PowerMax SRDF/Metro

Deploying vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator

Deploying vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator

  • Deploying vRA with embedded vRO in Cloud Foundation involves:

    • Deploying the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager virtual appliance onto the management domain.
    • Deploying vRA using the vRSLCM onto the management domain.
    • Enabling embedded vRO within the vRA deployment.

    The following sections of the document describe these procedures.

    Deploy vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager using SDDC Manager

    In the SDDC Manager UI:

    1. From the VMware repository, download the vRealize LCM bundle.
    2. Create all required DNS records.
    3. Use the wizard that is available in SDDC Manager to deploy vRSLCM onto the management domain.

    The following figure shows the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager UI:

    Figure 10.          vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager

    Deploy vRealize Automation

    In the SDDC Manager UI:

    1. Add the vRA license key.
    1. Create all the DNS records that are required for vRA components.
    2. Download the vRA bundle from the VMware repository.
    3. Create a multi-SAN SSL certificate request within the SDDC Manager CLI and sign it using lab certificate authority.
    4. Create Microsoft SQL server and configure it for vRA.
    5. Create a Windows OVA template for vRA IaaS components.
    6. Deploy vRA from within the vRealize Suite menu of the SDDC Manager UI. 

    Notes: 

    vRA is deployed to the SDDC management cluster, onto an NSX Application Virtual Network (AVN) which you specify during the Cloud Foundation deployment.

     

    After successful deployment of vRA, add the workload domain by using the wizard that is available in the SDDC Manager UI. The following figure shows an example:

    Figure 11.          SDDC Manager UI: Deploying vRealize Automation

    For more information about the preceding steps, see the VMware document Deploy vRealize Automation in Cloud Foundation.

    Enable vRealize Orchestrator

    To automatically create SRDF/Metro on PowerMax, you must enable embedded vRO on each vRA node:

    1. SSH into vRA node with the root account.
    1. Run chkconfig vco-configurator to verify the service.
    2. Run chkconfig vco-configurator on to enable vRO at boot on vRA node.
    3. Run service vco-configurator status to check the service status.

    The following figure shows the vRealize Orchestrator UI:

    Figure 12.          vRealize Orchestrator UI

    For more information about the process, see the VMware document Start the vRealize Orchestrator Configurator Service in Cloud Foundation.