This is toughest one, I am pretty sure many would have planned to change vRA network to a different network with different Hostname, IP address etc. However due to the complexity very few would have successfully achieved this and many would have dropped this plan. I was able to successfully migrate two different vRA environment […]
Author: Ravi Kumar S
Cumulative Update for vRealize Automation 7.6 Fails with Error related to Timezone
I was trying to apply Patch Version: HF4 and the precheck was failing with errors: TimezoneMisMatch – Timezone on the node is ABC Time and the required timezone is XYZ Time ManagementAgent – ManagementAgent is not running, last update was 8 hours ago Screenshots: Seems like this is a known issue while applying the cumulative patch […]
vRealize Automation 8.0.x installation fails with error LCMVRAVACONFIG590003 at VraVaInitialize Task
Seems like this is a known issue, cause this happened to me in my lab on both vRA 8.0 and vRA 8.0.x installation. Firstly, make sure that your vRA, vIDM and vRLCM are able to resolve their DNS both forward and reverse lookup. In my case the issue was not with DNS resolution, however worth […]
VMware Cloud Foundation – High Level Overview
Below is a short summary on VCF – VMware Cloud Foundation and how to setup a demo lab! Introduction: Just like how we evolved from traditional hardware/network/storage approach which was siloed and had to be managed by different team/vendor to CI and HCI infrastructure – which is integrated solution for compute, storage and networking. Similarly, VMware has come up […]
vRealize Automation MSDTC Settings / Port Requirements
Most of us know how important is MSDTC settings during vRA Installation or if we are moving vRA components to new network etc. MSDTC coordinates transactions that update two or more transaction-protected resources, such as databases, message queues, file systems. These transaction-protected resources may be on a single computer, or distributed across many networked computers. […]
Working with vRA 7.x API Calls
Below is the procedure to get information about a request from vRA via API calls: (I have used POSTMAN client to demonstrate. This is just an example, you can follow similar process to queries other details as well) Step 1: Make a post call to your vRA with following details: POST: https://<vRA_FQDNorIP>/identity/api/tokensAuthorization: No AuthHeaders: Key: […]
Configuring vCloud Director Content Pack with Log Insight
In this demonstration I have used these versions: Log Insight: 4.5.1, vCloud Director: 9.1, vCloud Director Content Pack: 8.8 Step 1: Install vCloud Director content pack from Menu Icon -> Content Packs -> Marketplace Step 2: Click on Menu Icon -> Administration -> Agents -> vCloud Director Cell Servers and click on COPY TEMPLATE -> Give a name […]
How to configure VMware Identity Manager to send logs to Log Insight
In this demonstration, I have used vIDM 3.1, Log Insight 4.5.1 and vIDM content pack 1.1 Step 1: Install VMware Identity Manager Content Pack Login to Log Insight as admin, click on settings icon in top right -> Content Packs -> Select VMware Identity Manager and click Install (In my case I already installed, hence […]
Upgrading vRA 7.x might fails with error: Management Agent automatic upgrade failed
Error in VAMI: Error in updatecli.log: The Management Agent registers the IaaS Windows server with the vRealize Automation appliance, automates the installation and management of IaaS components, and collects support and telemetry information. The Management Agent runs as a Windows service. If there is communication issue between management agent and vRA appliance […]
How to increase vRealize Orchestrator 7.x Appliance root partition
One of the prerequisites before upgrading vRO appliance is to maintain at least 3 GB of available free space. In this article I will explain how to increase vRO appliance root partition. Note: Please take a complete backup of vRO appliance and database as well if external Step 1: Login to vRO appliance and run […]