vRA 6 Walk-Through

Here you will find step by step instructional tutorials on how to Install and Configure vCAC 6.0. The below is a list of articles some are already completed and others are in the process of being created and will be publish soon. More topics will be coming soon. If you don’t see a topic listed that you would like covered please let us know and we will get it added to the list.

Installing vCAC 6.0 Core Components

1. Installing the vCAC 6.0 Identity Server
2. Installing the vCAC 6.0 Virtual Appliance
3. Installing the vCAC 6.0 IaaS Server
4. Installing the vCAC 6.0 Linux Guest Agent
5. Installing the vCAC 6.0 Windows Guest Agent

Configuring the vCAC 6.0 IaaS Core Components

1. Creating Tenants
2. Adding Licenses
3. Creating Credential
   • Creating General Credentials
   • Creating AWS Credentials
4. Creating Network Profiles
   • Creating an External Network Profile
   • Creating a NAT Network Profile
     • One to Many NAT
     • One to One NAT
     • NAT with DHCP
   • Creating a Private Network Profile
   • Creating a Routed Network Profile
5. Adding EndPoints
   • Adding vSphere EndPoints
   • Adding vCHS EndPoints
   • Adding Physical HP iLO EndPoints
   • Adding Amazon AWS Endpoints
   • Adding a vCO EndPoint
6. Creating a Fabric Group
7. Creating a Business Group
8. Creating Resource reservations
   • Creating a Physical HP Reservation
   • Creating a vSphere Reservation
   • Creating a vCHS Reservation
   • Creating Amazon EC2 Reservations
   • Creating NSX Reservations
9. Creating a Build Profile
10. Creating Blueprints
    • Creating a vSphere Clone Blueprint
    • Creating a Physical HP Blueprint
    • Creating a VMware VCHS Blueprint
    • Creating a Amazon EC2 Blueprint
    • Creating a Multi-Machine Blueprint
    • Creating a Multi-Machine Blueprint w/ NSX Routed Gateway Support
11. Catalog Management
    • Creating Services
    • Enabling Catalog Items
    • Entitlements
12. Approvals
13. Using the Guest Agents
    • Using the Linux Guest Agent
    • Using the Windows Guest AGent
14. Connecting vCAC to NSX

Customizations

1. Customizing Hostnames
2. Active Directory Computer Account Management
3. Convert VM CPU Sockets to Cores
4. Custom vCenter Folders w/Multi-Machine and NSX Support
5. Ultimate Multi-Machine Blueprints

Use cases

1. Using Linux Kickstart to Provision to Physical HP Server over iLo
2. Configuring Linux Logical Volumes (LVM) using the vCAC 6.0 Linux Guest Agent

Utilities

• vRealize Automation Cloud Client 3.0