7.3

Procedure
1 In your vRealize Automation instance, add an endpoint for the vRealize Operations Manager
instance, and click OK.
a Select Infrastructure > Endpoint > Endpoints.
b Select New > Management > vRealize Operations Manager.
c Enter the general information for the vRealize Operations Manager endpoint.
You do not need to specify properties for the endpoint.
2 In your vRealize Automation instance, add an endpoint for the vCenter Server instance, and click OK.
a Select Infrastructure > Endpoint > Endpoints.
b Select New > Virtual > vSphere (vCenter).
c Enter the general information, properties, and associations for the vCenter Server endpoint.
After you add endpoints, and vRealize Automation collects data from them, the compute resources
for those endpoints are available. You can then add those compute resources to the fabric group that
you create.
3 Create a fabric group so that other users can create reservations and enable the placement policy.
a Select Infrastructure > Endpoint > Fabric Groups.
b Click New, and enter information about the fabric group.
Option Description
Name Enter a meaningful name for the fabric group.
Description Enter a useful description.
Fabric administrators Enter the email address for each person to designate as a fabric administrator.
Compute resources Select the compute resource clusters that the administrators can manage.
After you add compute resources to a fabric group, and vRealize Automation collects data from them,
fabric administrators can create reservations for the compute resources.
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