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Configuring IaaS for vApps
Administrators and managers bring resources under vRealize Automation management, allocate
resources for users, and prepare for machine provisioning.
Configuring IaaS for vCloud Air or vCloud Director Checklist
IaaS administrators, fabric administrators, tenant administrators, and business group managers perform
required and optional configurations to fully implement and customize vRealize Automation.
The Configuring IaaS Checklist provides a high-level overview of the sequence of steps required to have
a fully functioning IaaS instance.
Table 3. Configuring IaaS checklist
Task Required Role
Store credentials and create endpoints to bring resources under vRealize Automation
management.
See Bringing Resources Under vRealize Automation Management.
IaaS administrator
Configure the machine prefixes used to create names for machines provisioned through
vRealize Automation.
See Configure Machine Prefixes.
Fabric administrator
Create at least one business group of users who need to request machines.
See Create a Business Group for vCloud Provisioning.
Tenant administrator
Create at least one reservation to allocate resources to a business group.
See Create a vCloud Reservation.
Fabric administrator
Configure optional policies and settings.
See Optional Configurations.
Fabric administrator
Prepare the vCloud Director resources required to create and provision vRealize Automation
blueprints. For example, create the vCloud Director vApp template and customization objects.
See Preparing for vApp Provisioning.
Outside of
vRealize Automation
Create and publish machine blueprints.
See Preparing for vApp Provisioning.
n
Tenant administrator
n
Business group
manager
For related information about creating and configuring approvals, see Tenant Administration in
vRealize Automation documentation.
Before users can request machines, a tenant administrator must configure the service catalog. See
Tenant Administration.
Using Custom Properties in vApp Machine Provisioning,
Blueprints, and Build Profiles
Custom properties are name-value pairs used to specify attributes of a machine or to override default
specifications.
IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
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