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Table Of Contents
- IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
- Contents
- IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
- Updated Information
- Using the Goal Navigator
- Provisioning with vCloud Air or vCloud Director vApps
- Configuring IaaS for vApps
- Configuring IaaS for vCloud Air or vCloud Director Checklist
- Using Custom Properties in vApp Machine Provisioning, Blueprints, and Build Profiles
- Bringing Resources Under vRealize Automation Management
- Configure Machine Prefixes
- Create a Business Group for vCloud Provisioning
- vCloud Reservations
- Optional Configurations
- Preparing for vApp Provisioning
- Creating vApp and vApp Component Blueprints
- Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings
- Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
- Machine Life Cycle and Workflow States for vCloud Air or vCloud Director vApps
IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and
vCloud Director
IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director describes how to integrate vCloud Director or
vCloud Air in an existing VMware vRealize ™ Automation deployment.
This document guides you through the following processes:
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Bringing resources under vRealize Automation management
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Configuring IaaS features and policies
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Preparing for provisioning
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Creating vApp (vCloud) blueprints
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Creating vApp Component (vCloud) blueprints
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Creating vCloud endpoints
All of the IaaS configuration steps that you must complete before machine provisioning are included in
this document. For information about how to manage provisioned machines, see Tenant Administration.
Note Not all features and capabilities of vRealize Automation are available in all editions. For a
comparison of feature sets in each edition, see https://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-automation/.
Intended Audience
This information is intended for IaaS Service administrators, tenant administrators and business group
managers, and fabric administrators who want to integrate vCloud Director or vCloud Air vApps into their
vRealize Automation deployment. This content is written for experienced Windows or Linux system
administrators who are familiar with virtualization technology and the basic concepts described in
Foundations and Concepts.
VMware Technical Publications Glossary
VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For
definitions of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation, go to
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
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