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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
About vApps
A vApp is a container object composed of one or more component machines that can be provisioned and
managed as a single entity.
vApps combine software-defined services when used with vRealize Automation to provide a single self-
service portal for multiple provisioning platforms.
When you request a vApp from vRealize Automation, it provisions the vApp and its component machines
in your organization's virtual data center. vRealize Automation manages the vApp as a parent and its
virtual machines as children components in a similar manner to how it manages multi-machine services.
This relationship allows you to manage the vCloud Air or vCloud Director vApp by managing the
vRealize Automation vApp. You can also perform operations directly on the individual component
machines. For example, you can power off the vApp in vCloud Director by using machine actions in
vRealize Automation. If you destroy a vApp machine and its component machines in
vRealize Automation, you destroy the corresponding vApp and its component machines in vCloud Air or
vCloud Director.
Tenant administrator or business group managers create vApp and vApp component blueprints. These
blueprints specify the source vApp template from the vCloud Director endpoint or vCloud Air endpoint and
define additional provisioning parameters to apply to the template. For example, additional storage
volumes and capacity can be applied to a component blueprint which will be configured when the vApp
virtual machine is provisioned in vCloud Director or vCloud Air.
In vRealize Automation, a vApp is a container for its component machines and is not a machine itself.
The vApp is not counted as a machine in reports or licensing. For reporting and license purposes, vApp
component machines are treated like any machine that vRealize Automation manages.
For more information about vApps, see Foundations and Concepts.
vApp and vApp Component vCloud Concepts
vCloud Air and vCloud Director integration features are available when you use vRealize Automation for
vApps and vApp components.
vApp
A compound object composed of one or more machines that vRealize Automation can provision and
manage as a single entity. A vCloud Director or vCloud Air vApp is provisioned by a vApp (vCloud)
blueprint, which is composed of vApp Component (vCloud) blueprints.
vApp (vCloud) Blueprint
A blueprint that defines a vCloud Director or vCloud Air vApp.
vApp Component (vCloud) Blueprint
A machine blueprint that is part of a vCloud Director or vCloud Air vApp. A vApp Component (vCloud)
blueprint is referenced by a vApp (vCloud) blueprint.
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