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Enable vRealize Automation
Software Installation from
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A system administrator can optionally identify the HP Server Automation policies to make available in
vRealize Automation. Machine requestors can select from among these policies to install software on the
requested machine, or HP Server Automation policies can be specified in the blueprint to be applied to
every machine that is provisioned from that blueprint.
Prerequisites
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An EPI agent installed. See Chapter 3 Install an EPI Agent for HP Server Automation.
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a system administrator.
Procedure
1 Create a text file named Software.txt in the Web site directory under the vRealize Automation
server install directory, typically %SystemDrive%\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\vCAC\Server\Website.
Each line of the Software.txt file must be in the following format:
Software_policy_description=software_policy_name
2 Define the label and name of the software policy that a user sees when they request to install
software from the HP Server Automation instance.
a Replace Software_policy_description with the label that identifies the software policy.
b Replace software_policy_name with the name of the policy.
For example, a Software.txt file, where you want to provide the user the ability to select
HP Server Automation Windows ISM Tool, HP Server Automation Linux ISM Tool, or both, might
contain the following information:
HP SA Windows ISM Tool=Windows_ISMtool
HP SA Linux ISM Tool=RedHatLinux_ISMtool
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