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Table Of Contents
- Installation and Configuration
- Contents
- vRealize Automation Installation and Configuration
- Updated Information
- Installation Overview
- Preparing for Installation
- Minimal Deployment Checklist
- Minimal Deployment
- Distributed Deployment
- Distributed Deployment Checklist
- Distributed Installation Components
- Disabling Load Balancer Health Checks
- Certificate Trust Requirements in a Distributed Deployment
- Installation Worksheets
- Deploy Appliances for vRealize Automation
- Configuring Your Load Balancer
- Configuring Appliances for vRealize Automation
- Configure the Identity Appliance
- Configure the Primary vRealize Appliance
- Configuring Additional Instances of vRealize Appliance
- Enable Time Synchronization on the vRealize Appliance
- Configure Appliance Database on the Secondary vRealize Appliance
- Configure Appliance Database Replication on the Secondary Appliance
- Join a vRealize Appliance to a Cluster
- Disable Unused Services
- Validate the Distributed Deployment
- Test Appliance Database Failover
- Test Appliance Database Failback
- Validate Appliance Database Replication
- Install the IaaS Components in a Distributed Configuration
- Install IaaS Certificates
- Download the IaaS Installer
- Choosing an IaaS Database Scenario
- Install the Primary IaaS Website Component with Model Manager Data
- Install Additional IaaS Website Components
- Install the Primary Manager Service
- Install an Additional Manager Service Component
- Installing Distributed Execution Managers
- Configuring Windows Service to Access the IaaS Database
- Verify IaaS Services
- Installing Agents
- Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to RemoteSigned
- Choosing the Agent Installation Scenario
- Agent Installation Location and Requirements
- Installing and Configuring the Proxy Agent for vSphere
- Installing the Proxy Agent for Hyper-V or XenServer
- Installing the VDI Agent for XenDesktop
- Installing the EPI Agent for Citrix
- Installing the EPI Agent for Visual Basic Scripting
- Installing the WMI Agent for Remote WMI Requests
- Configuring Initial Access
- Configuring Additional Tenants
- Updating vRealize Automation Certificates
- Extracting Certificates and Private Keys
- Updating the Identity Appliance Certificate
- Updating the vRealize Appliance Certificate
- Updating the IaaS Certificate
- Replace the Identity Appliance Management Site Certificate
- Updating the vRealize Appliance Management Site Certificate
- Replace a Management Agent Certificate
- Troubleshooting
- Default Log Locations
- Rolling Back a Failed Installation
- Create a Support Bundle for vRealize Automation
- Installers Fail to Download
- Failed to Install Model Manager Data and Web Components
- Save Settings Warning Appears During IaaS Installation
- WAPI and Distributed Execution Managers Fail to Install
- IaaS Authentication Fails During IaaS Web and Model Management Installation
- Installation or Upgrade Fails with a Load Balancer Timeout Error
- Uninstalling a Proxy Agent Fails
- Validating Server Certificates for IaaS
- Server Times Are Not Synchronized
- RabbitMQ Configuration Fails in a High-Availability Environment
- Encryption.key File has Incorrect Permissions
- Log in to the vRealize Automation Console Fails
- Error Communicating to the Remote Server
- Blank Pages May Appear When Using Internet Explorer 9 or 10 on Windows 7
- Cannot Establish Trust Relationship for the SSL/TLS Secure Channel
- Cannot Log in to a Tenant or Tenant Identity Stores Disappear
- Adding an Endpoint Causes an Internal Error
- Error in Manager Service Communication
- Machine Requests Fail When Remote Transactions Are Disabled
- Credentials Error When Running the IaaS Installer
- Attempts to Log In as the IaaS Administrator with Incorrect UPN Format Credentials Fails with No Explanation
- Email Customization Behavior Has Changed
- Changes Made to /etc/hosts Files Might Be Overwritten
- Network Settings Were Not Successfully Applied
Minimal Deployment Overview
To complete a minimal deployment, the system administrator installs the Identity Appliance, the vRealize
Appliance, and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
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Identity Appliance, which supports single sign-on capabilities. It is installed as a virtual appliance.
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vRealize Appliance, which includes the Web console interface. It is installed as a virtual appliance.
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), which is installed on a Windows Server machine.
The IaaS database can be installed on the same machine as IaaS or on its own server.
The following figure shows the relationship and purpose of components of a minimal installation.
Identity (SSO)
Virtual
Appliance
Download and
deploy
appliance
from .ova or .ovf
vRealize
Appliance
Download and
deploy
appliance
from .ova or .ovf
Infrastructure as
a Service
Components
Browser-based
install from
vRealize
Appliance
Provides
user
interface
console
Provides
laaS
services
Single
Sign-On
capability
Distributed Deployment Overview
The system administrator can deploy and install multiple instances of the vRealize Appliance and
individual IaaS components for scale, redundancy, high availability, and disaster recovery.
In this sample architecture, the IaaS components are distributed over multiple machines. This sample
installation describes one possible deployment. Load balancers distribute the workload across the
servers. In practice, the system administrator chooses a distribution architecture that is compatible with
the company environment and goals.
For information about scalability and high availability, see VMware vRealize Automation Reference
Architecture at https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcac-pubs.html.
Load balancers distribute the workload across the computing environment. System administrators
configure load balancers outside of the vRealize Automation framework.
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