7.2
Table Of Contents
- Foundations and Concepts
- Contents
- Foundations and Concepts
- Updated Information
- Using Scenarios
- Using the Goal Navigator
- Introducing vRealize Automation
- Tenancy and User Roles
- Service Catalog
- Infrastructure as a Service
- XaaS Blueprints and Resource Actions
- Common Components
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- vRealize Automation Extensibility Options
- Leveraging Existing and Future Infrastructure
- Configuring Business-Relevant Services
- Extending vRealize Automation with Event-Based Workflows
- Integrating with Third-Party Management Systems
- Adding New IT Services and Creating New Actions
- Calling vRealize Automation Services from External Applications
- Distributed Execution
- Index
Figure 3. Multitenant Example with Infrastructure Configuration in Each Tenant
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User Roles Overview
Roles consist of a set of privileges that can be associated with users to determine what tasks they can
perform. Based on their responsibilities, individuals might have one or more roles associated with their user
account.
All user roles are assigned within the context of a specic tenant. However, some roles in the default tenant
can manage system-wide conguration that applies to multiple tenants.
System-Wide Role Overview
System-wide roles are typically assigned to an IT system administrator. In some organizations, the IaaS
administrator role might be the responsibility of a cloud administrator.
System Administrator
The system administrator is typically the person who installs vRealize Automation and is responsible for
ensuring its availability for other users. The system administrator creates tenants and manages system-wide
conguration such as system defaults for branding and notication providers. This role is also responsible
for monitoring system logs.
In a single-tenant deployment, the same person might also act as the tenant administrator.
IaaS Administrator
IaaS administrators manage cloud, virtual, networking, and storage infrastructure at the system level,
creating and managing endpoints and credentials, and monitoring IaaS logs. IaaS administrators organize
infrastructure into tenant-level fabric groups, appointing the fabric administrators who are responsible for
allocating resources within each tenant through reservations and reservation, storage, and networking
policies.
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