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The MS PowerShell Execution Policy must be set to RemoteSigned or Unrestricted.
For information on PowerShell Execution Policy issue one of the following commands at Power-Shell
command prompt:
help about_signing
help Set-ExecutionPolicy
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If all DEM Workers within the instance are not on compute resources meeting these requirements, Skills
must be used to direct all SCVMM-related workows to those that are.
The following additional requirements apply to SCVMM.
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You must install the SCVMM console before you install DEM workers that consume SCVMM work
items.
If you install the DEM worker before the SCVMM console, you see log errors similar to the following:
Workflow 'ScvmmEndpointDataCollection' failed with the following
exception: The term 'Get-VMMServer' is not recognized as the name
of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the
path is correct and try again.
To address this, verify that the SCVMM console is installed and restart the DEM worker service.
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Each SCVMM instance must be joined to the domain containing the server.
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The credentials used to manage the endpoint representing an SCVMM instance must have
administrator privileges on the SCVMM server. These credentials must also have administrator
privileges on the Hyper-V servers within the instance.
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Hyper-V servers within an SCVMM instance to be managed must be Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Servers
with Hyper-V installed. The processor must be equipped with the necessary virtualization
extensions .NET Framework 4.5.2 or later must be installed and Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) must be enabled.
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To provision machines on an SCVMM compute resource, a user must be added in at least one security
role within the SCVMM instance.
vRealize Automation Port Requirements
vRealize Automation uses designated ports for communication and data access.
Although vRealize Automation uses only port 443 for communication, there might be other ports to open on
the system. Because open, unsecured ports might present security vulnerabilities, verify that only ports
required by your business applications are open.
vRealize Automation Appliance
The following ports are used by the vRealize Automation appliance.
Table 2‑5. Incoming Ports for the vRealize Automation appliance
Port Protocol Comments
22 TCP Optional. Access for SSH sessions.
80 TCP Optional. Redirects to 443.
111 TCP, UDP RPC.
443 TCP Access to the vRealize Automation console and API calls.
443 TCP Access for machines to download the guest agent and software bootstrap agent.
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