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6 Enter a unique virtual appliance name according to the IT naming convention of your organization in
the Name text box, select the datacenter and location to which you want to deploy the virtual appliance,
and click Next.
7 Follow the prompts until the Disk Format page appears.
8 Verify on the Disk Format page that enough space exists to deploy the virtual appliance and click Next.
9 Follow the prompts to the Properties page.
The options that appear depend on your vSphere conguration.
10 Congure the values on the Properties page.
a Enter the root password to use when you log in to the virtual appliance console in the Enter
password and  password text boxes.
b Select or uncheck the SSH service checkbox to choose whether SSH service is enabled for the
appliance.
This value is used to set the initial status of the SSH service in the appliance. If you are installing
with the Installation Wizard, enable this before you begin the wizard. You can change this seing
from the appliance management console after installation.
c Enter the fully qualied domain name of the virtual machine in the Hostname text box.
d Congure the networking properties.
11 Click Next.
12 Depending on your deployment, vCenter, and DNS conguration, select one of the following ways of
nishing OVA deployment and powering up the vRealize Automation appliance.
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If you deployed to vSphere, and Power on after deployment is available on the Ready to Complete
page, take the following steps.
a Select Power on after deployment and click Finish.
b After the le nishes deploying into vCenter, click Close.
c Wait for the machine to start, which might take up to 5 minutes.
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If you deployed to vSphere, and Power on after deployment is not available on the Ready to
Complete page, take the following steps.
a After the le nishes deploying into vCenter, click Close.
b Power on the vRealize Automation appliance.
c Wait for the machine to start, which might take up to 5 minutes.
d Verify that you can ping the DNS for the vRealize Automation appliance. If you cannot ping
the DNS, restart the virtual machine.
e Wait for the machine to start, which might take up to 5 minutes.
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If you deployed the vRealize Automation appliance to vCloud using vCloud Director, vCloud
might override the password that you entered during OVA deployment. To prevent the override,
take the following steps.
a After deploying in vCloud Director, click your vApp to view the vRealize Automation
appliance.
b Right-click the vRealize Automation appliance, and select Properties.
c Click the Guest OS Customization tab.
d Under Password Reset, clear the Allow local administrator password option, and click OK.
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