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5 Select the authentication method.
u
Select Use Windows authentication if you want to create the database using the Windows
credentials of the current user. The user must have SQL sys_admin privileges.
u
Deselect Use Windows authentication if you want to create the database using SQL authentication.
Type the User name and Password of the SQL Server user with SQL sys_admin privileges on the
SQL server instance.
Windows authentication is recommended. When you choose SQL authentication, the unencrypted
database password appears in certain conguration les.
6 (Optional) Select the Use SSL for database connection checkbox.
By default, the checkbox is enabled. SSL provides a more secure connection between the IaaS server and
SQL database. However, you must rst congure SSL on the SQL server to support this option. For
more about conguring SSL on the SQL server, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 316898.
7 Click Next.
Specify Managers and Agents
The minimum installation installs the required Distributed Execution Managers and the default vSphere
proxy agent. The system administrator can install additional proxy agents (XenServer, or Hyper-V, for
example) after installation using the custom installer.
Prerequisites
“Specify Server and Account Seings,” on page 58.
Procedure
1 On the Distributed Execution Managers And Proxy vSphere Agent page, accept the defaults or change
the names if appropriate.
2 Accept the default to install a vSphere agent to enable provisioning with vSphere or deselect it if
applicable.
a Select Install and  vSphere agent.
b Accept the default agent and endpoint, or type a name.
Make a note of the Endpoint name value. You must type this information correctly when you
congure the vSphere endpoint in the vRealize Automation console or conguration may fail.
3 Click Next.
Register the IaaS Components
The system administrator installs the IaaS certicate and registers the IaaS components with the SSO.
Prerequisites
“Download the vRealize Automation IaaS Installer,” on page 57.
Procedure
1 Accept the default Server value, which is populated with the fully qualied domain name of the
vRealize Automation appliance server from which you downloaded the installer. Verify that a fully
qualied domain name is used to identify the server and not an IP address.
If you have multiple virtual appliances and are using a load balancer, enter the load balancer virtual
appliance path.
2 Click Load to populate the value of SSO Default Tenant (vsphere.local).
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