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Virtual Appliance Installation
To deploy the vRealize Automation appliance, you must have the appropriate privileges on the deployment
platform (for example, vSphere administrator credentials).
During the deployment process, you specify the password for the virtual appliance administrator account.
This account provides access to the vRealize Automation appliance management console from which you
congure and administer the virtual appliances.
IaaS Installation
Before installing IaaS components, add the user under which you plan to execute the IaaS installation
programs to the Administrator group on the installation host.
IaaS Database Credentials
You can create the database during product installation or create it manually in the SQL server.
When you create or populate an MS SQL database through vRealize Automation, either with the Installation
Wizard or through the management console, the following requirements apply:
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If you use the Use Windows Authentication option, the sysadmin role in SQL Server must be granted
to the user executing the Management Agent on the primary IaaS web server to create and alter the size
of the database.
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If you do not select Use Windows Authentication, the sysadmin role in SQL Server must be also be
granted to the user executing the Management Agent on the primary IaaS web server. The credentials
are used at runtime.
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If you populate a pre-created database through vRealize Automation, the user credentials you provide
(either the current Windows user or the specied SQL user) need only dbo privileges for the IaaS
database.
N vRealize Automation users also require the correct level of Windows authentication access to log in
and use vRealize Automation.
IaaS Service User Credentials
IaaS installs several Windows services that share a single service user.
The following requirements apply to the service user for IaaS services:
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The user must be a domain user.
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The user must have local Administrator privileges on all hosts on which the Manager Service or Web
site component is installed. Do not do a workgroup installation.
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The user is congured with Log on as a service privileges. This privilege ensures that the Manager
Service starts and generates log les.
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The user must have dbo privileges for the IaaS database. If you use the installer to create the database,
ensure that the service user login is added to SQL Server prior to running the installer. The installer
grants the service user dbo privileges after creating the database.
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The installer is run under the account that runs the Management Agent on the primary Web server. If
you want to use the installer to create an MS SQL database during installation, you must have the
sysadmin role enabled under MS SQL. This is not a requirement if you choose to use a pre-created
empty database.
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The domain user account that you plan to use as the IIS application pool identity for the Model
Manager Web Service is congured with Log on as batch job privileges.
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