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Table Of Contents
Address Installation Failures 40
Set Up Credentials for Initial Content Conguration 40
Using the Installation Wizard for Enterprise Deployments 41
Run the Installation Wizard for an Enterprise Deployment 41
Installing the Management Agent 42
Synchronize Server Times 44
Run the Prerequisite Checker 45
Specify Enterprise Deployment Parameters 46
Create Snapshots Before You Begin the Installation 46
Finish the Installation 46
Address Installation Failures 47
Set Up Credentials for Initial Content Conguration 48
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The Standard vRealize Automation Installation Interfaces 49
Using the Standard Interfaces for Minimal Deployments 49
Minimal Deployment Checklist 49
Deploy and Congure the vRealize Automation Appliance 50
Installing IaaS Components 55
Using the Standard Interfaces for Distributed Deployments 60
Distributed Deployment Checklist 60
Distributed Installation Components 61
Disabling Load Balancer Health Checks 62
Certicate Trust Requirements in a Distributed Deployment 63
Congure Web Component, Manager Service and DEM Host Certicate Trust 63
Installation Worksheets 64
Deploy the vRealize Automation Appliance 66
Conguring Your Load Balancer 68
Conguring Appliances for vRealize Automation 68
Install the IaaS Components in a Distributed Conguration 74
Installing vRealize Automation Agents 97
Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to RemoteSigned 98
Choosing the Agent Installation Scenario 98
Agent Installation Location and Requirements 99
Installing and Conguring the Proxy Agent for vSphere 99
Installing the Proxy Agent for Hyper-V or XenServer 104
Installing the VDI Agent for XenDesktop 108
Installing the EPI Agent for Citrix 111
Installing the EPI Agent for Visual Basic Scripting 114
Installing the WMI Agent for Remote WMI Requests 117
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vRealize Automation Post-Installation Tasks 121
Congure Federal Information Processing Standard Compliant Encryption 121
Replacing Self-Signed Certicates with Certicates Provided by an Authority 122
Change the Master vRealize Automation Appliance Host Name 122
Change a Replica vRealize Automation Appliance Host Name 123
Installing the vRealize Log Insight Agent on IaaS Servers 124
Congure Access to the Default Tenant 124
Installing vRealize Automation
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