7.4
Table Of Contents
- Installing vRealize Automation
- Contents
- vRealize Automation Installation
- Installation Overview
- Preparing for Installation
- Deploying the vRealize Automation Appliance
- Installing with the Installation Wizard
- The Standard Installation Interfaces
- Using the Standard Interfaces for Minimal Deployments
- Using the Standard Interfaces for Distributed Deployments
- Distributed Deployment Checklist
- Disabling Load Balancer Health Checks
- Certificate Trust Requirements in a Distributed Deployment
- Configure Web Component, Manager Service and DEM Host Certificate Trust
- Installation Worksheets
- Configuring Your Load Balancer
- Configuring Appliances for vRealize Automation
- Install the IaaS Components in a Distributed Configuration
- Install IaaS Certificates
- Download the IaaS Installer
- Choosing an IaaS Database Scenario
- Install an IaaS Website Component and Model Manager Data
- Install Additional IaaS Web Server Components
- Install the Active Manager Service
- Install a Backup Manager Service Component
- Installing Distributed Execution Managers
- Configuring Windows Service to Access the IaaS Database
- Verify IaaS Services
- Installing Agents
- Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to RemoteSigned
- Choosing the Agent Installation Scenario
- Agent Installation Location and Requirements
- Installing and Configuring the Proxy Agent for vSphere
- Installing the Proxy Agent for Hyper-V or XenServer
- Installing the VDI Agent for XenDesktop
- Installing the EPI Agent for Citrix
- Installing the EPI Agent for Visual Basic Scripting
- Installing the WMI Agent for Remote WMI Requests
- Silent Installation
- Post-Installation Tasks
- Configure FIPS Compliant Encryption
- Enable Automatic Manager Service Failover
- Automatic PostgreSQL Database Failover
- Replacing Self-Signed Certificates with Certificates Provided by an Authority
- Changing Host Names and IP Addresses
- Licensing vRealize Code Stream
- Installing the vRealize Log Insight Agent
- Change the VMware Remote Console Proxy Port
- Change an Appliance FQDN Back to the Original FQDN
- Configure SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group
- Add Network Interface Controllers After Installing vRealize Automation
- Configure Static Routes
- Access Patch Management
- Configure Access to the Default Tenant
- Troubleshooting an Installation
- Default Log Locations
- Rolling Back a Failed Installation
- Create a Support Bundle
- General Installation Troubleshooting
- Installation or Upgrade Fails with a Load Balancer Timeout Error
- Server Times Are Not Synchronized
- Blank Pages May Appear When Using Internet Explorer 9 or 10 on Windows 7
- Cannot Establish Trust Relationship for the SSL/TLS Secure Channel
- Connect to the Network Through a Proxy Server
- Console Steps for Initial Content Configuration
- Cannot Downgrade vRealize Automation Licenses
- Troubleshooting the vRealize Automation Appliance
- Installers Fail to Download
- Encryption.key File has Incorrect Permissions
- Directories Management Identity Manager Fails to Start After Horizon-Workspace Restart
- Incorrect Appliance Role Assignments After Failover
- Failures After Promotion of Replica and Master Nodes
- Incorrect Component Service Registrations
- Additional NIC Causes Management Interface Errors
- Cannot Promote a Secondary Virtual Appliance to Master
- Active Directory Sync Log Retention Time Is Too Short
- RabbitMQ Cannot Resolve Host Names
- Troubleshooting IaaS Components
- Prerequisite Fixer Cannot Install .NET Features
- Validating Server Certificates for IaaS
- Credentials Error When Running the IaaS Installer
- Save Settings Warning Appears During IaaS Installation
- Website Server and Distributed Execution Managers Fail to Install
- IaaS Authentication Fails During IaaS Web and Model Management Installation
- Failed to Install Model Manager Data and Web Components
- IaaS Windows Servers Do Not Support FIPS
- Adding an XaaS Endpoint Causes an Internal Error
- Uninstalling a Proxy Agent Fails
- Machine Requests Fail When Remote Transactions Are Disabled
- Error in Manager Service Communication
- Email Customization Behavior Has Changed
- Troubleshooting Log-In Errors
8 Click Messaging. The configuration settings and status of messaging for your appliance is displayed.
Do not change these settings.
9 Click the Telemetry tab to choose whether to join the VMware Customer Experience Improvement
Program (CEIP).
Details regarding the data collected through CEIP and the purposes for which it is used by VMware
are set forth at the Trust & Assurance Center at http://www.vmware.com/trustvmware/ceip.html.
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Select Join the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program to participate in the
program.
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Deselect Join the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program to not participate in
the program.
10 Click Services and verify that services are registered.
Depending on your site configuration, this can take about 10 minutes.
Note You can log in to the appliance and run tail -f /var/log/vcac/catalina.out to monitor
startup of the services.
11 Enter your license information.
a Click vRA Settings > Licensing.
b Click Licensing.
c Enter a valid vRealize Automation license key that you downloaded when you downloaded the
installation files, and click Submit Key.
Note If you experience a connection error, you might have a problem with the load balancer. Check
network connectivity to the load balancer.
12 Select whether to enable vRealize Code Stream and enter a vRealize Code Stream license.
vRealize Code Stream is not supported for high-availability or production vRealize Automation
deployments.
13 Confirm that you can log in to vRealize Automation.
a Open a Web browser to the vRealize Automation product interface URL.
https://vrealize-automation-appliance-FQDN/vcac
b Accept the vRealize Automation certificate.
c Accept the SSO certificate.
d Log in with administrator@vsphere.local and the password you specified when you configured
SSO.
The interface opens to the Tenants page on the Administration tab. A single tenant named
vsphere.local appears in the list.
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