6.2
Table Of Contents
- Foundations and Concepts
- Contents
- Foundations and Concepts
- Introducing vRealize Automation
- Tenancy and User Roles
- Service Catalog
- Infrastructure as a Service
- Advanced Service Designer
- Common Components
- Extensibility
- vRealize Automation Extensibility Options
- Leveraging Existing and Future Infrastructure
- Configuring Business-Relevant Services
- Integrating with Third-Party Management Systems
- Adding New IT Services and Creating New Actions
- Calling vRealize Automation Services from External Applications
- Distributed Execution
The following diagram shows a multitenant deployment where each tenant manages their own
infrastructure. The system administrator is the only user who logs in to the default tenant to manage
system-wide configuration and create tenants.
Each tenant has an IaaS administrator, who can create fabric groups and appoint fabric administrators
with their respective tenants. Although fabric administrators can create reservations for business groups
in any tenant, in this example they typically create and manage reservations in their own tenants. If the
same identity store is configured in multiple tenants, the same users can be designated as IaaS
administrators or fabric administrators in each tenant.
Figure 2‑3. Multitenant Example with Infrastructure Configuration in Each Tenant
IaaS
admin
IaaS
admin
Tenant
admin
Tenant A
http://vra.mycompany.com/
vcac/org/tenanta/
Tenant
admin
Tenant B
Business
group mgr
Business
Group
Business
group mgr
Business
Group
http://vra.mycompany.com/
vcac/org/tenantb/
Tenant
admin
Tenant C
Business
group mgr
Business
Group
Business
group mgr
Business
Group
http://vra.mycompany.com/
vcac/org/tenantc/
Default
Tenant
(System config)
Hypervisors
Public
clouds
Physical
servers
IaaS
admin
Fabric
Fabric
admin
Fabric Group
Business
group mgr
Business
Group
Business
group mgr
Business
Group
Reservation Reservation
Fabric
admin
Fabric Group
Fabric
admin
Fabric Group
Reservation Reservation Reservation Reservation
System
admin
Infrastructure
http://vra.
mycompany.com/
vcac/
User Roles Overview
Roles consist of a set of privileges that can be associated with users to determine what tasks they can
perform. Based on their responsibilities, individuals might have one or more roles associated with their
user account.
All user roles are assigned within the context of a specific tenant. However, some roles in the default
tenant can manage system-wide configuration that applies to multiple tenants.
System-Wide Role Overview
System-wide roles are typically assigned to an IT system administrator. In some organizations, the IaaS
administrator and fabric administrator roles might be the responsibility of a cloud administrator.
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