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Table Of Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Physical Machines
- Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Physical Platforms
- Configuring IaaS
- Optional Configurations
- Preparing for Provisioning
- Enabling Visual Basic Scripts in Provisioning
- Choosing a Provisioning Scenario
- Preparing for PXE Provisioning
- Preparing for Linux Kickstart Provisioning
- Preparing for SCCM Provisioning
- Preparing for WIM Provisioning
- Creating Blueprints
- Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings
- Managing Infrastructure
- Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
2 If you are provisioning Cisco UCS Manager machines, gather the following information for your tenant
administrators and business group managers to include in blueprints:
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The name of the service profile template
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(Optional) The name of the boot policy to apply on reboot
3 Configure vRealize Automation to run custom PowerShell scripts either before the machine is booted
with the NBP or during machine provisioning.
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Install vRealize Automation Designer, see Installing vRealize Automation Designer.
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Create your custom PowerShell scripts.
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Ensure that the PowerShell execution policy on your DEM machines is properly configured to
execute your custom PowerShell scripts.
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Import your custom PowerShell scripts into vRealize Automation, see Import Custom PowerShell
Scripts.
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Gather the names of the custom PowerShell scripts so that tenant administrators and business
group managers can include them in their blueprint. These must be the names you assigned the
scripts in the vRealize Automation Model Manager.
Note You can create a build profile using the property set PXEProvisioningProperties to call the
PowerShell scripts during provisioning. This makes it easier for tenant administrators and business
group managers to include this information correctly in their blueprints.
Installing vRealize Automation Designer
You can install vRealize Automation Designer on a Windows machine and configure it to communicate
with a remote Model Manager instance.
vRealize Automation Designer Prerequisites
vRealize Automation Designer is typically installed on a development machine rather than a server.
Supported Operating Systems
Supported operating systems for vRealize Automation Designer are listed in the vRealize Automation
Support Matrix on the VMware vRealize Automation Documentation page.
System Configuration Requirements
See the vRealize Automation Support Matrix for your vRealize Automation version for potential updates to
this information.
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.NET Framework 4.5 must be installed.
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The vRealize Automation Designer host must have network access to the IaaS Website components
(specifically, the Model Manager Web component).
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If the Model Manager is installed remotely, the certificate used for the Model Manager Web
component must be trusted on the vRealize Automation Designer host.
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