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IaaS Conﬁguration for Physical Platforms

The Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) feature of VMware vRealize Automation enables the rapid modeling

and provisioning of servers and desktops across virtual and physical, private and public, or hybrid cloud

infrastructure. This documentation is specifically designed for physical platform integrations with

vRealize Automation.

This documentation guides you through the following processes:

Configuring IaaS features and policies

Preparing for provisioning

Bringing resources under vRealize Automation management

Creating machine blueprints

All of the IaaS configuration steps that you must complete before machine provisioning are included in

this document. For information about how to manage provisioned machines, see Tenant Administration.

Note Not all features and capabilities of vRealize Automation are available in all editions. For a

comparison of feature sets in each edition, see https://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-automation/.

Intended Audience

This information is intended for IaaS administrators, fabric administrators, and business group managers

of vRealize Automation. This content is written for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators

who are familiar with virtualization technology and the basic concepts described in Foundations and

Concepts.

VMware Technical Publications Glossary

VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For

definitions of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation, go to

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.

Updated Information

This IaaS Configuration for Physical Machines is updated with each release of the product or when

necessary.

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