HOWTO: Deploy VMware vRealize Business for Cloud for vRealize Automation

Published on 12 March 2017 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 534. Reading Time: 3 mins.

Introduction

This post is a part of a series of posts for preparation for the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam. For the full exam prep resources check here .

In this post we are covering the deployment of vRealize Business for Cloud.

Prerequisite Steps

• A fully deployed vRealize Automation implementation.

Overview

1. Deploy VMware vRealize Business for Cloud Appliance.
2. Configure integration with vRealize Automation.

Step by Step Instructions

1. Within the VMware vSphere Web Client, right click and select Deploy OVF Template.

2. Click Browse, navigate to the location of the vRealize Business Standard OVA, select it and then click Open and then click Next.

3. Type the vRealize Realize Business Appliance name into the the Name text field and then select the Datacentre or folder location to deploy the Appliance.

4. Click Next.

5. Select the appropriate cluster, host or resource pool and then click Next.

6. Click Next.

7. Click Accept and then Next.

8. Select the appropriate storage format and location and then click Next.

9. Choose the correct Port Group from the Destination Network dropdown and click Next.

10. Select the appropriate Currency from the dropdown (for me that is GBP), check the Enable SSH service in the appliance checkbox (this can be disabled later), check the Enable Server checkbox and type (then confirm) the vRealize Business Appliance Root password in the Enter password and Confirm password text boxes.

11. Minimise Application and expand Networking Properties.

12. Type the Gateway IP Address into the Default Gateway text box, type the name of the domain into the Domain Name text box, type the IP Address(es) of the DNS Server(s) into the Domain Name Servers text box, type the Appliance IP Address into the Network 1 IP Address text field and finally add the Netmask into the Network 1 Netmask text field.

13. Click Next.

14. Click Finish.

Configure integration with vRealize Automation

1. Navigate to the vRealize Business VAMI interface (https://vrb-appliance.fqdn:5480).

2. Click Advanced and then click on Proceed to vrb-appliance.fqdn (unsafe)

3. Log in using the root credentials.

4. Click the Administration tab and then click Time Settings.

5. Select NTP Server from the Time Sync Mode dropdown and type the NTP server addresses and click Save Settings.

6. Click SSL.

7. Select Import PEM Encoded Certificate from the Choose mode drop down and copy the RSA Key into the RSA Private Key text field and SSL Certificate (Leaf and then Root) into the Certificate(s) text field.

8. Click Replace Certificate.

9. Click the Registration tab.

10. Type the vRealize Automation FQDN (or VIP FQDN) into the Hostname text box, type vsphere.local into the SSO Default Tenant text box, type administrator into the SSO Admin User text box, type the password into the SSO Admin Password text box, check the Accept vRealize Automation certificate check box.

11. Click Register.

12. Once some has been granted the Business Management Administrator role you can configure the license.

13. Log into vRealize Automation Tenant Portal (https://vra-appliance.fqdn/vcac) as the user with the Business Management Administrator role and click the Business Management Tab.

14. Type the vRealize Business license key and press Save.

There you have it, now you just need to configure the instance to do the chargeback!

Published on 12 March 2017 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 534. Reading Time: 3 mins.

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