Starting with VMware vRealize Automation Cloud – Cloud Assembly / Service Broker

Hello everyone! It's always nice to refresh yourself in the new features of a product, hence we from #vRA4U is adopting now VMware Cloud Services, which most of us just call CAS (Cloud Automation Services) which was the old name and now replaced by vRealize Automation cloud 🙂 More details about vRealize Automation 1 GA … Continue reading Starting with VMware vRealize Automation Cloud – Cloud Assembly / Service Broker →

How to Upgrade vRA 8.0 to vRA 8.1 – Overview

Helloooo! vRealize Automation 8.1 has been released on 14/04/2020. This release gives us some new features! Make sure to check out the release notes here. We will be using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) to upgrade our environment. In my Lab environment I run the following: vRealize Automation 8.0.1.7355 (15294185) VIDM 3.3.1 vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager … Continue reading How to Upgrade vRA 8.0 to vRA 8.1 – Overview →

vRA 8.1 – Quick Tip – API Authentication

Hello! In this short blog post we will cover how to authenticate with the vRA 8.1 API. For vRA 8.1 the steps to get your Bearer Token are twofold: First you need to retrieve your Refresh Token With that Refresh Token you can get your Bearer Token This is apparently due to a 'missing internal … Continue reading vRA 8.1 – Quick Tip – API Authentication →

vRealize Automation Cloud – Cloud Assembly – Create a New Image Mapping

Once you have seen my previous blog <here> and all the pre-requisites are in place; it’s time to getting started with vRealize Automation Cloud. Pre-Requisite for this blog step: Configuring a New Project Creating a New Image Mapping The name "Image Mapping" is exactly what it means, it's the fact where you can map a single Name into … Continue reading vRealize Automation Cloud – Cloud Assembly – Create a New Image Mapping →

vRealize Automation Cloud – Cloud Assembly – Setup a new Cloud Proxy

Once you have seen my previous blog <here> and all the pre-requisites are in place; it's time to getting started with vRealize Automation Cloud. Logon Page Once you get able to access the Cloud Services, you will get access two services, which I will refer to you as easy explanation as: VMware Cloud Assembly: You … Continue reading vRealize Automation Cloud – Cloud Assembly – Setup a new Cloud Proxy →

How to upgrade VIDM to 3.3.2 using vRSLCM

Helloooo! If you are following the series: we have just upgraded our vRSLCM Appliance to 8.1 and are now ready to upgrade our VIDM to 3.3.2. Upgrading VIDM to version 3.3.2 using vRSLCM only took 16 min.! Make sure vRSLCM Appliance is already on version 8.1! Prerequisites I encountered the issues below during my upgrade … Continue reading How to upgrade VIDM to 3.3.2 using vRSLCM →

How to Upgrade vRealize Automation 8.1 using vRSLCM

Helloooo! If you are following the series: we have just upgraded our vRSLCM Appliance to 8.1 and upgraded VIDM to 3.3.2 using vRSLCM 8.1. Now we can continue the next step and upgrade vRA 8 to vRA 8.1 using vRSLCM! I'm running vRealize Automation Version 8.0.1.7355 (15294185) with the Hotfix for Expiration of Root Accounts … Continue reading How to Upgrade vRealize Automation 8.1 using vRSLCM →

Upgrade to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.1

Hellooo!! Upgrading vRSLCM is very simple & intuitive. Let's get started! Log on to your vRSLCM Appliance and go to 'Settings' - 'System Upgrade': Once in System Upgrade, click the 'Check for Upgrade' button. You will be informed that an Upgrade is available as shown below : Make sure to create a snapshot first of … Continue reading Upgrade to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.1 →