Tag: vRA 7.5

vRA 7.5/7.6 – Change / Set Deployment Name during Provisioning with EBS & vRO

The Problem Since vRA 7.5 we have the option to change the Name & Description of our Deployment via the UI as shown below: But what if we would like to Change a Deployment's Name programatically? What if we would like to set it during provisioning to match our VM's Name for example? Can we … Continue reading vRA 7.5/7.6 – Change / Set Deployment Name during Provisioning with EBS & vRO →

vRA – Certificate chain is not valid

Today I needed to import a new vRA certificate because the Root Chain was missing from it and some browsers showed the SSL Security Warning message when accessing the vRA environment. What was supposed to be a simple task turned out to be a more challenging one as we were greeted with the following message: … Continue reading vRA – Certificate chain is not valid →

vRA – Quick Tip – How to access embedded PostgreSQL DB

Helloooo! Today I would like to share a quick tip with you on how to access the embedded vRA PostgreSQL database on your vRA appliances: SSH to your vRA appliance as root Once logged in, switch to the postgres user with the following command: su postgres Change to the vRA database (VCAC): psql vcac Show … Continue reading vRA – Quick Tip – How to access embedded PostgreSQL DB →

Google Chrome updates breaks vRA deployments (Fixing it)

Have you just deployed your vRA infrastructure or do you have your production environment working like a charm and suddenly ...... ALL vRA 7.5 and 7.6 submit button has disappeared! This also has been mentioned and visualized for more than 2000 people and nobody had a clear answer how to solve! OK!! You are reading … Continue reading Google Chrome updates breaks vRA deployments (Fixing it) →

vRA – Quick Tip – Telnet & vRA API calls (Postman)

Helloooo & welcome to our blog! Today I would like to give you 2 quick tips for troubleshooting & testing / developing in your vRA environment: Telnet on the vRA Appliances Postman for executing vRA API calls Telnet on vRA Appliances We all know how to check whether a remote machine is listening on specific … Continue reading vRA – Quick Tip – Telnet & vRA API calls (Postman) →

vRA – How to integrate ADFS SSO

Recently I needed to integrate a vRA environment with Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) so the same Single Sign On experience could be delivered across various products for the customer. This required a good cooperation with the AD team in order to set it up correctly. Below an overview how to get it working and … Continue reading vRA – How to integrate ADFS SSO →

vRA 7.5 – Hostname Change: Host has been updated successfully, but is not updated in SSO

(The same procedure applies for vRA 7.6) Use Case The other day I was working at a customer who wanted to move his vRA environment to an external F5 Load Balancer VIP with a new FQDN in a different namespace (example.com). The environment was currently using an NSX Load Balancer and configured with Custom Signed … Continue reading vRA 7.5 – Hostname Change: Host has been updated successfully, but is not updated in SSO →

Send Mail Notification via vRO and KIS ( Keep it Simple)

Hello All, Everyone might think about #vRO being complex and a bit difficult to do your basic automation for vSphere / Cloud Platform (vRA / AWS /Azure...) / Whatever you wish to be honest, but sometimes simple automation tasks can facilitate your life of administrator! Your LIFE; Today's example: Send notifications / information via mail … Continue reading Send Mail Notification via vRO and KIS ( Keep it Simple) →

#vRA 7.5 Error: Deployment Failed, YOU WILL NEED TO REDEPLOY

Hello All, What a lovely surprise we may face in life. Some of us says "Murphy is always with me, others might say Murph's law and so on and on..." For those who doesn't recognize the meaning of it "Murphy's Law. A rule that states, “If something can go wrong, it will.”  "; My vRealize … Continue reading #vRA 7.5 Error: Deployment Failed, YOU WILL NEED TO REDEPLOY →