Tag: vRO

VIDM 3.3.3-4-5 – Quick Tip – VMware released Script for CVE-2021-44228 (Apache Log4j Vulnerability)

Hi! Over the past few days a critical vulnerability has been identified in the Apache Log4j module and lots of applications over the world are affected by this. The latest information regarding VMware Products which have been affected by this vulnerability can be found here: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0028.html For VMware vRealize Lifecycle Manager 8.x - Please check … Continue reading VIDM 3.3.3-4-5 – Quick Tip – VMware released Script for CVE-2021-44228 (Apache Log4j Vulnerability) →

vRA 8.x – Unable to sync the status of this resource (Custom Resources)

Hi, The other day I was working for a customer and encountered an issue with one of our deployed Custom Resources. Basically we have created a Custom Resource to support the planned scheduling of increasing Citrix Terminal Servers. This Custom Resource in vRA is linked to a vRO Dynamic Type. Problem Our Custom Resource 'Citrix … Continue reading vRA 8.x – Unable to sync the status of this resource (Custom Resources) →

vRA 8.x – Quick Tip – How to access embedded PostgreSQL DB

Hi! Here is another one in our Quick Tip series: accessing the Embedded PostgreSQL Database in vRealize Automation 8.x. SSH to your vRA appliance as rootOnce logged in, run the following command vracli dev psql <db-name>Examples:vracli dev psql catalog-dbvracli dev psql vco-dbThis will automatically log you in as the postgres user I the pod hosting the specified … Continue reading vRA 8.x – Quick Tip – How to access embedded PostgreSQL DB →

vRA 8.1/2 – Custom Resources

Hi, Welcome to our blog!In this post I'm going to cover all the secrets of Custom Resources in vRA & vRO 8. I've created 2 videos where you can find all the details: What are Custom Resources? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV-OMn1ufp8&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=vRA4U-vRA%26vRO How to create Custom Resources / Demo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KOB6TKY20&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=vRA4U-vRA%26vRO Hope they can be of help for you! If … Continue reading vRA 8.1/2 – Custom Resources →

vRO 8 – Action execution with id: -id- was not found

Helloooo! Recently I was playing around with vRA 8.1 Multi-Tenancy and came across the following error message when running an Action on my Embedded vRO Instance from a given vRA Tenant: Symptoms? I created multiple tenants and integrated them with my Embedded vRO environment. When accessing vRO from the Master / Default Tenant, everything works … Continue reading vRO 8 – Action execution with id: -id- was not found →

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 →

Home Lab on a budget: 32 cores – 96 GB RAM – 2 TB SSD = 661 euro

After a couple of busy months and a long holiday, I want to share with you a little project that I was working on: A very own Home Lab! I want to be able to play around with new VMware products, test out different use cases and scenarios in my own separate environment and mess … Continue reading Home Lab on a budget: 32 cores – 96 GB RAM – 2 TB SSD = 661 euro →

No credentials found for peer of SRM server https://srm_ip:9086/vcdr/extapi/sdk

This error is appearing on the following vRO + SRM Plugins (6.5/6.5.1/8.1/8.1.1) and it has been mentioned on the VMware Blog. https://communities.vmware.com/message/2863861 Case Scenario Requirements Use pre-configured Datastore and Protection Group with Storage Replication.Select in blueprint if required or not "SRM/DR ". Error encountered during Implementation scenario No credentials found for peer of SRM server … Continue reading No credentials found for peer of SRM server https://srm_ip:9086/vcdr/extapi/sdk →

How to Deploy vRA 7.6 (vRealize Automation 7.6)

Hello vCommunity, After a month of availability for vRealize Automation 7.6, might be a bit late to show "How to Deploy vRA 7.6", as we all know a month in IT literally can change things quite fast. That's one of reasons I am publishing this today. About a week ago (20/May/2019) a new release for … Continue reading How to Deploy vRA 7.6 (vRealize Automation 7.6) →

vRO Locking System

Use Case Scenario: Environment having issues to deploy multiple machines (2 or more instances <or> multi deployments within short period of time), which was due to duplicated machine Hostnames (custom). Although the failure was rather critical, solution was very simple just utilizing the #vRO SystemLocking feature within the pre-building workflow. Direct to the point >> … Continue reading vRO Locking System →