Hi Team, We are using vRA 7.5, can someone please help with below scenario: There are two root accounts(Local and Centrify based) for RHEL connectivity. We could able to connect and execu...
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Hi Team, We are using vRA 7.5, can someone please help with below scenario: There are two root accounts(Local and Centrify based) for RHEL connectivity. We could able to connect and execute the scripts on RHEL using local root account and were failing to use Domain service account. SSH via putty to RHEL machine using Domain service account is good.But fails to connect from vRO with error "vim.fault.InvalidGuestLogin" The path to connect SSH to RHEL machine for Domain service accounts or Centrify based accounts is: /usr/share/centrifydc/sbin/sshd We are using to "copy file from vRO" workflow. Is there a way we can change the default SSH connection path of RHEL to "/usr/share/centrifydc/sbin/sshd" in vRO workflows? Regards, Sasidhar
I have faced issues with mounting Windows share as a local drive to vRO. The other options are, adding powershell as host and copy to CSV which was not implemented due to some port limitations...
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I have faced issues with mounting Windows share as a local drive to vRO. The other options are, adding powershell as host and copy to CSV which was not implemented due to some port limitations. Finally, using SCP to Windows share through port 22 worked like a charm.
My customer do not want to create additional logical volume to extend the base disk due to some maintenance issues. With template, we cannot override the base disk unless we create additional log...
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My customer do not want to create additional logical volume to extend the base disk due to some maintenance issues. With template, we cannot override the base disk unless we create additional logical volume to extend the disk. When we build through ISO we can give the size as per mount point requirements and without any additional logical volumes we can build the VM.
Hi Team, We have a requirement to create RHEL VM using an ISO and not through template. We are on vRA 7.5 version. I have looked into the blog post Extend vRealize Automation for Third-Part...
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Hi Team, We have a requirement to create RHEL VM using an ISO and not through template. We are on vRA 7.5 version. I have looked into the blog post Extend vRealize Automation for Third-Party Imaging Technologies - VMware Cloud Management and the package link is broken. Can someone provide me the package details or a procedure to provision a VM through ISO? Please share any other custom properties consider for ISO build apart from the list below: Image.ISO.Location Image.ISO.Name VMware.SCSI.Type VMware.VirtualCenter.OperatingSystem Regards, Sasidhar
Hi Team, I am using vRA 7.5 and my requirement is to add Hostname and Environment from payload to a CSV file in a Windows share path. I have read the post, https://www.vcoteam.info/article...
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Hi Team, I am using vRA 7.5 and my requirement is to add Hostname and Environment from payload to a CSV file in a Windows share path. I have read the post, https://www.vcoteam.info/articles/learn-vco/278-how-to-allow-the-vco-appliance-to-write-files-to-a-windows-cifs-share.ht… , not worked in my case as it was throwing an error "cifs share is not a valid block device". The cifs util is not installed in vRO. I am unable to mount the CIFS path as a local mount. Please help me if there is any solution for it or with some alternatives ways of updating the CSV file with Hostname and Environment(Prod/DEV etc which comes from payload). Thanks and Regards, Sasidhar
Hi, We haven't tested the plugin to see whether it fulfills the requirements or not as there is no vRA 7.x test instance and our customer don't want to use it on Production without testing. In...
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Hi, We haven't tested the plugin to see whether it fulfills the requirements or not as there is no vRA 7.x test instance and our customer don't want to use it on Production without testing. In fact, cost might be another reason for denying the proposal. I will reach out to you in case of any change in customer's decision.
Apologies for the confusion caused and thanks for your quick reply. Currenly, one vCenter endpoint with a Reservation is in place, expecting more endpoints in due course. Customer will be...
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Apologies for the confusion caused and thanks for your quick reply. Currenly, one vCenter endpoint with a Reservation is in place, expecting more endpoints in due course. Customer will be adding the resources(Compute, Storage and Network) on demand and vRA team will not be having any heads up on it, that is, no task will be assigned to vRA team to enable the resources in reservations after addition. Only option is to schedule the data collection and enable the newly added resources to reservation automatically. As you said, it will be a complex automation procedure. I know we need Reservations for Machine provisioning in vRA, but curious to know whether it is possible to provision VMs without Reservations.daphnissov
My customer's requirement is to use single reservation which should dynamically enable the Compute, Network and Storage resources whenever there is an addition of resources in vCenter endpoint. T...
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My customer's requirement is to use single reservation which should dynamically enable the Compute, Network and Storage resources whenever there is an addition of resources in vCenter endpoint. The customer submits the build sheet in excel, which will be converted to JSON format in ITSM tool and given as an input to vRO endpoint which invokes the VM build selecting a catalog item(we have used REST services and workflows in place for this). The build sheet will be pre validated before raising a request in ITSM tool. Customer requires the automation to centralize from ITSM tool. The sheet basically consists of Static IP with VLAN info, Disk details with Datastore name, cluster and location. We have created multiple catalog items based on location and OS type. So selecting catalog item will be based on location and OS type. My idea is to create a single fabric and enable all the clusters from different locations, single Business group and Single Reservation. Please let me know the options. daphnissovjasnyderGrantOrchardVMware
I have tested SNOW integration with a XaaS blueprint which modifies the compute resources of a VM out of certain conditions. All we provided to SNOW team is a vRO endpoint with Workflow ID. They ...
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I have tested SNOW integration with a XaaS blueprint which modifies the compute resources of a VM out of certain conditions. All we provided to SNOW team is a vRO endpoint with Workflow ID. They have consumed REST APIs to use the input parameters like Hostname/CPU/Memory/Request ID. The integration is Ok and we could see the requests appearing successful from SNOW. For Machine provisioning, even we are planning to use stringified JSON. Please let me know some example code you used to map the SNOW inputs to JSON request.
Hi Team, Greetings!!! Our requirement is to use vRA Catalog from SNOW using REST APIs. We are not using ITSM plugin as we need more customization. We have decided to write a single vRO wor...
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Hi Team, Greetings!!! Our requirement is to use vRA Catalog from SNOW using REST APIs. We are not using ITSM plugin as we need more customization. We have decided to write a single vRO workflow and give as an endpoint to SNOW for REST API consumption. Here is my plan: 1. Selecting Catalog Item --> 2. Passing the inputs of SNOW to JSON --> 3. POST to request the catalog --> 4. Send the status back to SNOW I am able to print the catalog template as per step 1 based on Blueprint, location and OS type inputs, next I wanted to pass the values of custom propeties to JSON file output, Please help me passing the inputs of SNOW to JSON. Appreciate your help..ManishPatiljasnyderGrantOrchardVMware Regards, Sasidhar
Hi Tanner, Greetings!!! We have implemented BigFIx and vRO in our environment. The requirement is post provisioning, patching should take place without rebooting the server. Could you p...
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Hi Tanner, Greetings!!! We have implemented BigFIx and vRO in our environment. The requirement is post provisioning, patching should take place without rebooting the server. Could you please help me how you are doing in your environment by giving vRO workflows you are implementing? Thanks in advance!!! Regards, Sasidhar
Thanks for your quick reply, it is certainly helpful to use SovLabs extension, But, my requirement is little different, the DNS records are created in IPAM and I need a way to request the sam...
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Thanks for your quick reply, it is certainly helpful to use SovLabs extension, But, my requirement is little different, the DNS records are created in IPAM and I need a way to request the same hostnames in multi-machine blueprint or while using component profiles with multiple instances. Please guide me to meet my requirement.
I have a similar issue, I used the GET REST command as suggested, still facing HTTP 401 - Invalid username/password combo. Please suggest if there is a checklist to verify the account is valid...
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I have a similar issue, I used the GET REST command as suggested, still facing HTTP 401 - Invalid username/password combo. Please suggest if there is a checklist to verify the account is valid. This account is having Tenant/IaaS/Fabric admin privileges. I am able to provision a machine using the same account.
Thanks for your reply. I am using Valid credentials only, otherwise it will not import Catalog Categories. Means the vRA Catalog service names are listed into SNOW, but catalog items part of e...
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Thanks for your reply. I am using Valid credentials only, otherwise it will not import Catalog Categories. Means the vRA Catalog service names are listed into SNOW, but catalog items part of each service is not imported.
We have integrated ITSM 4.0 version to SNOW Kingston. When I run the Import Jobs, I see these errors: “REST call error found inside VRASNImportCatalog.preImportCatalog: Method failed: (/...
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We have integrated ITSM 4.0 version to SNOW Kingston. When I run the Import Jobs, I see these errors: “REST call error found inside VRASNImportCatalog.preImportCatalog: Method failed: (/catalog-service/api/catalogItems) with code: 401 - Invalid username/password combo”. REST call error found inside VRASNImportCMDB.reconcileCMDB for pagination: Method failed: (/catalog-service/api/consumer/resources) with code: 401 - Invalid username/password combo The authentication is successful as I could see the Catalog Category names appearing. However, I am unable to see the Catalog Items due to the above errors. Please suggest if you have any workaround or solution. Regards, Sasidhar.
The latest version of SNOW-vRA ITSM plug-in supporting Kingston is available here : https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/get-download?downloadGroup=VRA_ITSM_PLUGIN_400 https://store.serviceno...
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The latest version of SNOW-vRA ITSM plug-in supporting Kingston is available here : https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/get-download?downloadGroup=VRA_ITSM_PLUGIN_400 https://store.servicenow.com/$appstore.do#!/store/application/843ac90edb120300435fd001cf96190a/4.0.0?referer=sn_appstore_store.do%23!%2Fstore%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dvmwa