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Learning VMware vRealize Automation

You're reading from   Learning VMware vRealize Automation Learn the fundamentals of vRealize Automation to accelerate the delivery of your IT services

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785885839
Length 230 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sriram Rajendran Sriram Rajendran
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Preface 1. vRealize Automation and the Deconstruction of Components FREE CHAPTER 2. Distributed Installation Using Custom Certificates 3. Functional Validation – Phase 1 and Installing Secondary Nodes 4. Configuring a Guest OS for vRealize Automation vSphere Blueprints 5. Functional Validation – Phase 2 and Zero to VM Provisioning 6. Testing Failover Scenarios for vRealize Automation Components 7. vRealize Orchestrator in High Availability via the NSX Load Balancer 8. The Power of Advanced Service Designer (ASD) Index

GOS – Windows

This recipe will introduce you to the how-to steps of preparing a Windows-based guest OS for a vSphere Blueprint.

  1. Log in to GOS (Windows 2012 or 2008 R2).
  2. As a side note, we presume that you have installed VMware tools, time synced, and you are able to ping IaaS and the CAFÉ appliance via FQDN and IP address.
  3. As a precaution, take a snapshot of this virtual machine if you would like to revert to its clean state when things go wrong.
  4. Open any browser and type the FQDN/IP address of the CAFE appliance:

    https://<IP address of CAFÉ appliance>: 5480/installer

    Note

    Connect to the CAFÉ node directly since the loadbalancer for CAFÉ is not configured to respond on the 5480 port.

  5. Download the guest agent files under the provisioning utilities:

    GOS – Windows

  6. Right-click on the downloaded file and make sure that the contents are not blocked. If they are blocked, unblock the same:
    GOS – Windows
  7. Unzip the file and copy the VRMGuestagent folder to the C drive. (C:\VRMGuestAgent).
  8. Open the...
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