Tag: vRealize Automation

With vRealize Automation, users can use existing load balancers as well as create load balancers within a deployment.
Before we show how to use existing load balancers or create new load balancers, let’s talk about the theory first.

The next network profile, we want to talk about is the outbound network type.
The configuration of the network profile is the same as for routed networks, so will skip the discussion here – the only difference is the configuration on the blueprint.

The next type of Network Policy we want to talk about is called Routed Network Policy. If you have worked with vRealize Automation 7 before, you might notice that Routed Network Policies correspond to Routed Networks in vRA 7.

The first and most easy way to use a Network Profile, is to deploy in an existing network. In that case there are no network components that needs to be created on the fly, hence the configuration is easy.
The following instructions will show how to create a Network Profile and configure it accordingly.

Network Profiles in vRealize Automation streamline network provisioning by orchestrating existing and on-demand resources, simplifying configuration compared to previous versions. Stay tuned for further insights on microsegmentation and firewall rules.

Dive into vRealize Automation 8’s network management capabilities, including IP range configuration, load balancer integration, and network domain organization for streamlined cloud infrastructure orchestration.

Like in vRealize Automation 7, setting up network configuration is crucial before being able to create blueprints.
Once a Cloud Account and a Cloud Zone has been configured, you can navigate to the Infrastructure > Networks page and find an overview of networks that have been discovered.

In order to use the capabilities of NSX-V in vRealize Automation, it is necessary to setup a NSX-V account. Learn here how to add an NSX-V account in VMware’s vRealize Automation 8 with our easy step-by-step guide.

When provisioning virtual machines to a cloud provider, users usually cannot exactly specify how much memory or CPUs should be used by a virtual machine. Instead cloud providers come with predefined flavors.

In order to create a blueprint with a virtual machine, there is need to import images from the underlying cloud provider.

In contrast to vRealize Automation 7, administrators have full control which images should be imported into vRealize Automation 8, hence there is a dedicated menu item called „Image Mappings“ on the Infrastructure tab.