Configuring VMware Aria Automation
You can set up VMware vCenter Server on your Google Cloud VMware Engine private cloud as an endpoint for VMware Aria Automation.
Before you begin
Complete the following tasks before configuring vCenter Server:
- Set up private services access for connectivity between your on-premises environment and your private cloud.
- Configure DNS forwarding of on-premises DNS requests to the DNS servers for your private cloud.
- Elevate your vCenter privileges from
VMware Engine portal.
- Create a group named
VMware Aria Automation IaaS administrator group
. - Create a user named
VMware Aria Automation IaaS administrator user
and add the user to the group created in the previous step. If you set up vCenter to use Active Directory and want to use a user from your identity source, add the user to the group. - Create a role named
VMware Aria Automation IaaS administrator role
with the set of permissions that are listed in the following table. - Apply the
VMware Aria Automation IaaS administrator role
to theVMware Aria Automation IaaS administrator group
at the vCenter level.
- Create a group named
Attribute value | Permission |
---|---|
Datastore |
Allocate space Browse datastore |
Datastore cluster | Configure a datastore cluster |
Folder |
Create folder Delete folder |
Global |
Manage custom attributes Set custom attribute |
Network | Assign network |
Permissions | Modify permissions |
Resource |
Assign VM to resource pool Migrate powered off VM Migrate powered on VM |
VM inventory |
Create from existing Create new Move Remove |
Virtual machine interaction |
Configure CD media Console interaction Device connection Power off Power on Reset Suspend Tools install |
Virtual machine configuration |
Add existing disk Add new disk Add or remove Remove disk Advanced Change CPU count Change resource Extend virtual disk Disk change tracking Memory Modify device settings Rename Set annotation (version 5.0 and later) Settings Swapfile placement |
Provisioning |
Customize Clone template Clone VM Deploy template Read customization specs |
Virtual machine state |
Create snapshot Remove snapshot Revert to snapshot |
Install VMware Aria Automation in your on-premises environment
Deploy a vSphere Agent for the VMware Aria Automation endpoint.
- Sign in to the VMware Aria Automation IaaS server appliance as
VMware Aria Automation IaaS administrator user
. - Go to
https://vra-url:5480/installer
, wherevra-url
is the URL that you use to access the VMware Aria Automation administration UI. - Click IaaS Installer to download the installer. The naming convention
for the installer file is
setup_vra-url@5480.exe
. - Run the installer. On the Welcome screen, click Next.
- Accept the EULA and click Next.
- Provide the sign-in information, click Accept Certificate, and then click Next.
- Select Custom Install and Proxy Agents, and click Next.
- Enter the IaaS server sign-in information and click Next. If you are using Active Directory, enter the username in domain\user format. Otherwise, use user@domain format.
- For the proxy settings, enter vSphere for Agent type. Enter a name for the agent.
- Enter the IaaS server FQDN in the Manager Service Host and the Model Manager Web Service Host fields.
- Click Test to test the connection for each of the FQDN values. If the test fails, modify your DNS settings so that the IaaS server hostname is resolved.
- Enter a name for the vCenter server endpoint for the private cloud. Record the name for use later in the configuration process.
- Click Next.
- Click Install.
Configure the vSphere agent
- Go to
https://vra-url/vcac
and sign in as ConfigurationAdmin. - Select Infrastructure > Endpoints > Endpoints.
- Select New > Virtual > vSphere.
- Enter the vSphere endpoint name that you specified in the previous procedure.
- For Address, enter the private cloud vCenter Server URL in the format
https://vcenter-fqdn/sdk
, wherevcenter-fqdn
is the name of the vCenter server. - Enter the credentials for the VMware Aria Automation IaaS administrator user that Cloud Customer Care created for you.
- Click Test Connection to validate the user credentials. If the test fails, verify the URL, account information, and endpoint name and test again.
- After a successful test, click OK to create the vSphere endpoint.
Verify the endpoint name
To identify the correct vCenter server endpoint name, do the following:
- Open a command prompt on the IaaS appliance.
- Change the directory to
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\vCAC\Agents<var>AGENT_NAME
, replacingAGENT_NAME
with the name you assigned to the vCenter server endpoint. Run the following command.
..\..\Server\DynamicOps.Vrm.VRMencrypt.exe VRMAgent.exe.config get
The output is similar to the following. The value of the
managementEndpointName
field is the endpoint name.
managementEndpointName: cslab1pc3-vc
doDeletes: true
What's next
- Learn about elevating privileges on your private cloud.
- Contact Cloud Customer Care to create a VMware Aria Automation IaaS administrator user.