Today marks another “milestone” in my personal certification journey. Following the successful completion of the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam ( post ), I can now call myself a VMware Certified Implementation Expert 6 - Cloud Management and Automation.
Note: I’m still waiting for VMware Cert Manager and Acclaim to catch up!
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 21, 2017 .
Today marks the end of another certification journey. After taking the exam Wednesday afternoon, I received notification this morning that I passed the 3V0-633 VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Cloud Management and Automation - Deploy Exam.
Note: I am still waiting for Cert Manager to be updated but that should happen in the next 24hrs!
It has been a long and trying road getting this exam in the bag, and I have blogged about my experiences:
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 21, 2017 .
Objective Overview
Objective 5.3 - Create/Modify/Execute a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow
- Create/modify/troubleshoot actions
- Create/modify/execute vRO workflows
- Install/launch/use the vRO client
- Configure variable binding in a vRO workflow
- Perform logging from a vRO workflow
- Add schema elements to a vRO workflow
- Run workflow(s) in the vRO HTTP-REST plug-in to invoke a REST operation
- Modify a workflow to display a non-default icon
- Create a configuration element
- Modify a workflow to use to a configuration element
Objective Prerequisites
The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective:
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 18, 2017 .
So you have deployed and configured the VMware NSX Manager Virtual Appliance, deployed the VMware NSX Controller(s) and goto Host Preparation and click Install to prepare your hosts. Then you get an error message to say you don’t have the right license… did you forget something?
Adding VMware NSX Licensing to vCenter
Note: These steps assume you are not even logged into vCenter Server. Skip the first few steps if you are!
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 17, 2017 .
This is the third of three posts in which we look at how to deploy and configure the VMware NSX Manager.
The posts will cover the following topics:
- Deploying the VMware NSX Manager Appliance Appliance. ( HOWTO )
- Completing VMware NSX Manager Initial Configuration. ( HOWTO )
- Integrating VMware NSX Manager into VMware vCenter. (THIS POST)
Configuring VMware NSX Manager integration into vCenter Server
Using a browser, navigate to the VMware NSX Manager Virtual Appliance (https://nsx-manager.fqdn).
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 16, 2017 .
This is the second of three posts in which we look at how to deploy and configure the VMware NSX Manager.
The posts will cover the following topics:
- Deploying the VMware NSX Manager Appliance Appliance. ( HOWTO )
- Completing VMware NSX Manager Initial Configuration. (THIS POST)
- Integrating VMware NSX Manager into VMware vCenter. ( HOWTO )
VMware NSX Manager Initial Configuration
Using a browser, navigate to the VMware NSX Manager Virtual Appliance (https://nsx-manager.fqdn).
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 16, 2017 .
This is the first of three posts in which we look at how to deploy and configure the VMware NSX Manager.
The posts will cover the following topics:
- Deploying the VMware NSX Manager Appliance. (THIS POST)
- Completing VMware NSX Manager Initial Configuration. ( HOWTO
- Integrating VMware NSX Manager into VMware vCenter. ( HOWTO )
Deploying the VMware NSX Manager Appliance
Navigate to VMware vCenter Server (https://vcenter.fqdn) using your preferred web browser.
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 16, 2017 .
In this series of 3 articles, we’ll be looking at how to configure VMware NSX and VMware vRealize Log Insight together so we get the best possible logging.
In Part Two, we’ll be looking at how to configure the VMware NSX Manager to SYSLOG to VMware vRealize Log Insight.
Configuring the VMware NSX Manager to SYSLOG to Log Insight
Navigate to the VMware NSX Manager Virtual Appliance ( https://nsx-manager.fqdn ).
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 15, 2017 .
In this series of 3 articles, we’ll be looking at how to configure VMware NSX and vRealize Log Insight together so we get the best possible logging.
In Part One we’ll be looking at How to install the Content Pack for VMware NSX in VMware vRealize Log Insight.
Installing the vLI Content Pack for VMware NSX
Using your browser, navigate to the VMware vRealize Log Insight (https://vli-appliance.fqdn) page.
Enter the User name and Password and click Login.
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 15, 2017 .
One of the many prerequisites of the VMware vRealize Automation Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) components (including Microsoft SQL Server) is the installation and configuration of Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC).
Not installing and configuring MS DTC correctly can be the the bane of someone trying to install VMware vRealize Automation.
ProTip 1 - Uninstall MS DTC via PowerShell
MS DTC seems to be installed by default in Windows, but if you have cloned (without Sysprep) the Windows image, then MS DTC will need to be removed (and re-installed). A simple PowerShell command can be used to remove MS DTC:
Written by Christopher Lewis on July 15, 2017 .