Learning VMware vRealize automation : learn the fundamentals of vRealize automation to accelerate the delivery of your IT services / Sriram Rajendran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rajendran, Sriram, author.

Series:

Professional expertise distilled.

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

VMware.

Virtual computer systems.

Cloud computing.

Business--Data processing.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Rajendran Sriram: Sriram Rajendran is a member of the CTO Ambassador program at VMware. He has been a veteran of the IT industry, for more than 12 years, and a focused technologist with expertise in cloud computing, networking, storage, and server virtualization technologies. Sriram wears multiple hats at VMware. As a solution architect, he provides technical leadership and expertise to design, deploy, and scale the VMware SDDC stack for its Fortune 500 customers. His primary focus for VMware SSDC are automation, operations, and third-party integration. As a senior escalations manager, he is the go-to person for handling critical executive escalations that have out blown traditional GSS escalation processes. His focus here is not just managing escalations through various internal VMware organizations but also external partner organizations and their processes and extranet multivendor support processes like TSANET. As a CTO Ambassador, he is responsible for connecting the research and development team with customers, partners, and field as the global VMware evangelist. His focus is on defining and communicating VMware's vision and strategy, and acting as an advisor for VMware's vRealize Automation solutions, product roadmap, and portfolio. Previously, as a staff escalation engineer, he worked on customer escalations and prioritizing the requests for the team. He was also the lead on recruitment and talent management for the support and escalations team. He also worked closely with various engineering teams within VMware to help provide early feedback on the design and architecture of products based on escalations and his other field interactions. Prior to joining VMware, he worked at Slash Support and HP in their support organizations in technical leadership roles. Sriram has devoted much of his professional career to the design, implementation, and maintenance of large physical and virtual networks, storage and servers, and cloud architectures based on VMware, Microsoft, and other leading enterprise technologies.

Summary:

Learn the fundamentals of vRealize Automation to accelerate the delivery of your IT services About This Book Learn to install the vRealize Automation product in a distributed architecture using a load balancer Plan backup and recovery strategies for every vRealize automation component Use vRealize Automation to manage applications and improve operational efficiency using this simple and intuitive guide Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who wants to start their journey with vRealize Automation. It is your one-stop instruction guide to installing and configuring a distributed setup using NSX load balancer. Regardless of whether or not you have used vRealize Automation before, following the steps provided in each chapter will get you started with the product. What You Will Learn Understand the basic building blocks of vRealize Automation before embarking on the journey of installation Familiarize yourself with the requirements and steps that need to be performed during the first phase of the distributed installation Carry out a functional validation of the first phase of installation before completing the installation Build a blueprint for vSphere endpoint, an essential step for a successful deployment of a service catalog Create, configure, and deploy tenants, endpoints, blueprints, and the service catalog Get to grips with the failover process for all components in vRealize Automation Learn to configure the NSX loadbalancer for vRealize Orchestrator for high availability Leverage ASD to develop XaaS (Anything as a Service) in vRealize Automation to deliver valuable competence In Detail With the growing interest in Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC), vRealize Automation offers data center users an organized service catalog and governance for administrators. This way, end users gain autonomy while the IT department stays in control, making sure security and compliance requirements are met. Learning what each component does and how they dovetail with each other will bolster your understanding of vRealize Automation. The book starts off with an introduction to the distributed architecture that has been tested and installed in large scale deployments. Implementing and configuring distributed architecture with custom certificates is unarguably a demanding task, and it will be covered next. After this, we will progress with the installation. A vRealize Automation blueprint can be prepared in multiple ways; we will focus solely on vSphere ...

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: vRealize Automation and the Deconstruction of Components; What is vRealize Automation?; Key capabilities; A single solution of abstracted service models; Model once - deploy anywhere; Personalization through policies (governance); Common use cases of vRealize Automation; vRealize Automation - a conceptual diagram; Identity management appliance or SSO or PSC; Identity management appliance; vSphere 5.5 SSO; vSphere 6.0 PSC; vRealize Automation or CAFÉ appliance; vPostgres

RabbitMQvCAC server; tcServer (Tomcat); Telemetry; IaaS - architecture and component deep dive; Model Manager; Model Manager Data; Model Manager Web a.k.a. repository; MSSQL database; Manager Service; Distributed Execution Manager; DEM Orchestrator (DEO); DEM Worker; Infrastructure agent; Management agent; Startup order; Shutdown order; Summary; Chapter 2: Distributed Installation Using Custom Certificates; Getting started; Simple deployment architecture; Distributed deployment architecture; Planning and preparation; Infrastructure details; Distributed architecture; Bill of materials

Overview of the installation flowCertificates; The certificate generation process; Creating vRA certificate templates; Adding a new template to certificate templates; Creating certificates; Identity management for authentication and authorization by vRA components; The identity (ID) appliance; vSphere 5.5 U1/U2 SSO; vSphere 6.0 PSC; Identity appliance configuration; NSX load balancer configuration; Configuring the external vPostgres DB in HA for the vRealize Automation CAFÉ appliance; Prerequisites; Setup details; vPostgres NSX load balancer configurations; Application Profile configuration

Service Monitoring configurationPool configuration; Virtual Server configuration; vPostgres configuration; Testing Replication; Postgres Monitor scripts; Configuration; Testing Monitor scripts; Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for vPostgres; Service monitoring configuration; Pool configuration; Configuring the CAFÉ appliance in HA; Prerequisites; Setup Details; CAFÉ NSX load balancer configurations; Application Profile configuration; Service Monitoring configuration; Pool configuration; Virtual servers configuration; CAFÉ configuration

Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for CAFÉService Monitoring configuration; Pools configuration; IaaS installation; IaaS components HA modes and failover options; IaaS prerequisites and virtual machine preparation; Overview of the IaaS installation flow (only the first nodes); Installing PFX certificate to IIS Web Server; Installation of the First Web node; Prerequisites; Setup details; NSX load balancer configurations for IaaS web; Application Profile configuration; Service Monitoring configuration; Pool configuration; Virtual Server configuration; Checkpoint

IaaS WEB installation

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 7, 2016).

ISBN:

9781785884788

1785884786

OCLC:

939555189