How to Reset VMC on AWS Cloudadmin User Account Password?

The vCenter Single Sign-On administrator is cloudadmin@vmc.local. The VMC Console displays this password when you open the vCenter instance - it's the password that you copy into the vCenter Single Sign-On screen. You can change this password from the vSphere Client. If you do, the password that the VMC Console displays is no longer correct.

If you reset the password for the cloudadmin@vmc.local user and you forget the password, contact VMware Technical Support. You cannot reset this password. 

The password for cloudadmin@vmc.local never expires, but it follows the password policy.

How to Change Cloudadmin User Password:-
1. Open vmc on aws SDDC vCenter > Click on Administration from Menu > Click on Users and Groups Under SSO

 2. Click on Edit

3. Type New Password > Click Ok

VMC on AWS Roadmap

VMC on AWS has very fast release phase as new features are constantly developed, tested and added.
If you want to know the product Roadmap, here is link to get Roadmap Information

Roadmap Link

Roadmap Categories:-
Roadmap is categorized in to Four Categories and these categories are:-
1. Available
2. Preview
3. Developing
4. Planned

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VMC on AWS Pricing

If you want to know VMC on AWS Pricing there is Pricing Page Available. Which can be referred to know Pricing on this offering

Disclaimer = Pricing is subject to Change. Please refer VMware Website For Latest Pricing Information

VMware Cloud on AWS service provides simple yet flexible options to consume VMware’s powerful software capabilities and AWS’s elastic, bare-metal infrastructure as a combined offering that can be purchased on-demand, or as 1-year or 3-year subscription. Host configuration: Each SDDC host has 2 CPUs, 36 cores, 512GB RAM, NVMe attached flash storage (3.6 TB cache plus 10.7 TB raw capacity tier). Minimum required configuration for production environment is 3 hosts per cluster. Above the minimum, hosts can be added or removed in 1 unit increments.

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Cost Estimator
If you want to Estimate the Cost, Here you can use Cost Estimator

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Cost Estimator Tools
https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws-tco-pricing/
https://vmcsizer.vmware.com/home

VMC on AWS FAQs

As VMC on AWS is hot topic in the market. If you have some question on VMC on AWS. I hope this FAQs might be informative:-

FAQs link

Max. Number of Clusters Supported in VMC on AWS SDDC

In VMC on AWS, one can create either Stretched Cluster or Non-Stretched Cluster SDDC

Stretched Cluster SDDC
You can  keep Max. 1 Stretched Cluster Cluster in Stretched Cluster SDDC. Check the Screenshot shared below, as there is no option to add new cluster:-

Non-Stretched Cluster SDDC
You can keep Max. 10 Non-Stretched Clusters in Non-Stretched Cluster SDDC. Check the Screenshot shared below:-

Features Supported by NSX-V and NSX-T in VMC on AWS

SDDC's in VMC on AWS either uses NSX-T or NSX-V. In my previous post i have shared how can you find out whether your SDDC is backed by NSX-V or NSX-T now If you want to know what are the features supported by NSX-V or NSX-T in VMC on AWS, check this table:-

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Refer this link for detailed Info

How to Identify VMC on AWS SDDC is Using NSX for vSphere or NSX-T?

1. Connect with https://vmc.vmware.com/
2. Login with your email ID
3. Click on View Details of your SDDC
4. Check the name of Tab available for Network Settings

vRA 7.5 - No More Goal Navigator

Those who worked with previous vRA version they must have seen "Goal Navigator" to access the options and it guides you through high level goals that you might want to accomplish in VRA. Even these options can be directly accessed through tabs what you can access from Goal Navigator. But It's Removed in vRA 7.5

I believe reason of removing this option is New Simplified UI

vRA 7.5 New UI - No More Home, Requests and Items Tab

If you haven't upgraded your environment to vRA 7.5 yet then you might have heard about new UI of vRA 7.5. Let me share few details about changes in Home, Requests and Items Tab.

1. Home Tab is Removed

2. Requests and Items Tabs are Replaced with Deployments Tab. Now Same Tab you can use to Check Provisioned Items as well as requests status.

To know what are the other new changes you will see in this Release check this blogpost

Unable to Create New Blueprint in vRA 7.5

After recently upgrading my environment from vRA 7.3 to vRA 7.5, i was unable to create new blueprint as blueprint area was blank in Design Tab like the screenshot shared below:-

I was using Internet Explorer 11. I have cross checked in the Support Matrix Guide whether it is supported of not but it is supported version of IE. Later on i tried accessing this vRA Environment from Google Chrome and it worked.
If anyone else also faced the same issue, let me know in the comment box.

Upgrade From vRA 7.3 to vRA 7.5 Step by Step

You can upgrade your current vRealize Automation environment to the latest version.
In-place Upgrade and Side-by-Side Upgrade
Depending on your current vRealize Automation environment, you can upgrade to the latest version by performing an in-place upgrade or a side-by-side upgrade. Review the information on this page to determine the best upgrade method for your environment.
An in-place upgrade is a multi-step process. You perform procedures in a particular order to update the various components in your current environment. You must upgrade all product components to the same version. You can only perform an in-place upgrade for these paths.

• vRealize Automation 6.2.5 to 7.5
• vRealize Automation 7.1.x to 7.5
• vRealize Automation 7.2.x to 7.5
• vRealize Automation 7.3.x to 7.5
• vRealize Automation 7.4.x to 7.5

A side-by-side upgrade migrates the data in your current vRealize Automation environment to a target environment deployed with the latest version of vRealize Automation. You can perform a side-by-side upgrade for these paths.

• vRealize Automation 6.2.0 through 6.2.5 to 7.5
• vRealize Automation 7.0 and 7.0.1 to 7.5
• vRealize Automation 7.1.x, 7.2.x, and 7.3.x, 7.4.x to 7.5

For Upgrade Requirements Refer this Document

Procedure:-
1. Connect with vRA Appliance VAMI (https://vRAFQDN:5480) > Username = root, Password = As Configured

 2.  Click on Update Tab > Click on Check Updates Button

3. As you can see under Available Update vRA 7.5 is Listed > Click on Install Updates

4. Click on Ok

5. If you know what's going on Behind the Scene > Open VAMI in another tab > Click on Update and you will be able to see the progress

6. You will see the message after couple of minutes that Reboot is needed to complete the Update

 

7. Reboot vRA Appliance. System Tab > Reboot > Reboot

8. After Reboot, Verify vRA is Updated to 7.5. As you can see in below screenshot, vRA is Updated to 7.5 but IaaS Upgrade is Pending.

9. Wait for Couple of Minutes and You will see the message "Upgrade Completed Successfully"

 

After Upgrading to VMware vRA 7.5 Storage is not getting populated in Reservation - Known Issue

Today when i have upgraded my vRA 7.3 to vRA 7.5. I have discovered one issue where storage was not getting populated in reservation but it was visible in compute Resources.

Then when i was trying to fix this issue, i found KB 59705. As it is mentioned in this KB it is known issue and the solution is to restart vcac-server service from vRA Appliance. I did same.

After restarting this service, wait for few minutes and connect back to your tenant. Bingo, Issue Resolved.

Top vBlog 2018 Voting is Started Now - Vote for your Favorite Blogger

It's time to Vote for your Favorite Blog. Eric Siebert  owner of vSphere-land.com launched it's popular Top vBlog 2018 Contest. Here <<<<<Top vBlog 2018 Contest>>>>> you can find more information about this contest and the last date to submit your vote is 15th December 2018. If you find any blog that is listed there has helped you, then spare 5 minutes from your busy schedule to vote for that blog to show your gratitude towards blogger.

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My blog is listed there too in Multiple Categories, Please Vote for my blog. If you really like the articles/info available on my blog, you can participate in voting to vote for my blog Virtualization The Future

 Voting Procedure is Given below:- 

                                                               To Vote Click <<<<<Here>>>>>

1. Select exactly 12 blogs from the given list.
2. Next, Rank these blogs, Rank scale is 1 - 12 where Rank 12 is the lowest and Rank 1 is the Highest
3. Now you can choose your favorite blogs under different categories, these are independent of General Voting. My blog is also listed in different categories.

(a) Favorite Female Blogger

 
(b) Favorite Scripting/Automation Blog 

(c) Favorite Independent Blogger

4. Provide your Name and Email ID (required only for validation of your vote). Don't worry it will not be shared publicly.

vRealize Operations Manager Sizing Tool

If you are looking for vROPS sizing Tool, Here is link of official vROPS Sizing Tool:-
http://vropssizer.vmware.com/sizing-wizard/choose-installation

No More External Platform Services Controller in Future VMware vSphere Releases - New Announcement

VMware has announced the deprecation of External PSC in Future VMware Releases to Simplify the Deployment Process.
Read more at here:-
VMware Blog Article Link

Validation of ESXi Host for Secure Boot Feature

If you are using vSphere 6.5 and later then you can enable Secure Boot Feature but enabling the Secure Boot on the ESXi host where some of the VIB's might not be from compatibility list will cause PSOD. Now the question is how to verfiy whether ESXi is ready for the secure boot or not? You can run a python script in ESXi Shell to verify it and command is :-

/usr/lib/vmware/secureboot/bin/secureBoot.py -c

Create Custom Dashboard in vROPS 7 - New UI

vROPS 7 has alot of new features. One of the change in vROPS7 is the NEW UI for Custom Dashboard. Now it has Drag and Drop Canvas for Designing Custom Dashboard. Let's see how to use it?

1.  Login in Product UI > Dashboards Page > Actions > Create Dashboard

2. Drag and Drop the Widgets in Design Canvas

3. Click on Edit Settings of the Widget to configure it

4.  Select What is needed > Save it

5. I have added one more widget in design canvas in this example to show object relationship. To configure widget interaction i have configured self provider mode as off

6. To configure Widget Interaction  click on Show Interactions

7.  Drag and Line from Providing Widget to Receiving Widget > Click on Save the Dashboard

Custom Metric/Properties Group - vROPS

If there are few metrics and properties those you frequently checks then rather than searching for those metrics in All Metrics Section, you can keep these metrics in your custom group and then whenever you need you can get important metrics easily.

How to Create Custom Metric/Properties Group

Redescribe vROPS Adapter

After installing or updating an adapter with re-describe process finds out the adapter capabilities and updates the Product UI with its details

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