Virtualization The Future

Thursday, 8 September 2016

Use PowervRA to Manage the VMware vRA 7.x

PowervRA is a PowerShell module built on top of the services exposed by the vRealize Automation 7 REST API.

Note: this module is not in any way developed or supported by anyone officially affiliated with VMware

Compatibility

vRA: version 6.2.4, 7.0 and 7.0.1 - Note: support for 6.2.4 is limited given API restrictions. Functions which don't support 6.2.4 will exit early and cleanly.

PowerShell: version 4 is required. We haven't tested yet with version 5, although we wouldn't expect significant issues.

Download

Access this website and download PowervRA

https://github.com/jakkulabs/PowervRA

PowerShell v5 users: You grab the latest version of the module from the PowerShell Gallery by running the following command:

Install-Module -Name PowervRA

PowerShell v4 users: Try this handy one liner to download and install the module:

(new-object Net.WebClient).DownloadString("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jakkulabs/PowervRA/master/Get-PowervRA.ps1") | iex

Copy Software in Power Shell Module Directory

c:\Program files\WindowsPowershell\Modules

Then Access Power Shell and Set the Execution Policy and Paste the handy one liner mentioned above as i was PowerShell v4 User:-

Set-executionpolicy unrestricted

(new-object Net.WebClient).DownloadString("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jakkulabs/PowervRA/master/Get-PowervRA.ps1") | iex

Press A and then press r for each vRA Power Shell Cmdlet Import

Then Use PowervRA cmdlets to execute the required operation:-

1. First connect with vRA Server

2. For example i want to reset the Configurationadmin@vsphere.local account password in vRA

Set-vRAUserPrincipal -Id configurationadmin@vsphere.local -Password abcxyz123!

If you want to check that the cmdlets available for managing the vRA then you can check it from Functions folder this folder will be available in PowervRA Folder.

Thanks for reading this post.

Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Prioritize Entitlements in VMware vRA (vRealize Automation)

If multiple entitlements exist for the same business group, you can prioritize the entitlements so that when a service catalog user makes a request, the entitlement and associated approval policy are processed in the specified order.

If you configure an approval policy for a user group, and you want a group member to have a unique policy for one or more of the services, catalog items, or actions, prioritize the member entitlement before the group entitlement. When the member requests an item in the service catalog, the approval policy that is applied is based on the priority order of the entitlements for the business group. The first time that the member's name is found, either as part of a custom user group or as an individual user, that is the applied approval policy.

Result would be:-

How one can prioritize the entitlements?

1. Login with Catalog Administrator or Tenant Administrator Role User > Administration Tab > Catalog Management > Entitlements

Customizing the email templates in vRealize automation

Check the links given below:-
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2088805

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2102019

https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2015/03/customization-of-vrealize-automation-email-notifications.html

How to transfer the VMware Licenses from one account to another?

If anyone wants to transfer the VMware License from one account to another then they need to open the support ticket. How you can open this? Please follow the instructions given below:-

1. Login to myvmware portal
2. Click on get support option