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UPDATE: Please note, this is the legacy method. Please see the following post for the vCO method of this integration. http://managesddc.com/2014/03/25/addremove-vcac-iaas-vms-tofrom-dns/ This guide will show you how to setup vCAC to automatically create a static host A record and a reverse look up pointer in your Windows based DNS. This Continue reading How to integrate vCAC with Windows DNS
This guide details how to add the requester account to the local administrators group of the newly provisioned VM. You could also modify this to add them to power user or use a property set to have a drop down menu to select a group to add as well. It Continue reading Add requester to Administrator Group of Windows VM in vCAC 6
This is for vCAC 6.0 and 6.0.1 and ID appliances 6.0 and 6.0.1 Please take a snapshot of both appliances prior to this procedure. Non-functional DNS resolution can result in loss of system functionality. After you have deployed the vCAC appliance and ID (SSO) appliances you may need to update Continue reading How to change DNS settings on vCAC and SSO Appliance
I am often asked by customers how vCloud Automation Center integrates with Service Now. From an integration and workflow perspective, vCAC extends to ServiceNow just like any other ITIL or CMDB type systems. For example, a customer could have BMC Remedy, HP CMDB or even a home grow system and Continue reading How vCAC integrates with Service Now
To setup vCAC 6 tenant identity stores you need to know the distinguished names of objects in your active directory. You can easily look these up and copy and paste them into the vCAC setup screen by using ADSI Edit. ADSI edit is part of the Windows Server Support tools Continue reading How to find Distinguished names
One of the things I love about vCAC is it’s ability to integrate with just about anything right out of the box. I am often asked if we can integrate with other automation solutions and how we complement them. Many customers are already using open source solutions like puppet and Continue reading Self Service application Portal with vCAC 6 and Chef
In this example I am configuring a Linux Template that will be used to create a vCAC 6 Blueprint. This is using a vSphere 5.x VM. Start with a fresh build of Linux with VMware tools installed. NOTE: You if you are using vCAC (vRA) with a Windows 2012 IaaS Continue reading How to create a vCAC 6 Linux Guest Agent Template
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In vCAC 6, the Linux guest agent needs to use SSL to communicate with the vCAC Iaas Windows Server. This requires that a valid PEM file is present in the /usr/share/gugent director after you have installed the Linux guest agent RPM and before you run instalgugent.sh The common problem you Continue reading vCAC 6 Linux Guest Agent Certificate Gotcha
In this example I am configuring a Linux Template for APPD and vCAC 6 using vSphere. NOTE: The installation will be slightly different for Amazon EC2 deployments Step 1: First you will need to download and install the JRE. This can be obtained from the APPD server. Download the JRE Continue reading How to Create an APPD 6 Linux Template