How to enable Advanced Service Designer in vCAC 6

So you got past the initial setup and install of vCAC 6. You have already provisioned several Windows or Linux blue prints and now you want to play with the advanced service designer. But wait? Where is the advanced services tab in vCAC? Humm, you have everything licensed correctly and Continue reading How to enable Advanced Service Designer in vCAC 6

How to start vCO configuration service on vCAC 6 Appliance

You may have noticed that the vCenter Orchestrator configuration page as part of the vCAC 6 appliance is not started by default. This is by design to save resources on the vCAC appliance VM. Here are the steps to start it if you need to use it to configure the Continue reading How to start vCO configuration service on vCAC 6 Appliance

The Hostname is about to die!!

I remember as a kid going to Pizza friday nights playing Gauntlet and hearing that computer voice saying “Red Warrior is about to die” over and over. I now realize this was just a way to get more quarters from me.  Click here to hear it Today I feel this Continue reading The Hostname is about to die!!

How to configure “Approval at” in vCAC 6

Remember way back in vCAC 5.2 days ; – ) how you could configure an approval at threshold for CPU’s, Memory, Storage and Lease days? Now let’s look at vCAC 6 In vCAC 6 the Approvals have been completely redesigned and revamped. This is because vCAC is not just about Continue reading How to configure “Approval at” in vCAC 6

vCAC 6 is here!!

Merry Christmas! Santa Arrived early this year with the greatest gift of all! vCAC 6.0 is a game-changing release that enables IT to deliver infrastructure, applications, desktops and virtually any kind of IT service in a simple yet highly configurable and rich self-service experience. It is also a significant step Continue reading vCAC 6 is here!!

vCAC Extensibility Quick Reference Guide

Updated 12/12/14 For even more integrations check out vCOTeams list here Compute Cisco =  UCS vCO plug-in beta  Storage Network Appliance = vCO Configuration How To and On Command Workflow Automation Package and Powershell toolkit EMC Viper = vCO Plugin and Workflows IT Service Management Servicenow = vCO Plugin and Continue reading vCAC Extensibility Quick Reference Guide