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ITBM standard is an additional component for cost and usage reporting in vCAC 6. For this guide you will need vCAC 6 already installed and configured. You can follow my guide here: vCAC 6 Quick Start Guide NOTE: The minimum requirement to run ITBM standard is Part 1 of the Continue reading How to install ITBM standard
This guide will show you how to integrate Puppet Enterprise with vCAC. This will allow you to have day 2 configuration management of servers provisioned by vCAC as well as be able to offer a self service application portal. In part 1 we will walk through how to configure vCAC Continue reading Puppet Enterprise with vCAC – Part 1 Automatically install the PE agent
In Part 1 we configured vCAC to deploy a Linux VM and install and configure the Puppet Agent to register with the Puppet Master. In this lesson we will take it a step further by contacting the Puppet Master and signing the Node request, adding the node to the group Continue reading Puppet Enterprise with vCAC – Part 2 Sign Node, Add Group, Puppet Run
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
For this guide you will need a Windows 2008 R2 VM with VMware tools already installed. Step 1: Open a console in vCenter and login to the Windows server with Administrator credentials. Step 2: In the Windows Server VM go the vCAC appliance home page for example https://vcac-l-01a.corp.local:5480/install and download Continue reading How to Create a vCAC 6 Windows Guest Agent Template
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