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Deployment from Template - Disks Datagrid in Custom Form

We are currently trying to change the storage reservation policy on a VM deployment, based on the request from the use. From what I've seen in this forum, the best way should be to use the disk...

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Add a custom tag or property via blueprint input to a deployed machine in...

Dear all, I'm new to vRealize automation and I could well need some advise on this issue.In my vRA blueprint, I want to add an input that enables the requestor to chose an SLA for his deployment from a...

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vRA 7.6 HF12 - Cannot Deploy VM from OVA FIle

We have several blueprints with provisioning workflow "ImportOvfWorkflow". We have found that after the HF12 was applied, the deployment from OVA files stopped working. After the deployment request is...

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Deployment with subscription failed with timeout error

We have a blueprint to create VM on vSphere with a subscription to complete configuration on state "VMPSMasterWorkflow32.MachineProvisioned" phase PRE on vRA 7.6We configured :Timeout to 20160 minutes...

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Assigning storage reservation policy based on user request ?

Any one know how we could change de storage reservation policy base on the user request ? We are using custom forms. We tried with a pre-approval event executing a vRO workflow, but for some users (no...

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Content library pull in an iso

We have an iso we want to pull into the content library. And we want the content library to check to see if the iso has changed, if so we want the new one pulled in.

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Cloudinit YAML syntax to write out multiple files on Windows guests

Hi, I've been struggling getting cloudinit to write out multiple files on a Windows guest. I followed practically every example I've found on the web and whatever I do cloud init will only write out...

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VRA 8.1: Adding a custom action to a deployment

Hi, In VRA 7.5, we have created custom actions at the deployment level.  For example, in addition to the out of the box Change Lease action for a deployment, we have added a Change Lease Time action...

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vRealize Orchestrator 7.4.0 - Adding powershell host linux

Hi all, I'm very new to vRO and I would need your help with a challenge i have. Scenario is the following:I'm trying to add a powershell host to vRealize Orchestrator (obviously, title )The app server...

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Manually set IP in VRA 8.1

What I am trying to do is to set the IP address of the VM manually so I do not have to use an IP Range. My company has a bluecat IPAM, and I have a powershell script that will get an available ip for...

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vRA 8.1 More customisation for HardDisk

Good dayI am new to VRA BluePrint scripting.Maybe I was looking in the wrong place.If I add several disks in blueprint, then when creating a VM, disks other than the first system one are created in...

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vRA 8.1 Resource Actions - Updating VM Properties / Output

Hi. In vRA 7.x it was possible to create a resource action to be ran as a day 2 function. This in turn could have outputs set which could enable the updating of properties on a VM. Now in 8.1, this no...

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vROPs Network Share Plug-In

Hi, We have existing report in vROPS that sends a copy to a shared drive. Q4 this year,  our file servers will be decomm and we are looking at storing/fowarding these reports to SharePoint. is this...

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vRA 8: Sorting of properties for dynamic list in custom form

Hi all, I want to provide for users list of sorting values in Custom Form using vRO Action (for example: tier-1, tier-2), but sort order in Properties object is not alphabetic. Is there some way to...

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vRA 8 Expire Event Topic

Has anyone found an event topic for lease expiration in vRA 8?  We used to run specific vRO workflows during the expiration state in 7.x, but I'm not seeing an event topic for that in 8.x .  I feel...

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Design Studio sessions tomorrow!

Hello! I hope everyone enjoyed VMworld.  The Design team has Design Studio sessions where users can provide feedback, we have a few remaining slots for tomorrows sessions:  UX0020 Centralized...

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vRa Code Stream 8.2 - POLL task criteria

Hi I'm currently working on code stream on vmware cloud services and i got an issue. Using a "POLL" task, i can not figured out an success criteria based on the output of one of the current poll rest...

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Custom Resource Actions - Issue with OGNL parameters (v8.1 Patch 2)

I'm trying to utilise a vRO workflow as a resource action in v8.1 (patch 2). The workflow has 2 inputs, first is type VC:VirtualMachine, the second is a string that's populated via a drop-down that...

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vRA 8 - Object input type question

I see that you can create a blueprint input that is of type object.  I can't seem to find any documentation on it and how/why I would use it.  Wondering if anyone has links (or examples) of what this...

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Is it possible to add a text in the vSphere VM Notes within vRA 8.1 blueprint?

Is it possible to add a text in the vSphere VM Notes within vRA 8.1 blueprint? 

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vRA 8.2 Verify or check if a vCenter Template Repository is created by your...

Hi, I am creating a lab of vRA 8.2, and facing the issue while creating end-point. the following error appears while creating a vCenter endpoint.  Verify or check if a vCenter Template Repository is...

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Customization script not working on RHEL8

Hi,We are using guest customization on RHEL8 and configuring ipadress, hostname, etc works fine. However running a customization script did't funtion well. vRA verison 8.1 and vSphere version 7We...

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Specifying Static IP in a blueprint for a NSX-T OnDemand Outbound attached VM

Hi,As part of a blueprint I'm trying to specify a specific IP to a vSphere VM using networks:        - network: '${resource.NSX.id}'          assignment: static          address: 172.10.0.24The network...

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Can't add a LDAP integration in vRealize Automation 8.1

I'm trying to integrate my AD located in Windows Server 2016 but when I validate the data I'm receiving the following error message I'm wondering why this is happening. I have thought that it could...

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VRA 8.2 - Custom Form: Required Constraint Grayed Out

I hope I'm missing something simple here.  In Cloud Assembly, I create an input on my cloud template (blueprint).  In the corresponding custom form in Service Broker, I drag that element to the form....

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vRA 8.2 - Multi-Tenancy redirection issue

Hello folks, I am facing and issue where the redirection to the correct URL when accessing one of the vRA tenants is not working properly regarding the domain selection. When I choose the System Domain...

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VRA 8.2 - Value Picker with External Source

Has anyone had any luck with populating a Value Picker form item with an externa vRO action?  The docs say that the action has to return a Properties array, but my action that returns a Properties...

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vRA 8.2 - Custom role and cloud templates

Hello, I discovered the new feature "custom role" and it's great ! That's exactly what I need but I have an issue and I would like to know if I use it correctly. I created a custom role names...

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Migration Assessment of vRealize Automation 7.x to vRealize Automation 8.2 :...

Hello Team , Have any of you tried to migrate their environment from vRA 7.5 to 8.2 ? We have a 500 error :   Do you know where we can find logs ? Thx for your help.

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VRA 8 existing network blueprint and datastore selection

Hi, I am unable to find the options that were available in vRA 7.x like configuring the fabric groups, selecting multple datastores and configuring blueprint with existing networks dv-ports if we dont...

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vRA 7.5 - Upgrade to 7.6 Model Manager Database is missing

Hello folks,This time I am facing an issue while upgrade from vRA 7.5 to vRA 7.6. After the VA pre-checks, the pre-install IaaS checks fails because of "Model Manager Database missing" and I searched a...

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[vRA 8.2] - vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager : An unexpected error occurred.

Hello, on vRLCM 8.2 when we try to access at "LifeCycle Operations"    we get this error :  Do you have an idea please ? All others services work : locker, Contant management, etc.....

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vRA 7.5 - Create Azure Security Rule

Dear all, Is there any way to create Azure Security Rule through vRA, to an existing Network Security Group? The NSG has been created through vRA, through a new catalog item, and now I am looking if I...

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Creating Blueprint vRA 8.2

Hi, I am unable to find the Blueprint option under cloud assembly. The ID I am using have full priviledges on vRA.

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ManagedObjectNotFoundFault vm-1990

Trying to deploy Ubuntu Server 20.04 with cloud-init support.Create template using this manual...

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VRA 8.2 - Configure Bitbucket integration

Hello everyone,I'm trying to configure my VRA to integrate our Bitbucket server. I'm following this documentation : Configure Bitbucket integration in vRealize Automation Cloud AssemblyThe first step...

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ABX python script - Certain fields not available in payload

Hi,Ive been tasked with creating an vRA integration with Red Hat Satelite / Foreman to create a host record when a host is provisioned in vRA - and I have limited knowledge of vRA.I want to pass...

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vRA 8.2 Resize VM issue

Hi Community, we are facing the problem that we are not able to resize any VM from the service broker or cloud assembly from a tenant org. vRA 8.2 is deployed as multi-tenancy environment and the...

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vRA 7.5 - WAPI XML errors pointing to wrong IP

Hello folks, I am seeing bunch of errors under Elmah folder in the IaaS Web Node: I presume this error appears because is pointing to a wrong IP where there is nothing. I would like to know if these...

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vRA and red hat satellite

Hi We are using vRA 8.1 advanced on our prod platform. We are looking for to register RHEL vms deployment on Satellite such as  vm fqdn, The tought is using ABX to run python script which wel talk with...

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vRA 8 - XaaS Blueprints and Deployment Objects

In 7.x versions of vRA you could have an XaaS blueprint that just executed a simple orchestrator task and upon completion it didn't leave anything behind.  In my testing with 8.x it seems like XaaS...

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Catalog Import Error - Could not build schema for blueprint

Hi Team,I am relatively new to vRA and keeping my hands dirty to create simpe blueprints in vRA 8.1.I have created a BP which will get input from user during request. Inputs such as select CPU, Memory...

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Populating vRA 7.5 XaaS Blueprint Property Descriptions with other properties

in vRO I can get the final confirmation tab description to populate with previous answers:Please confirm you are ready to update ${#dnsView}/${#hostName} with alias ${#SingleAliasRef} But when I import...

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vRA 8.2 - Returning helpful error message to vRA from vRO?

In 8.2 there was a bug fixed which now causes vRO to error if called with null or blank parameters are passed to an action. This is easy enough to handle by handling the null/blank value. Something...

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go to "cloud assembly" get stuck

I installed VRA 8.2 in my test lab.But when I clicked to Cloud Assembly, it stucked in progress ring. other menu(code stream, orchestra..) are fine. but only cloud assembly.. Is there any method ?  

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Connection test to vcenter fails during the installation

HiI want to install vrealize via the vsphere interface. So, when I go to menu->vrealize operation->install->offline and give it the OVF file, I see the window to give it the credentials of...

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vRA 8 Provision Catalog Items for other users

Hello, Is it possible to provision or deploy catalog items for other users in vRA 8.x?We want to provision deployments by forehand for a list of users.In vRA 7.x this was possible because we could...

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vRA 8 timeout settings

I am sure it is documented someplace, but I just can't seem to find out how to increase the session timeouts.  They are driving me crazy.  It looks like there are two of them (one for the main login...

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vRA 8.2 - vm with cloud.vsphere.network deploying with NSX network every time

The environment I work with has vRA 8.2, vSphere 7U1 and NSX-T 3 deployed.I have build 2 basic blueprints, based on a vsphere template. One should deploy a VM into an existing NSX-T network (overlay)....

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[vRA 8.X] vRO workflow for RedHat registration/de-registration during...

Is there any good documentation on how to deal with RedHat registration for VM creation/deletion? What I really need is for the VM workflow to run a script or command line on creation (if RedHat) and...

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