Identity and access management services for the vRealize Suite of products is provided by Workspace ONE Access. You use vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager to deploy a 3-node clustered Workspace ONE Access instance. You then perform the necessary post-deployment configurations and customization.

Prerequisites

  • Downloaded the VMware Software Install Bundle for Workspace ONE Access from the VMware Depot to the local bundle repository. See Download VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail Bundles.

  • Allocate 5 IP addresses from the cross-instance NSX segment and prepare both forward (A) and reverse (PTR) DNS records.

    • 3 IP addresses for the clustered Workspace ONE Access

    • An IP address for embedded Postgres database for Workspace ONE Access instance

    • An IP address for the NSX-T Data Center external load balancer virtual server for clustered Workspace ONE Access instance.

  • Ensure you have enough storage capacity:

    • Required storage per node: 100 GB

    • Virtual disk provisioning: Thin

  • Verify that the management domain vCenter Server is operational.

  • Verify that the cross-instance NSX segment is available

  • Verify that the NSX Manager is operational.

  • Verify the Prerequisite Checklist sheet in the Planning and Preparation Workbook.

  • Verify that required Active Directory bind service account is created.

    Verify that required Active Directory security groups are created.

  • Download the CertGenVVS tool and generate the signed certificate for the clustered Workspace ONE Access instance. See KB 85527.