You entitle users to the actions and items that belong to the service catalog by associating each blueprint with an entitlement.

About this task

Repeat this procedure to associate the six blueprints with their entitlement.

Blueprint Name

VM Template

Reservation Policy

Service Catalog

Add to Entitlement

Windows Server 2012 R2 - NYC01 Prod

windows-2012r2-64 (nyc01vc01.rainpole.local)

NYC01-Production-Policy

NYC01 Service Catalog

Prod-SingleVM-Entitlement

Windows Server 2012 R2 - NYC01 Dev

windows-2012r2-64 (nyc01vc01.rainpole.local)

NYC01-Development-Policy

NYC01 Service Catalog

Dev-SingleVM-Entitlement

Windows Server 2012 R2 With SQL2012 - NYC01 Prod

windows-2012r2-64-sql2012(nyc01vc01.rainpole.local)

NYC01-Production-Policy

NYC01 Service Catalog

Prod-SingleVM-Entitlement

Windows Server 2012 R2 With SQL2012 - NYC01 Dev

windows-2012r2-64-sql2012(nyc01vc01.rainpole.local)

NYC01-Development-Policy

NYC01 Service Catalog

Dev-SingleVM-Entitlement

Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 - NYC01 Prod

redhat6-enterprise-64(nyc01vc01.rainpole.local)

NYC01-Production-Policy

NYC01 Service Catalog

Prod-SingleVM-Entitlement

Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 - NYC01 Dev

redhat6-enterprise-64(nyc01vc01.rainpole.local)

NYC01-Development-Policy

NYC01 Service Catalog

Dev-SingleVM-Entitlement

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vRealize Automation Rainpole portal.
    1. Open a Web browser and go to https://vra01svr01.rainpole.local/vcac/org/rainpole.
    2. Log in using the following credentials.

      Setting

      Value

      User name

      itac-tenantadmin

      Password

      itac-tenantadmin_password

      Domain

      rainpole.local
  2. Select the Administration tab and navigate to Catalog Management >  Catalog Items.
  3. On the Configure Catalog Items pane, select the Windows Server 2012 R2 - NYC01 Prod blueprint in the Catalog Items list and click Configure.
  4. On the General tab of the Configure Catalog Items dialog box, select NYC01 Service Catalog from the Service drop-down menu, and click OK.
  5. Associate the blueprint with the Prod-SingleVM-Entitlement entitlement.
    1. Click Entitlements on the left of the Configure Catalog Item pane and select Prod-SingleVM-Entitlement.

      The Edit Entitlement pane appears.

    2. Select the Items & Approvals tab and add the Windows Server 2012 R2 -NYC01 Prod blueprint to the Entitled Items list.
    3. Click Finish.
  6. Select the Catalog tab and verify that the blueprint is listed in the Service Catalog.
  7. Click Request button to request a virtual machine using Windows Server 2012 R2 - NYC01 Prod blueprint.
  8. Click Requests tab to monitor the status of the provision request. Verify the request completes successfully.
  9. Repeat this procedure to associate all of the blueprints with their entitlement.