Deploy vRealize Automation Using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager in Region A

You configure the deployment details and deploy vRealize Automation in the cross-region environment in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

Procedure

1. In a Web browser, log in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager by using the administration interface.

   Setting	Value
   URL	https://vrslcm01svr01.rainpole.local
   User name	admin@local
   Password	vrslcm_admin_password

2. On the My services page, click Lifecycle operations.
3. On the Dashboard page, click Manage environments.
4. On the Environments page, in the Cross-Region-Env card, click the ellipsis and select Add product.
5. On the Organic growth page, select the vRealize Automation check box, configure these settings, and click Next.

   Setting	Value
   Installation type	New install
   Version	8.1.0
   Deployment type	Cluster

6. On the End user license agreement page, accept the agreement and click Next.
7. On the License page, select and apply the product license.
   1. Click Select, in the Select applicable licenses dialog box, select the license check box, and click Update.
   2. Click Validate association and click Next.
8. On the Certificate page, from the Select certificate drop-down menu, select vra01svr01-certificate, and click Next.
9. On the Infrastructure page, configure these settings and click Next.

   Setting	Value
   vCenter Server	sfo01m01vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local
   Cluster	sfo01-m01dc#sfo01-m01-mgmt01
   Folder	sfo01-m01fd-vra
   Resource Pool	sfo01-m01-sddc-mgmt
   Network	Distributed port group that ends with Mgmt-xRegion01-VXLAN
   Datastore	sfo01-m01-vsan01
   Disk Mode	Thin
   Integrate with Identity Manager	Selected
   Use content library	Deselected

10. On the Network page, enter these values and click Next.

    Settings	Value
    Default gateway	192.168.11.1
    Netmask	255.255.255.0
    Domain name	rainpole.local
    Domain search path	rainpole.local
    Domain name servers	172.16.11.4,172.16.11.5
    Time sync mode	Use NTP server
    NTP servers	ntp.sfo01.rainpole.local

11. On the Products page, configure the deployment properties of vRealize Automation and click Next.
    1. In the Product properties section, configure these settings.

       Setting	Value
       Monitor vRA with vROps	Deselected
       Workload Placement and Reclamation	Deselected
       Certificate	vra01svr01-certificate
       Product Password	vra01svr01-root

    2. In the Cluster Virtual IP section, configure these setting.

       Setting	Value
       FQDN	vra01svr01.rainpole.local
       Load-Balancer SSL Termination	Deselected

    3. In the Components section, configure these settings for the three vRealize Automation nodes and click Next.

       Setting	Value for vra01svr01a	Value for vra01svr01b	Value for vra01svr01c
       VM Name	vra01svr01a	vra01svr01b	vra01svr01c
       FQDN	vra01svr01a.rainpole.local	vra01svr01b.rainpole.local	vra01svr01c.rainpole.local
       IP Address	192.168.11.51	192.168.11.52	192.168.11.53

12. On the Precheck page, click Run precheck.
13. Review the validation report and, after successful validation, click Next.
14. On the Summary page, review the deployment specification and click Submit.

What to do next

1. If the vRealize Automation deployment fails while connecting to Workspace ONE Access, follow the resolution in https://kb.vmware.com/kb/79609 to set the HTTP-keep-alive timeout to 300s, and retry the deployment request in the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager user interface.
2. After the vRealize Automation deployment finishes, verify that each node meets the vRealize Automation 8.1 Patch 1 storage requirements.

   Table 1. vRealize Automation 8.1 Patch 1 Storage Requirements

   Setting	Value for Disk 1	Value for Disk 2
   Partition	System	Data
   Mounted on	/	/data
   Filesystem	/dev/sda4	/dev/mapper/data_vg-data
   Minimum available space	20 GB	48 GB

3. Install the vRealize Automation 8.1 Patch 1.

   See Cumulative Update for vRealize Automation 8.1 (79170).