Configure the product details for each vRealize Suite product that you are installing in the private cloud environment.

Configuration tabs appear only for the products you selected to install. You can access advanced properties if you want to update the advanced configurations like adding different vCenter, enabling or disabling the registration withVMware Identity Manager and so on.

Procedure

  1. Click the vRealize Automation check box to configure installation details for vRealize Automation.
    1. If you select 8.x, enter the fully qualified domain name in the form and the IP address for the vRealize Automation appliance.
      The Windows user must have administrator rights.
    2. Enter the fully qualified domain name in the form and the IP address for the vRealize Automation appliance.
      For more information about the vRealize Automation appliance, see the vRealize Automation Appliance and KB article 55706.
    The vRealize Automation 8.x includes Standard and Cluster.
  2. When installing vRealize Automation SaltStack Config (formerly known as Salt Stack Enterprise), you have two setup options:
    • vRealize Automation SaltStack Config Standalone: This setup has no dependency on vRealize Automation and the installation proceeds without VMware Identity Manager integration.
    • vRealize Automation SaltStack Config vRA-Integrated: vRealize Automation SaltStack Config can be installed for each tenant that is configured in vRealize Automation performing organic growth. The Day 0 and Day 2 VMware Identity Manager integration is supported for vRealize Automation SaltStack Config vRA-Integrated version 8.4.2 and later.
  3. Click the vRealize Business for Cloud check box to configure installation details for vRealize Business for Cloud.
    1. Select the Currency to use from the drop-down menu.
    2. (Optional) To add an additional component, click the plus sign to Add components and select the type of component to add.
    3. Enter the host name in the form of a fully qualified domain name and the IP address for each component.

    If vRealize Automation is not present in the environment and is not getting deployed along with vRealize Business for Cloud, then specify the Deploy Standalone vRealize Business for Cloud property to true in Advanced Properties. If VMware Identity Manager is present in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, then vRealize Business for Cloud will be registered with vIDM automatically.

    There is only one deployment type with the Standard node cluster in vRealize Business for Cloud.
  4. Click the vRealize Operations check box to configure installation details for vRealize Operations Manager.
    1. Enter the NTP server address.
    2. (Optional) Click the plus sign to Add components and then select the type of component.
    3. Enter the host name in the form of a fully qualified domain name and the IP address for each component.
    4. Select the Node Count or Node Size for vRealize Operations deployment. vRealize Operations recommends that the number of analytic nodes available for a selection, depends on the selected node size.
    The default type of deployment for vRealize Operations Manager is a node size and node count.
  5. Click the vRealize Log Insight check box to configure installation details for vRealize Log Insight.
    1. (Optional) Click the plus sign to Add components and select the type of component to add.
    2. Enter the host name in the form of a fully qualified domain name and the IP address for each component.
    3. If you are adding cluster virtual IPS, optionally enter load balancer settings.
    4. Click Components + icon, to add and enable any of the configuration during the deployment.
    The deployment type available for vRealize Log Insight is Standalone and Cluster.
  6. Click the vRealize Network Insight check box to configure installation details for vRealize Network Insight.
    1. (Optional) Click the plus sign to Add components and select the type of component to add.
    2. Select the License key if registered in My VMware or enter the License key manually.
    3. Enter the Infrastructure details and select the NTP servers.
    4. Enter the Network and Certificate details.
    5. Under the Product Details, click Add component to add a vRealize Network Insight platform or a collector. This option is dependant on what type of vRealize Network Insight you are selecting initially. If you have selected a cluster of vRealize Network Insight, then you can have two platforms and one collector by default.
    The deployment type available for vRealize Network Insight is Standard and Cluster.
  7. Click Next.