You can change the per-agent limits on concurrent provisioning, data collection activities, and the default timeout intervals.

About this task

When typing a time value for these variables, use the format hh:mm:ss (hh=hours, mm=minutes, and ss=seconds).

Prerequisites

Log in as an administrator to the server hosting the IaaS Manager Service. For distributed installations, this is the server on which the Manager Service was installed.

Procedure

  1. Open the ManagerService.exe.config file in an editor. The file is located in the vRealize Automation server install directory, typically %SystemDrive%\Program Files x86\VMware\vCAC\Server.
  2. Locate the section called workflowTimeoutConfigurationSection.
  3. Update the following variables, as required.

    Parameter

    Description

    MaxOutstandingResourceIntensiveWorkItems

    Concurrent provisioning limit (default is two)

    CloneExecutionTimeout

    Virtual provisioning execution timeout interval

    SetupOSExecutionTimeout

    Virtual provisioning execution timeout interval

    CloneTimeout

    Virtual provisioning clone delivery timeout interval

    SetupOSTimeout

    Virtual provisioning setup OS delivery timeout interval

    CloudInitializeProvisioning

    Cloud provisioning initialization timeout interval

    MaxOutstandingDataCollectionWorkItems

    Concurrent data collection limit

    InventoryTimeout

    Inventory data collection execution timeout interval

    PerformanceTimeout

    Performance data collection execution timeout interval

    StateTimeout

    State data collection execution timeout interval
  4. Save and close the file.
  5. Select Start > Administrative Tools > Services.
  6. Stop and then restart the vRealize Automation service.
  7. (Optional) If vRealize Automation is running in High Availability mode, any changes made to the ManagerService.exe.config file after installation must be made on both the primary and failover servers.