You can install a new instance of VMware Identity Manager or import an existing instance when you are configuring the vRealize Easy Installer.

If you want to customize your VMware Identity Manager configuration, which can include deployment of VMware Identity Manager in a standard or a cluster mode, customized mode of Network, storage, you can skip the installation of VMware Identity Manager. If you have skipped, you are still prompted to configure the VMware Identity Manager on the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager UI. With vRealize Easy Installer you either import an existing VMware Identity Manager into vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager or a new instance of VMware Identity Manager can be deployed. For more information on Hardware re-sizing for VMware Identity Manager, see Re-sizing Hardware.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have a static IP address before you begin your configuration.

Procedure

  1. To install a new instance, select Install new vIDM.
  2. Enter the required text boxes under Virtual Machine Name, IP Address, Hostname, and Default Configuration Admin.
    Note:

    The vRealize Easy Installer creates the Default Configuration Admin user as a local user in VMware Identity Manager and the same user is used to integrate products with VMware Identity Manager.

  3. To import an existing instance, select Import Existing vIDM.
    1. Enter the Hostname, Admin Password, System Admin Password, SSH User Password, Root Password, Default Configuration Admin, and Default Configuration Password.
    2. Select the Sync group members to the Directory when user want to sync group member while adding a group for the global configuration of VMware Identity Manager.
    With vRealize Easy Installer 8.2 VMware Identity Manager supported version Description
    New installation of vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager

    3.3.2 only

    Import vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager

    3.3.1 and 3.3.2

    Deploy vRealize Automation

    3.3.2
    Note:

    If you import VMware Identity Manager 3.3.1 and install vRealize Automation 8.2, the installation fails.

    Note: VMware Identity Manager will be supported if the scenarios are one of the following:
    • Single or cluster instance with embedded Postgres database.
    • VMware Identity Manager 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 with the given deployment type.
    Note: VMware Identity Manager will not be supported if the scenarios are one of the following:
    • Single or cluster instance having external Database (Postgres/MSSQL and so on).
    • Single or cluster instance with additional connectors (Windows and external connectors) other than the embedded ones.
    • Earlier versions of VMware Identity Manager. (3.3.0 and earlier version)
    Note:

    If the older version of vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager does not have VMware Identity Manager, it can either be installed or imported.

    VMware Identity Manager Lifecycle and extended day-2 functionalities are not supported from the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager if the imported VMware Identity Manager not in supported form factor:

    Upgrade support from an older VMware Identity Manager version (3.3.0 and earlier) to the latest is only available if it is a single instance or a node vRealize Identity Manager with embedded postgres database.

    Else you can upgrade outside vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. Once upgraded, it can any time be reimported by triggering Inventory Sync in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

  4. Click Next.
    If you cannot deploy vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager VMware Identity Manager or vRealize Automation in VMC vCenter Server using vRealize Easy Installer, then use the vCenter Server that has an administrator privilege to deploy products.