To access vRealize Automation 8.x instance and troubleshoot automation issues using vRealize Operations , you must configure the vRealize Automation adapter in vRealize Operations .

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you know the FQDN/IP address, user name, and password of the vRealize Automation instance you have installed.
  • Ensure that the vRealize Automation user has both organizational owner and Cloud Assembly administrator permissions.
  • When you use a domain account for configuration, you must specify the username to validate your authentication. If you try to validate using the <domain>\<username> and <username>@<domain> formats the authentication might not work.
  • vRealize Operations 8.2 or later supports one-to-one integrations with vRealize Automation 8.x, you can integrate one instance of vRealize Operations 8.2 or later with one instance of vRealize Automation 8.x
  • vRealize Automation 8.x or later supports one-to-many integration with vRealize Operations 8.2 or later, you integrate more than one vRealize Operations 8.x instance with one vRealize Automationend point.
  • To know more about integration between vRealize Automation andvRealize Operations, refer to the section Integrating with vRealize Operations in vRealize Automation Product Documentation.

Procedure

  1. From the left menu, select Data Sources and click Integrations.
  2. From the Accounts tab in the Integrations page, click Add Account and then select the VMware vRealize Automation 8.x card. You can also activate the management pack from the Repository tab, where you will find the card in the Available Integrations section. After the management pack is activated, click Add Account.
  3. In the vRealize Automation 8.x page, enter the FQDN or IP address of the vRealize Automation 8.x instance to which you want to connect.
  4. Set Auto Discovery to true.
  5. To add credentials, click the plus sign.
    1. In the Credential name text box, enter the name by which you are identifying the configured credentials.
    2. Enter the user name and password for the VMware vRealize Automation instance.
    3. Click OK.
      You have configured credentials to connect to a VMware vRealize Automation instance.
  6. From the Collectors/Groups drop-down menu, select the collector group.
  7. Click Validate Connection to verify that the connection is successful.
  8. Review and accept the Server certificate.
  9. Click Advanced Settings.
  10. From the User Count drop-down menu, select the number of user resources to be imported from vRealize Automation.
    The User Count options are 20, 100, 200, 300, 400, and All Users.
  11. Click Save to save the adapter instance.

Results

After integrating vRealize Automation adapter instance with vRealize Operations , you can view the vRealize Automation adapter data from the vRealize Operations dashboard.