Installation file details for VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack Config 8.8.0 Automated Installer.

SSC 8.8 urllib3 (1.25.11) or chardet (4.0.0) doesn't match a supported version

I recently upgraded my LCM deployed SSC server to 8.8. If you need a guide to go through the upgrade you can find my other post here. After the upgrade was completed i was noticing strange behavior in the SSC UI so i checked the status the of the services. Here are the errors i found and how i fixed them The first step was to check the status of the service ...

May 16, 2022 · Cosmin Trif

SSC 8.8 sseapi_rpc_queue: could not connect to SSE server

I recently upgraded my LCM deployed SSC server to 8.8. If you need a guide to go through the upgrade you can find my other post here. After the upgrade was completed i was noticing strange behavior in the SSC UI so i checked the status the of the services. Here are the errors i found and how i fixed them The first step was to check the status of the service ...

May 15, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
This image shows the 'My Services' section in vRSLCM, with options like Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, Marketplace, and vRealize Cloud.

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.8

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.8 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to lo in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section Go to settings -> System Upgrade ...

May 15, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
API request setup for changing vRSLCM admin password via Postman.

vRSLCM 8.x change admin@local password via API

I recently had an use case where i wanted to change the admin@local LCM password via an API call in order to automate the password rotation. If you need a guide to get started you can find my other blog here To change the password we can use postmanPUT call to https://$vRLCM/lcm/authzn/api/v2/users/password Don`t forget to include the new password under the body field formatted in JSON format ex: ...

April 13, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
API login form showing username and password fields for vRSLCM 8.

vRSLCM 8 API getting started

I`ve been having a hard time finding one article that covers the vRSLCM (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) API. The official documentation can be found here As we can see we can leverage the swagger UI by going to https://$vRLCM/api/swagger-ui.html but… i wanted to leverage curl from the cli or postman and as per best practices i wanted to generate a Bearer token. First step was to authenticate using the credentials. We can do so in Postman by completing the Authorization fields using basic auth and running an POST against https://$vRLCM/lcm/authzn/api/login Example: ...

April 4, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
The image shows a dashboard with services like Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, Marketplace, and vRealize Cloud.

Installing an vROPS management pack via vRSLCM

This post we will be going over installing an vROPS management pack via vRSLCM. (If you haven’t added your My VMware credentials you will need to do that first by going to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> My VMware) Once logged on to vRSLCM click on the marketplace. ...

April 2, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
Bundle Management screen showing VMware Cloud Foundation updates with download options.

Skip-Level Upgrading VCF 4.3.1 to 4.4 Step by Step

With the release of of VCF 4.4 i wanted to get my lab upgraded. The release blog can be found here and the release notes are here In order to get to 4.3.1.0 in the past we had to upgrade to each version incrementally. As per the documentation found here we can now upgrade from any release past 4.1.0.1 directly to 4.4 skipping the releases in between. We can do so by going to Repository -> Bundle management -> Download now. ...

March 31, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
The image shows a screenshot of vRealize Lifecycle Manager services with icons and labels like Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, Marketplace, and vRe...

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.7

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.7 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to lo in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section ...

March 23, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
Automation Central job creation wizard shows snapshot age restriction with minimum value of 7 days.

Change Delete old snapshot restriction from 7 days in Automation Central

I recently ran through an issue where i wanted to automatically delete snapshots after 5 days instead of the default 7 days that comes out of box in automation central. I wanted to change delete old snapshot restriction from 7 days to 5 days. It seems like the restriction comes from the Reclaim Settings. In order to change it we can go to Optimize -> Reclaim -> Settings ...

February 2, 2022 · Cosmin Trif

vRA 8 API getting started

I wanted to keep track of what needs to be done prior to actually being able to query API on vRA 8. Ive been having a hard time finding the documentation i needed in the past. If you are looking for the Cloud version it can be found here First step is to get an API token for the specific username. We can do this by using curl or postman. The call would look similar: ...

January 31, 2022 · Cosmin Trif