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VMware Orchestrator is a powerful automation platform for administrators. In order to secure the access to the Orchestrator, it is recommended to use Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication. However, there may be instances where SSO is not available and you need to use basic authentication instead (ex: Aria Operations plugin). In this case, you can set the value of com.vmware.o11n.sso.basic-authentication.enabled property to true. Here are the steps to set com.vmware.o11n.sso.basic-authentication.enabled value in VMware Orchestrator: ...

In this blog post I will go over the steps I took in order to to be able to query my vRA components from SaltStack using the SDDC SaltStack Modules. The SDDC SaltStack Modules were introduced in 2011. You can find the technical release blog here. The modules can be found on GitHub here. There is also a getting quick start guide that can be found here. The vRA module which needs to be installed manually can be found here. ...

In this blog post I will go over the steps I took in order to to be able to query my vCenter components from SaltStack using the SDDC SaltStack Modules. The SDDC SaltStack Modules were introduced in 2011. You can find the technical release blog here. The modules can be found on GitHub here. There is also a getting quick start guide that can be found here. I am using the pre packaged ova for deployment which includes most of the components however it does have some outdated packages. The first step for was to upgrade pip: ...

In this post i will go over upgrading my 8.x SSC appliance to 8.10. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.10. Instructions can be found here. The upgrade already includes the latest management pack so a management pack upgrade is not required in this case. To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (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) ...

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.10 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to log in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section Go to settings -> System Upgrade Click on Check for Upgrade We can see that the check found a new version available for 8.10 ...

In this post i will go over upgrading my 8.x SSC appliance to 8.9.1. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2. Instructions can be found here. The upgrade doesn’t include the required Product support pack. Instructions on how to get the latest support pack can be found here. To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (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) ...

In this post i will go over upgrading my 8.x vRA appliance to 8.9. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2 Instructions can be found here. The upgrade doesn’t include the required Product support pack. Instructions on how to get the latest product support pack can be found here. To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (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) ...

In this post i will go over upgrading my 8.x SSC appliance to 8.9. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2. Instructions can be found here. The upgrade doesn’t include the required Product support pack. Instructions on how to get the latest support pack can be found here. To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (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) ...

In this post i will go over upgrading my 8.x vRA appliance to 8.9. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2 Instructions can be found here. The upgrade doesn’t include the required Product support pack. Instructions on how to get the latest support pack can be found here. To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (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) ...

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance to support the latest product releases available. Here is a great blog that goes in to the details about what the Product Support Pack is https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2019/01/vrslcm-pspak.html. Typically the newer Product Support Pack is included part of the upgrade for LCM, however sometimes there are product releases in between releases where product support packs come in handy. ...