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Deployment of Infoblox IPAM Plug-in for VMware assumes that your vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Automation instances are configured and running correctly. To make sure that the versions of vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Automation are compatible with each other, refer to corresponding product documentation and VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes. See Resources on page 79 for the links.

To deploy Infoblox IPAM Plug-In and configure it to work with vRealize Automation and NIOS, do the following:

  1. Prepare your environment, as described in Preparing Your Environment for vRealize Automation Management on page 6. xxx

  2. Import an SSL certificate for Infoblox NIOS, as described in Importing NIOS SSL Certificate on page 8. xxx

  3. Install Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware, as described in Installing Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware on page 8. xxx

  4. Perform the basic setup of the Plug-In, as described in Performing Basic Plug-In Setup on page 9. xxx

  5. Configure your vRealize Automation, as described in Configuring vRealize Automation on page 16. xxx

  6. Optionally, enable the custom host naming functionality for VMs, as described in Enabling Custom Hostnaming Functionality on page 40. xxx

Preparing Your Environment for vRealize Automation Management

You need to prepare some elements outside of vRealize Automation to support VM provisioning. To prepare your environment, do the following:

  • Configure VMware vCenter Server with a customization specification, as described in Creating a Customization Specification in vCenter Server on page 6. xxx

  • Ensure that required services are up and running in vRealize Automation, as described in Ensuring Required Services are Up and Running on page 7. xxx

  • If you use external vRO, configure the vRealize Orchestrator authentication provider, as described in Configuring Authentication Provider on page 8. xxx

Creating a Customization Specification in vCenter Server

You need to have a VM template and a customization specification in VMware vCenter Server to be able to create VMs in vSphere using vRealize Automation. Customization specifications are XML files containing guest operating system settings for virtual machines. Specifications are handy for defining global features in guest operating systems such as the guest OS host’s name, domain name and other settings.

To create a customization specification:

  1. In vCenter, choose vCenter –> Inventory –> Management –> Customization Specifications Manager.

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  2. Click New.

  3. Select the Target Virtual Machine OS type.
    The New Customization Specification wizard opens.

  4. In the Name field, enter the name for the new specification.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Select Use the virtual machine name and fill in the Domain Name field for the VM specification at the bottom of the pane. The Use the virtual machine name setting allows the VM to use the same name as for the guest operating system, which makes locating VMs easier for administrative purposes.

  7. Click Next.

  8. Select Area, Location and Hardware Clock Set, and then click Next.

  9. Keep Typical settings selected by default.

  10. Click Next.
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