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    • Creating static records in Microsoft DNS from vRealize Automation

      calendar Aug 13, 2021  · edit Jan 18, 2022 · 11 min read · vmware vra vro javascript powershell automation  ·
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      Creating static records in Microsoft DNS from vRealize Automation

      One of the requirements for my vRA deployments is the ability to automatically create a static A records for non-domain-joined systems so that users can connect without needing to know the IP address. The organization uses Microsoft DNS servers to provide resolution on the internal domain. At first glance, this …


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    • Adding VM Notes and Custom Attributes with vRA8

      calendar Jun 1, 2021 · 4 min read · vmware vra vro javascript  ·
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      Adding VM Notes and Custom Attributes with vRA8

      In past posts, I started by creating a basic deployment infrastructure in Cloud Assembly and using tags to group those resources. I then wrote an integration to let vRA8 use phpIPAM for static address assignments. I implemented a vRO workflow for generating unique VM names which fit an organization's established naming …


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    • vRA8 Automatic Deployment Naming - Another Take

      calendar May 20, 2021 · 3 min read · vmware vra vro javascript  ·
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      vRA8 Automatic Deployment Naming - Another Take

      A few days ago, I shared how I combined a Service Broker Custom Form with a vRO action to automatically generate a unique and descriptive deployment name based on user inputs. That approach works fine but while testing some other components I realized that calling that action each time a user makes a selection isn't …


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    • vRA8 Custom Provisioning: Part Four

      calendar May 18, 2021  · edit May 20, 2021 · 10 min read · vmware vra vro javascript  ·
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      vRA8 Custom Provisioning: Part Four

      My last post in this series marked the completion of the vRealize Orchestrator workflow that I use for pre-provisioning tasks, namely generating a unique sequential hostname which complies with a defined naming standard and doesn't conflict with any existing records in vSphere, Active Directory, or DNS. That takes care …


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    • vRA8 Custom Provisioning: Part Three

      calendar Apr 19, 2021  · edit Oct 1, 2021 · 9 min read · vmware vra vro javascript powershell  ·
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      vRA8 Custom Provisioning: Part Three

      Picking up after Part Two, I now have a pretty handy vRealize Orchestrator workflow to generate unique hostnames according to a defined naming standard. It even checks against the vSphere inventory to validate the uniqueness. Now I'm going to take it a step (or two, rather) further and extend those checks against …


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    • vRA8 Custom Provisioning: Part Two

      calendar Apr 2, 2021  · edit Mar 23, 2022 · 21 min read · vmware vra vro javascript  ·
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      vRA8 Custom Provisioning: Part Two

      We last left off this series after I'd set up vRA, performed a test deployment off of a minimal cloud template, and then enhanced the simple template to use vRA tags to let the user specify where a VM should be provisioned. But these VMs have kind of dumb names; right now, they're just getting named after the user who …


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