Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 1 is to understand blueprint creation and modification in depth. Objective 1.3 – Import/Export blueprints You may have noticed that blueprint import/export can’t be done directly from the GUI within vRA. You need to use either the API or Cloud Client.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 1 is to understand blueprint creation and modification in depth. As this is a practical, advanced level, exam I don’t expect to be given tasks in a direct manner. More that requirements will be given and it is down to you to interpret & fulfil these requirements.

While I’ve been writing up my notes from the VCP7-CMA, I’ve been plotting my next move. I have two directions of study at present, PKS & vRA. While the PKS stuff is fascinating, there’s not particularly a great amount of take up on this yet. So my intention is to move towards taking a VCAP on the CMA stream. As I only picked up vRA fairly recently and have yet to see it in production, it makes sense (in my mind at least) to go for the Deploy first.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from taking the 2V0-731 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The goal of this objective is to understand catalogue creation & management. Objective 4.1 – Manage the vRealize Automation Catalog Create and configure the catalog service Activate the catalog service Add catalog items to the service Specify users and groups for entitlements Add and manage entitlement services Add and manage catalog items Add and manage actions Activate entitlements References Managing vRealize Automation To create a catalogue service you need to be logged in as a tenant administrator.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from taking the 2V0-731 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The goal of this objective is to understand basic troubleshooting. Objective 3.4 – Troubleshoot Common vRealize Automation Installation & Configuration Errors Perform a rollback installation on a minimal or enterprise deployment Revert to pre-installation snapshots if available Generate a vRealize Automation support bundle Validate DNS configuration settings Confirm time synchronisation Confirm machine certificates Validate credentials used to configure endpoints References Configuring vRealize Automation Managing vRealize Automation Installing vRealize Automation Rollback installation at a high level:

Disclaimer: These are my notes from taking the 2V0-731 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The goal of this objective is to understand how to deploy vRA. Objective 3.2 – Install an Enterprise Deployment Identify IaaS minimal deployment prerequisites Validate environment readiness for a given design based on install type and size Deploy and configure vRealize Automation Appliance OVF Install using the installation wizard Determine and select appropriate deployment based on size Determine and select the appropriate servers for component installation Prepare the environment for installation based on deployment size Install IaaS Web components and model manager data Install IaaS Manager server and DEM Orchestrator components Install DEM Workers Install Management Agents Implement and manage CA signed certificates References Installing vRealize Automation vRealize Automation Reference Architecture An Enterprise deployment involves distributed components and load balancing to give both scalability and availability.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from taking the 2V0-731 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The goal of this objective is to understand how to deploy vRA. Objective 3.1 – Install a Minimal Deployment Identify IaaS minimal deployment prerequisites Validate environment readiness for a given design based on install type Deploy and configure vRealize Automation Appliance OVF Install using the installation wizard Install manually, remediating IaaS prerequisites and install all IaaS components Install Management Agent(s) at the appropriate time Implement and manage CA signed certificates References Installing vRealize Automation vRealize Automation Port Requirements These are the key inbound ports required for vRA, for more information check the documentation listed in the references.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from taking the 2V0-731 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The goal of this objective is to understand how to manage the Users and Groups within vRealize Automation. Objective 2.4 – Manage User and Group Role Assignments Explain the roles available to vRealize Automation & vRealize Business Assign roles to individual users for a given design Assign roles to directory groups for a given design Create vRealize Automation custom groups and assign roles References Configuring vRealize Automation Tenant Roles & Responsibilities Table shows the a summary permissions, and the tabs available to each role.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from taking the 2V0-731 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The goal of this objective is to understand how to manage the Business Groups within vRealize Automation. Objective 2.3 – Create and Manage Business Groups Configure Business Groups for a given design Add users and groups to appropriate support roles for a given design Determine and select the appropriate machine prefix for the Business Group References Configuring vRealize Automation Logon to vRA as a Tenant Administrator, goto Administration, Users & Groups, Business Groups.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from taking the 2V0-731 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The goal of this objective is to understand how to manage the Active Directory (or another user authentication solution) synchronisation within vRealize Automation. Short objective this one. Objective 2.2 – Create and Manage Directories Create and manage LDAP directory for Active Directory in vRealize Automation Create and manage Windows Integrated Authentication Directory in vRealize Automation Determine and configure appropriate user and directory binding details Evaluate directory synchronization health and troubleshoot issues References Configuring vRealize Automation Directories are synchronised using a connector through an identity provider, vIDM built into vRA by default.