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Jad El-Zein | @virtualjad
Naomi Sullivan | @automationbabe
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What’s New With vRealize Automation
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• This presentation may contain product features that are currently under development.
• This overview of new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these features in any generally available product.
• Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind.
• Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery.
• Pricing and packaging for any new technologies or features discussed or presented have not been determined.
Disclaimer
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VMware Cloud Management Platform (CMP)
vSphere with
Operations Management
Intelligent Operations
Managed Virtualization
IT Automating IT
vRealize Suite Std
vRealize Suite Adv/Ent
DevOps-Ready IT
vRealize Suite Ent
and/or
VMware Integrated
OpenStack
+ vRealize Code Stream
Cap-Ex + Op-Ex + Agility
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Cloud Management is Fundamental to the SDDCvRA Defines, Delivers, and Governs the SDDC
Any Device Business Mobility: Applications | Devices | Content
Any Application Traditional | Cloud Native
Any Cloud Software-Defined Datacenter (SDDC)
Cloud Management Platform
Compute Networking
& SecurityStorage Hybrid Cloud
Virtual / Cloud Infrastructure
vRealize Automation
DevOps
Extensibility
Release Automation
IaaSApp-
CentricXaaS
Self-Service
GUI CLI API
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vRealize Automation 7.3What’s New – IT Automating IT
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Install API• Trigger initial content creation
• Invoke self-signed certificate generation
• Certificate replacement in vRA, IAAS web and
IAAS MS
Migration UI and API• Automated migration from 7.0+ to 7.3
• New Cafe API for bulk-imports
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Installation, Upgrade, MigrateIncrease Time to Value
Upgrade API• List all the available versions for upgrade
• View download status of upgrade packages
• Pre-upgrade check for the selected version
• Retrieve approximate upgrade time
• Retrieve upgrade status and progress
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Audit LoggingIT Automating IT
• Audit Logging Framework object types:
– Workflow Subscription (Café/Java)
– Fabric Groups (IaaS/.NET)
– Endpoints (IaaS/.NET)
• Send audit logs to vRLI or syslog server (using Log Insight Agent)
• Configurable retention period
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Parameterized BlueprintsEnhance Reusability & Reduce Sprawl
• Introducing Component Profiles for defining Size and Image attributes
• Support to add value sets as needed
• OOTB support for “t-shirt sizing” VM’s(CPU, Mem, Storage)
• Trigger Approval Policies to Size or Image conditions, including overrides
• Critical for reducing blueprint sprawl
• Automatically substitute component profile values
Component Profile with
value set definitions on
VM sizes
Select size values
at machine request
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Shared Access RoleAccess to Groups resources
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• New Business Group role for Shared Access User
• Shared Access user can review Items and execute entitled Day 2 actions
• Access to same resource data and tabs as the owner
• Shared users can’t requestnew resources on behalf of the owner
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Intelligent Workload Placement
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• OOTB integration vRA vR Ops
– Utilize vRealize Operations analytics
– Optimize the placement of workloads based on business needs
• Policy based
– Consolidate
• Optimize Capex through Densification
• Try and “fill” each cluster first
– Balance
• Mitigate possible contention through resource usage spikes
• Place on the cluster will the least utilization
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Performance & Capacity based Recommendation
Intelligent Placement Using vR Ops Analytics
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Intelligent Workload Placement (WLP)
VM
vRA Requests
Clusters & Policy Details
In flight capacity reservation
Catalog
Request
Place VM in Cluster and Let DRS manage inside the cluster
VC3
VC2
VC1
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Reservations
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vR Ops Policies
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Enhanced vRB IntegrationvRealize Business for Cloud
• Consistent terminology across vRA and vRB
• No derived costing in vRA – vRB is the single source of truth for all pricing related information
• Supports pricing based on Blueprint, Reservation or Reservation Policy
• Accurate pricing for Fault Tolerant enabled machines and Azure Blueprints
• Pricing updated after Day 2 actions
– Reconfigured machine
– Scale-in and scale-out
– Imported machines
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Integrated Health ServiceRetrieve and View vRA Health Statistics
• Health Service now available within vRA UI
• Role based and tenanted access to health data
• Configure multiple vRA instances to monitor
• Schedule and configure test runs
• REST API Enables integration
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Dashboard or 3rd-party tools
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DBaaS | Clone Production DB for Dev/Test“DBaaS” For SQL and Oracle Databases
Import Production Backup
Mask Data Share as Catalog Item
XaaS
XaaS Service Converged Blueprint
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Custom Request Forms (Beta)Easy and rich customization
• Customize Blueprint Parameters
• Change control types
• Dynamically show, hide or filter values
• Pre-configure auto-fill and default values
• Set field dependencies
• Apply field constraints (e.g. min, max,
mandatory)
• Define custom field validation
• In-browser calculation and regex
support
• Provide ‘more details’ to
each field
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vRA + NSX Enhancements#BetterTogether
Application-Centric Networking & Security
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Enhanced Load Balancer ControlsNSX On-Demand Load Balancer | Blueprint Authoring
• Customize NSX On-Demand Load Balancer
• Use Default (simple) LB
• Per-Blueprint Customizable:
• All Algorithms
• Persistence
• Port
• Health Monitors
• Transparent Mode
• And More
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Enhanced Load Balancer ControlsNSX On-Demand Load Balancer | Day 0-2 Edits
• Add new Virtual Servers the NSX On-Demand Load Balancer
• Edit existing Virtual Servers including:
• All Algorithm
• Persistence
• Health Monitors
• Transparent Mode
• Port
• And More
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Enhanced NAT Port Forwarding RulesNSX On-Demand NAT | Blueprint Authoring
• NSX On-Demand NAT Port Forwarding Rules can be configured during app design
• Prioritize Rules
• Customize ESG Size
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Enhanced NAT Port Forwarding RulesNSX On-Demand NAT | Day 2 Actions
• Manage (edit) NSX On-Demand NAT Port Forwarding Rules as a Day 2 Action
– Rules can be added, removed
– Order can be changed
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NSX Security Groups and TagsSecurity Day 2 Actions
• View active NSX Security Groups and Tags
• Add Existing NSX Security Groups or Tags to a running application
• Disassociate NSX Security Groups and Tags from applications
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DEMO [NSX Day-2 Actions]
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NSX Edge High AvailabilityAutomate HA for Edge Services
Edge High Availability mode in the blueprint, providing high availability for all Edge services to an application when deployed
• Configurable per-blueprint based on application availability needs
• Use Custom Properties to determine HA at request time
• Adds HA for Load Balancing, NAT, Firewall, etc
Active Edge Standby Edge
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NSX Edge Size SelectionNSX Edge Deployment Size
• Specify deployment size for NSX Edge Services Gateway (ESG)
• Configurable per-blueprint based on application needs / scale
• Use Custom Properties for size selection at request time
Compact Large Extra Large
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Extended IPAM Vendor FrameworkFramework Support for On-demand NAT
• Added support for On-demand
NAT Networks
• Supports 1:many static IP and
1:1 static IP NAT profiles
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Endpoint Configuration ServiceStreamlined Endpoint Management
• Endpoint Configuration Service has been enhanced to support a schema driven UI
• Provides greater capability, control and a unified experience when managing endpoints in vRA
• Allows configuration of endpoints that require inter-endpoint relationships.
• Enhanced UI Controls and Customer Experience:
– NSX is now a separate endpoint, no longer part of the vSphere endpoint configuration
– Endpoint Config Validation checks for valid URL, credentials and certificates
– Certificate trust verification
– Displays certificate details when an endpoint is using untrusted certificates
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Config. Automation FrameworkPuppet Integration
• Configuration Management as 1st class citizens
– Make plug-in invisible to customers and enable actions via blueprint design canvas
– Drag and drop config. management nodes
– Dynamically assign roles on the design canvas
• First implementation with Puppet
– Register Puppet Master as an endpoint
– Drag and Drop Puppet node
– Dynamically query Puppet Master, Environment and Roles
• Support late binding and early binding options
• Support Day 2 Actions (De-register / Delete)
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Software Syntax HighlightingSoftware Lifecycle Scripts
UX Enhancement
• Elegant syntax highlighting of software lifecycle scripts (app authoring)
• Intuitive color coding standards
• Improves productivity and reduces scripting errors
Syntax highlighting with
rich color coding
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Container Management with
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New Capabilities in vRA 7.3:
Docker Volume SupportCreate and update persistent volumesDeploy applications with persistent
volumes
vSphere Integrated Containers Support for vSphere Integrated Containers
User ExperienceUser Interface Improvements
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vRA Container ManagementAdmiral Enhancement Summary
* Requires vRA Ent Licensing
Support for Docker volumes:
• Create volumes
• Attach volumes to containers
• Deploy volumes with container apps
Support for VMware Integrated Containers (VIC):
• Manage VCH instances in vRA with a feature set
similar traditional Docker hosts.
• Containerized applications can be provisioned
with networks and volumes.
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• UI improvements for easier and more user friendly navigation
• Clarity UI adoption, new tabs, icons and buttons
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vRealize Code Stream LicensingvRCS Management Pack for IT DevOps
• vRA customers are now entitled to
use vRealize Code Stream at no
charge for use with the vRCS
Management Pack for IT DevOps
(“Houdini”)
• Entitlement change applies to all
vRA licenses (Advanced or
Enterprise), whether purchased
standalone or as part of a suite
• Enabling Code Stream is an explicit
action done from the VAMI (CLI or
manually)
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DevOps is not just for Applications
Upstream Downstream
DEV/TEST PRODUCTION
• Blueprints & Services
• Templates & workflows
• Configurations & scripts
• Recipes, manifests, etc.
vRealize Code Stream
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vRCS Management Pack (Houdini)Kick-start “DevOps for IT”
▪ Automated capture of content from multiple
environments in a consistent format
▪ Check content in to a common repository – one
source of truth
▪ Automate progressions between environments
▪ Run automated tests before allowing progression
▪ Approve before releasing to production environments
(optional)
▪ Automated rollback
Enables the move to Infrastructure as Code!
vRealize Automation- Blueprints, software, build profiles,
property definitions, groups & actions
vRealize Orchestrator- Workflows, actions, configuration
elements & packages
vRealize Code Stream- Pipelines
vSphere & vCloud Director- Templates & custom specifications
- vCD vApp Templates, Media
vRealize Operations- Alerts, dashboards, reports, etc.
Files- Linux
- Windows
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Ready for VMware Cloud on AWSManaged Endpoint
Manage vCenter in VMware Cloud on AWS
• Treated as a traditional vSphere / vCenter Endpoint
• Build an IaaS Fabric using VMware Cloud SDDC Resources
• Leverage Reservation Policies for machine placement
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Azure Public CloudService Design Enhancements
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– Software Components
• Select and drag and drop Software components on Azure machines
• Specify software properties on the blueprint designer as well as on the request form
– Usability Improvements
• Pre-populated forms and dropdowns
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Additional EnhancementsHonorable Mentions
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Plugin Enhancements
• Adds support for AWS catalog items (view and request AWS catalog items from the ServiceNow portal)
• Seamless integration with the ServiceNow governance engine
• CMDB and Day 2 operations support
• Available on Solution Exchange (at GA)
• Supported Releases
– ServiceNow Helsinki and Istanbul
– vRA 7.3
vRA +
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Force DestroyMachine Cleanup Option
• Safely ignores any failures interrupting the Destroy process
• Efficiently clean-up failed deployments
• Improves stable management of workloads
• Applies to entire deployment
Option to Force
destroy a deployment
• Available only after initial destroy request fails
• Only the Business Group Manager can invoke
the Force Destroy option
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vRO Control Center RBACTroubleshooting and Decrease TCO
RBAC Auth Support to vRO Control Center
• Admins log in with their accounts (previously only the ‘root’ user had access)
Troubleshoot requests based on user role
• Trace execution and logs for workflow-based vRA requests, based on user role
• Reuse privileges and roles from vRA
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Enable SPBM management through vRO
• All Storage Policy Based objects are now
accessible through API in vRO/vRA
Plug-in improvements
• The new vCenter Server plug-in is now
shipped with vRO out-of-the-box
• Updated AMQP, REST and PowerShell
plug-ins
• Addresses major limitations with
current SPBM 2.1 Plugin
SDDC Storage IntegrationUp to date SDDC support
*Intended to replace or coexist with existing SPBM 2.1 Plugin
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vRealize Suite LifeCycle Manager
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Deliver
Peace-of-mind
Enable
Best Practice
Make Your Cloud
Easy to Operate
Accelerate
Time-to-Value
vRealize Suite
Install
Upgrade
Patching
Config
Management
Health
Monitoring
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Simple & Flexible Deployment Models
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• Product & Solution Based install
• Import existing environment
• Standardized deployment sizing (Small/Medium/Large)
• GUI & API based Install
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Automated Pre-checks & Validation
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✓ Entitlement Check✓ Integration with myvmware.com
✓ Environment Readiness Check
✓ SDDC Compatibility Check
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Simplifying the Upgrade
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• One-click upgrade
• Snapshot existing environment
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vRealize Marketplace
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vRealize Marketplace
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vRealize Marketplace
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Highlights
• Custom Forms
– Going GA in 7.4 (currently Beta in 7.3)
– Full-fledged UI designer for Customer Forms (currently CFs are created through code)
– Use case - Jason and Shauna will be able to drag and drop fields from the palette/toolbox to the design canvas and quickly build custom request forms
• Multi-tenant vRO
– vRO content will be tenant aware for vRA tenants
– Content & Inventory will be isolated
– Use case – Shauna/Scott need to see/edit/troubleshoot workflows and plug-in endpoints that they have permissions for and are available to the current tenant
• vRO new web UI
– vRO’s smart client will evolve into an HTML5/Angular app. Multi-tenancy will be supported with the new web client. The swing client will still remain in the product
– Use-case – Shauna/Scott will be able to create, run and troubleshoot workflows in a new modern web UI that will be bring tons of UX improvements to the users
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Highlights
• Improve user experience in container management.
– Implement a common portal UI
– Provide better RBAC and business group level visibility into container clusters and workloads
– Include Admiral 1.2 in vRA 7.4
• Resume deployments from failure
– Use case - Scott/Shauna will be able to resume or re-submit a failed deployment
• Deploy basic and advanced OVFs
– Support for both OVF, OVA and parametrization
– Advanced OVFs have configuration options, while basic don’t
– Use cases:
• Jason can create a blueprint that provisions from OVF
• Scott can request a catalog item that provisions from OVF
• Scott can perform regular vSphere Day 2 operations on a machine provisioned from OVF
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Highlights
• Enhanced multi-tenancy vSphere/NSX
– Only the Network Profiles, Reservation/Storage Policies, Security Groups/Tags and Transport Zones applicable to the current tenant are exposed when authoring a blueprint
– Hidе cross-tenant infrastructure objects from non-admin users
– The Cloud Client supports vRA multi-tenancy
– Use case - Jason needs a multi-tenant system that maintains all information (listed above) isolated between tenants
• Just-In-Time User Provisioning
– Fully integrate Just-In-Time (JIT) User Provisioning in vRA/vIDM
– Add an identity service API for triggering sync
• Expose a CAFE identity service API that invokes the vIDM sync API
– Use-case - Jason will be able to trigger on-demand directory sync via Cafe Identity Service API
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Highlights
• Installation – easier troubleshooting
– Use-cases
• Jason will be able to start/stop the embedded vRO control-center and vRO server from a new tab in the VAMI UI
• Jason will be able to see the current status of all vRA VA+IaaS components on the VAMI/Cluster tab
• When upgrading vRA IaaS components, upgrade progress in % will be displayed in the VAMI/Update tab
• LCM will be able to replace all vRA certificates with a single API call
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Thank YouJad El-Zein@virtualjad | virtualjad.com
Naomi Sullivan@automationbabe
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