Duration

30 days.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have completed the VMware vRealize® Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] course. You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:

  • Good understanding of managing and working with various Linux and Windows operating systems
  • Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments
  • Basic scripting skills in JavaScript, YAML, and cloudConfig

Skills Gained

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

  • Describe installation best practices and troubleshoot installation failures
  • Verify the correct DNS configuration
  • Examine main logs and collect log bundles
  • Examine the Kubernetes pods in the vRealize Automation architecture
  • Troubleshoot common errors that prevent successful deployments
  • Troubleshoot YAML code errors in VMware cloud templates
  • Troubleshoot cloudConfig code errors in VMware cloud templates
  • Troubleshoot VMware Identity Manager configuration errors
  • Troubleshoot common errors in vRealize Orchestrator workflows
  • Use the vRealize Orchestrator debugger
  • Use log outputs from vRealize Orchestrator
  • Troubleshoot problems in custom resources
  • Troubleshoot problems in resource actions
  • Troubleshoot action-based extensibility (ABX) actions
  • Integrate vRealize Automation with vRealize Log Insight
  • Integrate vRealize Automation with vRealize Operations Manager
  • Configure and replace certificates

Who Can Benefit?

  • Experienced system administrators and cloud administrators who are already familiar with vRealize Automation

Outline for VMware vRealize Automation: Troubleshooting [V8.6]-On Demand Training

Outline

Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

Troubleshooting vRealize Automation Installation Issues

  • vRealize Automation Installation Overview
  • vRealize Automation Installation best practices
  • Troubleshooting Installation Failures

vRealize Automation General Troubleshooting

  • Verifying the DNS configuration settings in vRealize Automation and vSphere
  • Examining the main logs in the user interface
  • Collecting a log bundle
  • Using vracli commands
  • Examining the pods in the vRealize Automation Kubernetes architecture
  • Dumping a log from a vRealize Automation Kubernetes pod
  • Killing and restarting a vRealize Automation Kubernetes pod

vRealize Automation Cloud Templates and Deployment Troubleshooting

  • Overview of provisioning and placement workflows
  • Examining a deployment history
  • Troubleshooting deployment issues
  • Using deployment Dev mode
  • Troubleshooting YAML code
  • Troubleshooting problems with cloudConfig

vRealize Automation Identity Manager Architecture and Cluster Architecture

  • Authentication workflow in vRealize Automation
  • Connector high availability for authentication
  • Architecture of a VMware Identity Manager cluster
  • Troubleshooting a VMware Identity Problem
  • Key vRealize Automation components
  • Architecture of the vRealize Automation cluster
  • vRealize Automation node failover scenario
  • vRealize Automation cluster shutdown and startup process
  • Virtual machine provisioning workflow

Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows

  • Overview of vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Automation communications
  • Using the vRealize Orchestrator debugger
  • Using vRealize Orchestrator log output
  • Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator binding errors
  • Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator logic errors
  • Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator payload errors
  • Troubleshooting custom resource errors
  • Troubleshooting resource action errors

Troubleshooting Action Based Extensibility (ABX) Actions

  • Overview of ABX actions
  • Troubleshooting ABX actions

vRealize Automation Integration with vRealize Tools

  • Integrating vRealize Automation and vRealize Log Insight
  • Integrating vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations Manager
  • Using vRealize Operations Manager to monitor vRealize Automation

vRealize Automation Certificate Management

  • Managing vRealize Automation certificates
  • Creating certificate requests with vRealize Lifecycle Manager
  • Using Microsoft Certificate Services to create vRealize Automation certificates
  • Replacing vRealize Automation certificates

Product Alignment

  • VMware vRealize® Automation 8.6
  • VMware vRealize® Operations 8.6
  • VMware vRealize® Log Insight 8.6
  • VMware vRealize® Lifecycle Manager 8.6