In this part of the series, we will take a look at how to initiate the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager deployment workflow in SDDC Manager. VMware Cloud Builder APIs Used GET /v1/bundlesPOST /v1/bundlesPOST /v1/vrslcmsGET /v1/tasks/{id} PowerVCF Cmdlets Get-VCFBundleRequest-VCFBundleNew-VCFvRSLCMGet-VCFTask PowerShell Scripts http://createDeployVrslcmAvnSpec.ps1 Procedure Step 1 - Download and populate the Planning and Preparation Workbook for your …

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In this part of the series, we take a look at how to initiate the NSX-T edge cluster deployment in SDDC Manager. VMware Cloud Builder APIs Used GET /v1/clusters POST /v1/edge-clustersGET /v1/tasks/{id} PowerVCF Cmdlets Get-VCFClusterNew-VCFEdgeClusterGet-VCFTask PowerShell Scripts createWorkloadEdgeSpec.ps1 Procedure Step 1 - Download and populate the Planning and Preparation Workbook for your target platform. Step …

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In this part of the series, we take a look at how to initiate the workload domain deployment in SDDC Manager. VMware Cloud Builder APIs Used POST /v1/domainsPOST /v1/domains/validationsGET /v1/hostsGET /v1/tasks/{id} PowerVCF Cmdlets New-VCFWorkloadDomainGet-VCFHostGet-VCFTask PowerShell Scripts createWorkloadDomainSpec.ps1 Procedure Step 1 - Download and populate the Planning and Preparation Workbook for your target platform. Step 2 …

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In this part of the series, we take a look at how to commission hosts in SDDC Manager, and consume the new network pool to support a workload domain deployment. VMware Cloud Builder APIs Used POST /v1/hostsGET /v1/network-poolsGET /v1/tasks/{id} PowerVCF Cmdlets Commission-VCFHostGet-VCFNetworkPoolGet-VCFTask PowerShell Scripts createCommissionHostSpec.ps1 Procedure Step 1 - Download and populate the Planning and …

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In this part of the series, we take a look at how to create a new network pool in SDDC Manager to support a workload domain deployment. VMware Cloud Builder APIs Used POST /v1/network-pools PowerVCF Cmdlets New-VCFNetworkPool PowerShell Scripts createNetworkPool.ps1 Procedure Step 1 - Download and populate the Planning and Preparation Workbook for your target …

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In this part of the series, we take a look at how to deploy the Management Domain using VMware Cloud Builder. The first step would typically be to download and populate the Deployment Parameters Workbook that is provided as part of VMware Cloud Builder, but in this series of blog posts we are going to …

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Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation using the Public APIs allows customers to automate tasks, with PowerVCF the capabilities are extended to PowerShell / PowerCLI experts. As part of an internal project I've been working on recently we have been using PowerShell to help automate some of the repetitive steps whilst performing validation and testing of VMware …

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For those that follow my blog posts you will be aware that I’m involved with the development of PowerVCF a collection of PowerShell cmdlets created to expose the Public APIs of VMware Cloud Foundation. Whilst working on PowerVCF v2.0 I started to take a look at the Public APIs for VMware Cloud Builder, I’ve been …

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