Chapter 1. vRealize Automation and the Deconstruction of Components

Welcome to the world of automation! I am sure you have heard about vRealize Automation product (vRA), formerly vCloud Automation Center (vCAC). In this chapter, we will focus on the use cases and what vRealize Automation solution is. We will further discuss the following topics:

  • The conceptual diagram of vRealize Automation
  • CAFÉ Appliance and component deep dive
    • vPostgres
    • RabbitMQ
    • vCAC server
    • tcServer (Tomcat)
    • Telemetry
  • IaaS – architecture and component deep dive
    • Model Manager Web (a.k.a. repository)
    • Model Manager Data
    • MSSQL database
    • Manager Service
    • DEM (Orchestrator and Worker)
    • Proxy agents
    • Management agents (starting vRA 6.2)

What is vRealize Automation?

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