SovLabs has been adding some great new features to their Property toolkit module:
- v2019.14.0
- Dynamically set and assign vRA Network Profile Names to VMs in a blueprint with our SovLabs Property Toolkit module for vRA 7.5 and vRA 7.6. Read more here
- v2019.16.0
- Dynamically add additional vRA Disks to VMs in a blueprint with our SovLabs Property Toolkit module for vRA 7.5 and vRA 7.6.
Today we are looking at their new feature to dynamically add additional vRA disks, using the Property Toolkit module, which is a widely discussed topic on blogs and VMware’s community forum.
There are of course multiple ways to achieve this, for instance adding disks to the vSphere machine on the request form, however this method is very basic and does not provide a lot of flexibility.
Other customer would resort to creating custom forms with data grids with vRO actions to implement this.
SovLabs Property Toolkit module uses custom properties and can add up to 15 disks and makes use of the approval lifecycle of VM provisioning to assign disks prior to MachineRequested EBS.
Prerequisites:
- vRealize Automation 7.5 or newer
- SovLabs Plug-in Version 2019.16.0 or newer
- Approval Policy Type: Service Catalog – Catalog Item Request – Virtual Machine
- vRA blueprint with Cloned Machine Build type
- Make sure to correctly set the total capacity/maximum storage value that can support the disks to be added
- vRA login as Tenant Administrator or Approval Administrator and entitled to SovLabs Modules.
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