Hi all,
I am hoping someone can point me in the write direction for a use-case/good idea and or if it's even possible (a how to would be great) when it comes to vRA 7.x. The question I have is focused around bulk VM creation, and is it possible vs the amount of effort required/good idea.
I've been tasked with creating a POC with vRA for a client, that is single org/it dept, based on vSphere(5.X-6.5) Now the idea is that they would like to automate/simplify the VM building process(just the VM). App deployment is a plus but they have SCCM for that and not in scope.
The problem is that I, and most of they guys here have little to no knowledge on vCAC/vRA. Whilst we can create some simple blueprints with custom properties/drop-downs/subscriptions the knowledge runs out about there.
So far it appears that going down the path of bulk vm creation with vRA is somewhat of a waist of time. Just considering the alternative ie, PS.
Reasons;
- No easier/equal way to create x number of VMs that all have diff names(departments/apps/env), diff spec, diff cluster destinations,diff networks+ip's, ect.
- Little documentation, plus what is available has a very steap learning curve.
- Hand over/future dev would be a nightmare/not going to happen due to 2.
Yes I know we can use a custom workflow with vRO that would except a csv as an input but the client/our sales would like it to be driven fully from vRA catalogs/blueprints. They like the idea of selecting VM's on a webpage and then it just pops up(I kid you not, this was the pitch to the client).
Any help, advice and or your personal experience on this would be appreciated.
Thank you.