This is part of VCP7-CMA study guide – Objective 2.1: Create and Manage Tenants.

Official Blueprint-

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Knowledge

• Create a new tenant for a given design
• Create, add, and manage local users
• Configure administrative access and describe privilege level differences between roles
• Determine the unique URL used to access the tenant

Tools

• Foundations and Concepts
• Installing vRealize Automation 7.0
• Configuring vRealize Automation
• Managing vRealize Automation

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Create a new tenant for a given design

1. Go to the  vRealize Automation console – https://vra-host/vcac
2. Log in as a System Administrator (usually administrator@vsphere.local)
3. Select Administrator  -> Tenats
4. Click  New.
5. Fill this form –
   Name – Name for the new Tenant.
   URL name – this will be use to direct users directly to this tenant.
   For example, enter thesysadminlogs to create the URL https://vra-host.fqdn/vcac/org/thesysadminlogs.If you have a large environment with different tenant it will be very handy to use the Description and Contact email fields.

   

6. Click Submit and Next (Please note – selecting Submit and Next will create the tenant and proceed to the Local Users tab)

Create, add, and manage local users

1. There is 2 ways to get here –
   1. Part of the New Tenant wizard
   2. Edit Tenant from Administrator  -> Tenats and select Local Users.
2. Click  New.
3. Enter First name, Last name, Email, User name and Password.
   
4. Click OK and then Next.

Configure administrative access and describe privilege level differences between roles

1. There is 2 ways to get here –
   1. Part of the New Tenant wizard
   2. Edit Tenant from Administrator  -> Tenats and select Administrators.
2. There is 2 options – (The description is from the Foundations and Concepts document)
   1. Tenant administrators – Typically a line-of-business administrator, business manager, or IT administrator who is responsible for a tenant. Tenant administrators configure vRealize Automation for the needs of their organizations.
      They are responsible for user and group management, tenant branding and notifications, and business policies such as approvals and entitlements. They also track resource usage by all users within the tenant and initiate reclamation requests for virtual machines.
   2. IaaS administrators – IaaS administrators manage cloud, virtual, networking, and storage infrastructure at the system level, creating and managing endpoints and credentials, and monitoring IaaS logs. IaaS administrators organize infrastructure into tenant-level fabric groups, appointing the fabric administrators who are responsible for allocating resources within each tenant through reservations and reservation, storage, and networking policies.
3. Enter the name of a user or group is the search field under the privilege you selected and press Enter or the search icon.

   

4. Click Add.