Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 Guía Del Usuario

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Configuring the VMware Adapter

Overview

The VMware Adapter software is installed as part of a normal installation of CWA. However, you must perform the 
following steps to license and configure the adapter before you can run VMware jobs:

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 – License the connection(s) to the VMware instance. You cannot define a VMware 

connection until you have applied the VMware license from Cisco.

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 – Define a VMware Authentication user to authorize a connection to be 

established to the VMware web server and permit requests to be made on behalf of the authenticated account.

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 – Configure the HTTPS protocol if used in your environment.

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 – Configure the VMware Tools Service to depend on other required 

application services, ensuring that the required application services are available.

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 – Define a VMware connection so the master can communicate with the 

VMware server/host.

See 

 for information about general and adapter-specific properties that can be set to 

control things like logging and connection properties. 

Licensing an Adapter

Each CWA Adapter must be separately licensed. You cannot use an Adapter until you apply the license file. If you 
purchase the Adapter after the original installation of CWA, you will receive a new license file authorizing the use of the 
Adapter. 

You might have a Demo license which is good for 30 days, or you might have a Permanent license. The procedures to 
install these license files are described below.

Stop the master:

Windows:

Click 

on Start

 and select All 

.

Verify that the master is displayed in the 

 list and click on the 

 button to stop the master.

UNIX:

Enter