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Table of Contents
First Impressions of vRealize Automa on 8 (vRA8) 2
Introduc on 2
Documenta on and Community Backing 2
Introducing the vRA8 YAML Editor 3
Brand New Code: Brand New Community Resources 4
Tagging, Custom Proper es, and Propaga on 4
A Change to Custom Proper es 4
Ac on Based Extensibility (ABX), vRealize Orchestrator and Extensibility 5
En tlements and Policy Defini ons 6
An Overview of the vRA8 Migra on Assessment Tool 9
vRealize Automa on Migra on Assessment Tool 9
EndPoints 10
XaaS Blueprints 11
Composite Blueprints 11
Approval Policies, Reserva ons, Business Groups, and other Constructs 13
vRA7 Workflow Components 13
Event Broker 13
Event Schemas 14
The vRA plugin for vRO 15
There Is Another Op on 15
Iden fying Important Gaps in vRA 8 Features, Func onali es, and Integra ons 17
Approval Policies 17
Mul -Tenancy 17
Property Dic onary 18
Licensing Differences 18
Configura on Management 18
Ansible Integra on 19
Puppet 19
Limited XaaS Func onality in vRA 8 19
What is available in vRA 8 XaaS? 20
What is not available in vRA 8 XaaS? 22
Custom Resources 22
Dynamic Types 22
Third-Party Vendor Custom Types 23
Day 2 XaaS Ac ons 23
Resource Mappings 23
Nested Blueprints 23
XaaS is Only Available from Service Broker 23
XaaS Summary 23
Unraveling Your Customiza ons in vRA7 to Prepare for vRA8 24
Blueprints 24
System Custom Proper es 24
Custom Forms 24
XaaS Blueprints 25
Day 2 XaaS 25
Event Broker Subscrip ons 25
vRO Workflows 25
SovLabs vRealize Automa on Op miza on and Upgrade Assessment 26
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