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CONNECT WITH US www.sovlabs.com info@sovlabs.com 26 A er reviewing the needed proper es that are being used, you will need to dig into your workflows to understand a number of items: • Does business logic exist? If so, what is its purpose? • Does the workflow talk to external systems? If so, how? • Does the workflow use the vRA7 plugin? • Is informa on being wri en back to vRA? If so what informa on? While every situa on is unique, and you may have workflows that can be adapted to work with vRA8 with some simple modifica on, you should strongly consider star ng over and recrea ng these workflows specific to vRA8. Your exis ng workflows were designed and architected around the vRA7 architecture, which is significantly different from that of vRA8. While things make it look like a good idea in principle, they may not work out so well in prac ce. How SovLabs can help you start preparing for vRealize Automa on 8 today. We've been working with many organiza ons to start preparing for vRA8 by displacing the aforemen oned customiza ons with out of the box so ware tools. One by one, we're removing these items today so you don't have to re-write, modify, or recreate these items when you are ready to make the move to vRA8. To learn more about how we can help with your migra on to vRA8 and the benefits of moving away from customiza ons on vRA7 in prepara on for vRA8, please a end our upcoming webinar or contact us for a personalized review of how we can help you prepare for what's coming in vRA8. SovLabs vRealize Automa on Op miza on and Upgrade Assessment While businesses expect improved flexibility and control with vRealize Automa on 8 (vRA 8), many don't an cipate the significant level of effort required to upgrade. Built on a completely new code base, moving to vRA 8 allows organiza ons to modernize their infrastructure automa on and deliver at the speed of DevOps. However, like other IT infrastructure, exis ng vRA environments have become highly customized over me and many of these customiza ons do not easily 'li and shi ' to vRA 8. SovLabs makes future proofing your vRA investment simple. Whether you're looking to move to vRA 8, or just want to find ways to reduce complexity, SovLabs vRealize Automa on Op miza on and Upgrade Assessment can provide insight into environmental areas that present an opportunity for op miza on. The assessment will look at key data points and interdependencies to help: • Iden fy your current environmental condi ons, including the number of blueprints, reserva ons, and so ware components - all represen ng poten al areas of op miza on. • Admins understand the level of effort to maintain and add new services to exis ng environments. • Highlight migra on considera ons for vRA 7.x to vRA 8.x upgrade.