Usage

  • If the property name or value resolves to an empty string it will be skipped

Attach vRA Property Group to vRA Blueprint

  1. Login to the vRA tenant
  2. Click on the Design tab > Blueprints
  3. Hover over the desired blueprint name and click Edit
    1. Click on the vSphere machine component on the Blueprint Design Canvas
    2. Click on the Properties tab
    3. In the Property Groups section, add the vRA property group for Property Toolkit that was created:
      • Has vRA Property Definitions with prefix SovLabs_CreateProperties_

Repeat for all desired vRA blueprints and provision!


Disable

  1. Login to the vRA tenant
  2. Click on the Design tab > Blueprints
  3. Hover over the desired blueprint name and click Edit
    1. Click on the vSphere machine component on the Blueprint Design Canvas
    2. Click on the Properties tab
    3. In the Property Groups section, remove the vRA property group for Property Toolkit:
      • Has vRA Property Definitions with prefix SovLabs_CreateProperties_

Repeat Step 3 for all desired blueprints


Manage Properties for Multiple VMs

  1. Login to vRA tenant
  2. Click on the Catalog tab
  3. Request the Manage VM Properties vRA Catalog Item
  4. Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit
Manage VM Properties
Manage VM Properties

FieldValue
VM Filters and Selection
Hostname filter

RegExp and wildcards are not supported

Type in a part of the hostname to filter out VMs by hostname

Property filter

Type in a VM property name and value to filter out VMs by custom properties

Business Group filter

RegExp and wildcards are not supported

Type in the vRA Business Group name to filter out VMs by vRA Business Group(s)

Selected VMs

Select and move VMs to the right to affect properties on those VMs

Property Definition
Action

Select whether to Create, Update or Delete a vRA property on the selected VMs

Property Name

Type in the Property name to create, update or delete

Property Value

Shown when 'Action' is Update or Delete

Type in the (new) Property value

Hidden

Shown when 'Action' is Update or Delete

Select whether or not to hide the vRA property

Encrypted

Shown when 'Action' is Update or Delete

Select whether or not to encrypt the vRA property

Show in Request

Shown when 'Action' is Update or Delete

Select whether or not to show the vRA property in the request

Manage VM Properties Confirmation
Confirm action

Shown when 'Action' is Update or Delete

Type in the 'Action' text (Update Existing Property or Delete Existing Property) to confirm