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Run Automated Architecture Assessment

Use the guidance below to run the Automated Architecture Assessment. Refer to Automated Architecture Assessment to learn more before running the script.

Prerequisites

  • Already deployed/running Azure VMware Solution (AVS) Software Defined Data Center (SDDC).
  • Contributor or higher level access to Azure subscription hosing AVS SDDC.
  • Access to a jumpbox which has access to Azure, vSphere, NSX-T and HCX APIs. This can run either in Azure or on-premises environment.
  • PowerShell 7 installed on the jumpbox.
  • Clone of this repository on the jumpbox.

Deployment Steps

  • Navigate to BrownField\Auto-assessment\scripts folder

  • Update the parameter values in Main.ps1 as discussed below.

    • $tenantId = "<Provide your Azure tenant ID.>"
    • $subscriptionId = "<Provide the Azure subscription ID which has AVS SDDC deployed in it.>"
    • $namesofSddcsToTest = @("<Provide the names of AVS SDDCs to be assessed in comma-separated format(e.g. @("Prod-SDDC", "Dev-SDDC"). Leave it blank for assessing all the AVS SDDCs in a given subscription.>")
    • $designAreasToTest = @("<Provide names of design areas to be evaluated in comma-separated format(e.g. "Networking", "Security"). Leave it blank for assessing all design areas.>")

  • Run the script Main.ps1 using following option.

PowerShell

Note

Run the assessment script from either a jumpbox in Azure or on-premises machine which has network connectivity with Azure, vSphere, NSX-T and HCX APIs.

cd BrownField\Auto-assessment\scripts

./Main.ps1

  • A prompt displaying Account to be used for assessment is shown. Select the Account. Account needs to have Contributor or higher level of access to AVS SDDC.

    Select Account

  • If assessment is run for Security or all desgin areas then another prompt asking for AVS guest VM credentials is displayed. These credentials are used for tests like validating if a VM is domain joined or not. If fake/dummy credentials are provided, these tests will be skipped.

    AVS guest VM Credential Prompt

  • Assessment will run displaying the progess on console

    Execution Progress

  • When the assessment is successfully completed, path to results in a CSV file is displayed.

    CSV File Path

Post-execution Steps

  • Open the CSV file from the Path shown after successful completion of the assessment.

    Assessment

  • Assess the recommendation against each observation. Use Reference link provided as part of the assessment to learn more and implement the recommendation

Next Steps

Implement recommendations