Users Guide

6 Templates.............................................................................................................31
Manage templates...............................................................................................................................32
Viewing template details............................................................................................................... 33
Creating template..........................................................................................................................33
Editing template information........................................................................................................34
Building template overview...........................................................................................................35
Building and publishing template................................................................................................. 35
Importing template....................................................................................................................... 36
Editing template............................................................................................................................ 36
Viewing template details............................................................................................................... 37
Deleting template..........................................................................................................................37
Cloning template...........................................................................................................................38
Deploy service...............................................................................................................................38
Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM..........................................................................39
Component types......................................................................................................................... 39
Component combinations in templates...................................................................................... 54
Sample templates................................................................................................................................54
Template – deploy Citrix XenDesktop for 500 users ................................................................. 55
Template – deploy operating system to hard drive.................................................................... 56
Template – deploy physical server and virtual machine............................................................. 57
Template – deploy virtual machines to cluster........................................................................... 58
Template – install ESXi to SD card with Fibre Channel storage..................................................59
Template – install ESXi to SD card with iSCSI storage................................................................ 60
Template – deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage.................................................................. 61
Template – deploy Hyper-V cluster with iSCSI storage..............................................................63
Template – deploy Hyper-V cluster with Fibre Channel storage to SCVMM............................ 64
Template – deploy VMware cluster with NetApp storage.......................................................... 66
Template – boot from Fibre Channel SAN.................................................................................. 67
Template – boot from iSCSI SAN.................................................................................................68
Template – deploy virtual machine template clone on Hyper-V cluster...................................69
Template – deploy virtual machine template clone on VMware cluster................................... 69
Template – deploy SQL Server 2012 ...........................................................................................70
Additional template information.........................................................................................................72
Deploying ESXi cluster for SAN applications................................................................................72
7 Resources............................................................................................................. 75
Understanding All Resources tab........................................................................................................75
Resource health status..................................................................................................................76
Resource operational state........................................................................................................... 77
Resource firmware compliance status.........................................................................................78
Updating firmware.........................................................................................................................78