Users Guide

To deploy customization specification for vCenter virtual machine clone:

1. Click Templates.

2. Create and edit the template. For more information on creating a template, see Creating template.

3. On the Template Builder page, click Add VM.

The Virtual Machine Component window is displayed.

4. Select Clone vCenter Virtual Machine from the Select a Component drop-down menu.

5. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate Selected Resources to associate all or

specific components to the new component.

6. Click Continue.

7. Under Virtual Machine Settings, select or enter all the parameters. For more information on Virtual

Machine Settings, see Virtual Machine Settings.

8. To apply the settings and deploy the customization specification, click Add.

Creating customization specification for vCenter virtual machine clone

To create customization specification:

1. Log in to vCenter.

2. Click Inventory Management Customization Specification Manager.

3. Enter the settings such as host name, domain name, time zone, and network.

4. Click Finish.

Application

The Application component is configured on top of virtual resources in ASM. However, an application

component can be installed on a physical server that has a non-ESXi OS and non-Hyper-V OS.

ASM provisions multiple applications for deployment.

After selecting Application component on the template builder page, perform the following actions:

1. In the Application Component dialog box, from the Select a Component drop-down list, select the

application that you want to configure on the virtual machines.

2. In the # of Instances box, enter the number of application instances.

3. Under Related Components, select the components that you want to map with the application

instance. For more information about valid component combinations that can be mapped together

in a template, see Component Combinations in Templates

4. Click Continue.

Based on your application selection, the page displays the application properties for you to

configure properties.

5. Under Application Settings, specify the application properties.

See Application Components Settings.

6. Click Add.