Users Guide

4. To view the file, select the attached file. Right-click on it. A window is displayed. There, from the
Open with drop-down menu, select Notepad. Click Ok. A window is displayed, there you can view
the file.
5. You can delete the file by clicking the delete icon. After you click delete icon, a window is displayed
by stating that
Are you sure that you want to delete this attachment? Click Yes to delete the file.
NOTE: If you try to attach a file with the same name of already attached file, you get an error
message. You can attach multiple file with different file name.
Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM
When a service provisioned by ASM is no longer required, it is important to decommission the resources.
Therefore, the resources can be provisioned for future services.
The steps to accomplish this task differ based on the type of resource component provisioned. For hosts
provisioned by ASM, the default behavior when a service is deleted is to turn off the host. For server,
additional cleanup is required after turning off the server. For storage provisioned by ASM, the default
behavior when a service is deleted is to retain the storage volume available to make sure that no critical
data is deleted.
As a best practice, you need to perform the following tasks while decommissioning a service. Make sure
to perform these tasks to avoid issues in provisioning of future services due to conflicts.
Decommissioning Hyper-V-based storage, host, and clusters
To decommission Hyper-V-based storage, host, and clusters:
1. SCVMM clusters should be uninstalled through SCVMM.
2. SCVMM host groups should be deleted if no longer used.
3. Hyper-V hosts should be removed from SCVMM.
4. Hyper-V hosts should be removed from the domain.
5. Storage volumes should be set offline and deleted when the data is no longer used.
6. If necessary, remove ASM provisioned VLANs from the host facing ports of the switch.
7. Remove host entries from DNS server.
Decommissioning VMware based storage, host, and clusters
To decommission VMware based storage, host, and clusters:
1. Delete unused clusters from VMware vCenter.
2. Delete unused data centers from VMware vCenter.
3. Remove hosts from VMware vCenter.
4. Storage volumes should be set offline and deleted when the data is no longer used.
5. If necessary, remove ASM provisioned VLANs from the host facing ports of the switch.
Component types
The components (physical or virtual or applications) are the main building blocks of a template.
The following component types are defined in ASM:
• Storage
• Switch
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