Users Guide

Virtual Machine Component

Field Name Description

Virtual Machine Settings (Clone vCenter Virtual Machine)

Auto-generate Name Select to generate a new name for each virtual machine.

VM Name Template Displays the naming convention followed for the virtual machines deployed in a

service.

NOTE: The naming convention that is followed consists of vm${num),

where vm indicates a static text that you can provide and ${num} is a

variable number that is enumerated for the number of virtual machines that

you create. For example, if you deploy a service with 3 virtual machines and

if you select the auto-generate option and provide the name as vm, the

virtual machines are named as vm1, vm2, and vm3.

Clone Type

Select the clone type from Clone Type drop-down menu.

Source Specifies the name of the source template.

Source Datacenter Specifies the VMware data center where the source template or virtual machine

resides.

VM Guest

Customization Spec

Select the specs available in vCenter inventory.

NOTE: To make these specs available for selection, update the vCenter

inventory with customized spec. For more information, see Creating

customization specification for vCenter virtual machine clone.

Number of CPUs Indicates the number of CPUs specified while configuring a Virtual Machine.

Virtual Disk Size (GB) Specifies the size to allocate for virtual machine hard disk.

Memory in MB Indicates the memory specified in GB while configuring a Virtual Machine.

Networks Allows you to set the virtual machine network or set static networks already

created in ASM as workload networks for the virtual machines.

NOTE: Static IPs are applicable only for vCenter Virtual Machine on which

you are installing Linux operating system.

Static Network

Default Gateway

Set the default gateway for the static network selected.

NOTE: This option is applicable only if you have set the Networks setting to

a static network.

Virtual Machine Settings (Clone Hyper-V Virtual Machine)

Auto-generate Name

Select to generate a new name for each virtual machine.

NOTE: If this option is selected, the VM Name Template field is displayed.

VM Name Template

Displays the naming convention followed for the virtual machines deployed in a

service.