Users Guide

Sample templates

ASM ships with several sample templates. It can not edit sample template but you can clone sample

templates. After you clone the template, you must make minor modifications to make the template

enable for deployment in your environment.

Related Links

Template — deploy Citrix XenDesktop for 500 users

Template – deploy SQL Server 2012

Template – deploy operating system to hard drive

Template — deploy virtual machines to cluster

Template – deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage

Template – deploy Hyper-V cluster with Fibre Channel storage to SCVMM

Template – deploy VMware cluster with NetApp storage

Template – boot from Fibre Channel SAN

Template — boot from iSCSI SAN

Template – deploy virtual machine template clone on Hyper-V cluster

Template-deploy VMware Cluster with FC Storage

Template-deploy VMware Cluster with FCoE Storage

Template-deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage

Template-deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage Using Software Initiator

Template-deploy VMware VSAN with Virtual Distributed Switch

Template — deploy Citrix XenDesktop for 500 users

This template provides virtual infrastructure (storage, hosts and cluster) for 500 desktop users.

1. On the Templates page, select the Deploy Citrix XenDesktop for 500 Users and then click the Clone

button.

2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description for the

template.

3. On the Template Builder page, click a storage component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and

then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box. Repeat this step for

each storage component.

a. In the Component Name box, type the component name. (Optional)

b. Under Storage Settings, configure the following:

1. Enter the unique names for the Storage Volume Name and Storage Pool. (Optional)

2. Update the values of Storage size, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min

Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold

%, and MultiHost access of volume.

3. From the Authentication drop-down list, select authentication type as CHAP.

4. Update the Chap username and Chap secret text boxes for volume access.

4. On the Template Builder page, click the server component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and

then configure the following settings in the Server Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each

server component.

a. In the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional)