Users Guide

Table Of Contents
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 oine 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 oine 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 dened in ASM:
Storage
Switch
Server
Cluster
Virtual Machine
Application
NOTE: It is recommended to add physical devices to the template rst, then congure virtual resources, and lastly
congure application settings to be deployed on the resources.
Related links
Storage
Cluster
Virtual Machine
Application
Storage
A Storage component refers to the physical storage components that can be added to a template. It is recommended to provision a
storage resource rst and then congure virtual resources and applications while building a template.
The following storage resource types are provisioned in ASM:
Compellent
EqualLogic
EMC
After selecting Storage on the Template Builder page, perform the following actions:
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