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For more information about the virtual machine settings, see Virtual Machine Settings.

Virtual machine settings

Table 6. Virtual machine settings

Virtual Machine Component

Field Name Description

vCenter Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine OS Settings

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

NOTE: The Host Name Template eld is displayed if this option is selected.

Host 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

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.

Administrator password Specify OS administrator password that is set on the installed OS.

Conrm administrator

password

Enter the password to conrm the administrator password.

OS Image Species the target repository where the OS image install les are located. The default repositories

are ESXi. The additional repositories are shown if the user created them on the ASM appliance.

NTP Server Type the IP address of the NTP server for time synchronization.

If you want to add more than one NTP server in the OS section of a server component, make sure to

separate the IP addresses using comma (,).

Virtual Machine Settings (vCenter Virtual Machine)

Number of CPUs Indicates the number of CPUs specied while conguring a Virtual Machine.

Virtual Disk(s) Species the size to allocate for virtual machine hard disk.

The default size is 32 GB.

NOTE: The operating system is installed on the rst virtual disk.

Add Virtual Disk Click this option to create extra virtual disks.

Memory in MB Indicates the memory specied while conguring 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.