Users Guide

1. In the Cluster Component dialog box, from the Select a Component drop-down list, select one of the following options:

• VMWare

• Hyper-V

2. In the # of Instances box, enter the number of cluster instances.

3. Under Related Components, select the components that you want to map with the selected cluster instance. For more

information about valid component combinations that can be mapped together in a template, see Component Combinations in

Templates

4. Click Continue.

5. Under Cluster Settings, specify the settings that you want to configure on the cluster components and click Add.

For more information about the cluster settings, see Cluster Component Settings

Cluster component settings

Table 5. Cluster component settings

Field Name Description

Cluster Settings (Target vCenter)

Target Virtual Machine

Manager

Select virtual machine manager from the Target Virtual Machine Manager drop-down menu.

Data Center Name Select data center name from Data Center Name drop-down menu.

Cluster Name Select new cluster name from Cluster Name drop-down menu.

New cluster name Select new cluster name from New Cluster Name drop-down menu.

Cluster HA Enabled Enables or disables highly available cluster.

You can either select or clear the check box. By default, it is unchecked.

Cluster DRS Enabled Enables or disables distributed resource scheduler (DRS).

You can either select or clear the check box. By default, it is unchecked.

Storage DRS Enabled Enables or disables the storage DRS.

If you select the Storage DRS Enabled check box, configure the following:

• Type storage cluster POD name in the Storage Cluster Name field.

• Select the volumes to Data stores to Add to Cluster.

Switch Type Allows you to configure the virtual switches as distributed or standard for the host network. If enabled,

the switches are configured as distributed switches.

NOTE: This option is applicable only for VMware clusters.

NOTE: Ensure that version of the distributed switches that are configured is based on the

lowest available host version in a cluster to ensure compatibility with all the clusters in the host.

Cluster Settings (Target Hyper-V)

Hypervisor

Management Software

Specifies the target SCVMM.

Host Group Specifies the host group that you want to target.