User's Manual

Using Resource Types
5-10 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
The core properties for a resource type contain fields for the Manufacturer, Model, and Families
information. However, much of the information about a server can be included in the name itself. For
example, you could use the manufacturer, model, and memory configuration as the resource type name,
such as “Dell_PowerEdge1955_32gbRAM”.
To create a new resource type, perform the following steps:
1. On the Active System Manager menu bar, click File > New > Active System Manager > Resource
Type > Next. Alternately, you can right-click anywhere in the Resource Type Navigation view and
select New.
The New Resource Type dialog box displays; see Figure 5-8.
Figure 5-8 New Resource Type
Properties for property-based
scheduling
You can define new kinds of properties as inventory parameters with the “schedulable” flag set
enabled. When creating a Template in the Template perspective, you can then specify values
required for those properties. The Active System Manager scheduler checks that a resource meets
those requirements before allocating it in a session.
You can define new properties for a resource type at the resource level or at the interface level. For
more information regarding property-based scheduling, see Chapter 5, “Inventory Management.”
Note For interfaces, console ports, and power supplies, if you need an element of a type that is not
currently available on the Active System Manager server, you can add a new element type.
Table 5-4 Resource Type Resource Information (continued)
Resource Description