HP CloudSystem Matrix How-To Guide: ESXi Cluster Provisioning

Creating the ESXi cluster provisioning template

Create a service template for deploying a physical VM Host or ESX cluster. The following diagram shows the key

features of a cluster provisioning template.

Management and

AutoDeployment

Network

Used for migrating

guest VMs

Datastore disks shared by the Cluster

No boot disk is required

Server Group of the VMhost Blades

Uses ESXi image on the vCenter Auto Deploy server

Hypervisor provisioning workflows attached

Carries the networks

used by guest VMs

The following sections describe the process steps to create an example template.

Step 1: In template designer, move components to the working area

 Launch infrastructure orchestration designer at https://<cms-name-or-ip>:51443/hpio/designer/ and click

New.

Drag a physical server group, a physical storage component, two networks, and one or more trunk components

onto the working area.

Connect the physical server group to the physical storage and the networks. No boot disk is required.