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4 Click the name of a network with deactivated DHCP.
5 Click Create Range.
6 Type a description.
7 Type the first and final IP addresses in your range.
Each time a virtual machine is provisioned, LCM allocates an IP address from the defined range. You can
set up multiple ranges for each network.
8 Click Submit.
Create a Subnet
You can create subnets that are associated with a static network.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Network icon ( ).
4 Click the name of a network with deactivated DHCP.
5 Click Create Subnet.
6 Type a desription, a base IP address, and a netmask.
7 Click Submit.
Create a Template Profile
You can create a template profile. You can select an operating system, and specify the estimated cost for a
virtual machine.
To create a template profile, you must clone an existing template. You can enforce the template profile to use
thin provisioning. If you do not enforce thin provisioning, the template profile uses the same type of
provisioning as the source template.
You can customize the cloned template if the guest operating system supports image customization.
NOTE For a list of guest operating systems that support image customization, see the VMware Infrastructure
Compatibility Matrixes.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Template Profile icon ( ).
4 Click Create.
5 Provide the required information.
Option Description
Display name
The name of the template profile.
Description
A description of the template profile.
State
The state of the template profile.
Template to clone
The source template from vCenter Server or ESX host.
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