7.1

Scenario: Enable Users to Select Datacenter Locations for Cross Region
Deployments
As a blueprint architect, you want to allow your users to choose whether to provision machines on your
Boston or London infrastructure, so you edit your existing vSphere CentOS blueprint to enable the locations
feature.
You have a datacenter in London, and a datacenter in Boston, and you don't want users in Boston
provisioning machines on your London infrastructure or vice versa. To ensure that Boston users provision
on your Boston infrastructure, and London users provision on your London infrastructure, you want to
allow users to select an appropriate location for provisioning when they request machines.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as an infrastructure architect.
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As a system administrator, dene the datacenter locations. See “Scenario: Add Datacenter Locations for
Cross Region Deployments,” on page 151.
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As a fabric administrator, apply the appropriate locations to your compute resources. See “Scenario:
Apply a Location to a Compute Resource for Cross Region Deployments,” on page 225.
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Create a machine blueprint. See “Scenario: Create a vSphere CentOS Blueprint for Cloning in
Rainpole,” on page 268.
Procedure
1 Select Design > Blueprints.
2 Point to your Centos on vSphere blueprint and click Edit.
3 Select the machine component on your canvas to bring up the General details tab.
4 Select the Display location on request check box.
5 Click Finish.
6 Point to your Centos on vSphere blueprint and click Publish.
Business group users are now prompted to select a datacenter location when they request a machine to be
provisioned from your blueprint.
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