7.3

Blueprint Properties Settings
You can specify settings that apply to the entire blueprint by using the New Blueprint page when you
create the blueprint. After you create the blueprint, you can edit these settings on the Blueprint Properties
page.
General Tab
Apply settings across your entire blueprint, including all components you intend to add now or later.
Table 3‑3. General Tab Settings
Setting Description
Name Enter a name for your blueprint.
Identifier The identifier field automatically populates based on the name you entered.
You can edit this field now, but after you save the blueprint you can never
change it. Because identifiers are permanent and unique within your tenant,
you can use them to programmatically interact with blueprints and to create
property bindings.
Description Summarize your blueprint for the benefit of other architects. This description
also appears to users on the request form.
Archive days You can specify an archival period to temporarily retain deployments instead
of destroying deployments as soon as their lease expires. Specify 0 (default)
to destroy the deployment when its lease expires. The archive period begins
on the day the lease expires. When the archive period ends, the deployment
is destroyed.
Deployment limit Specify the maximum number of deployments that can be created when this
blueprint is used to provision machines.
Lease days: Minimum and Maximum Enter a minimum and maximum value to allow users to choose from within a
range of lease lengths. When the lease ends, the deployment is either
destroyed or archived. If you do not specify a minimum or maximum value,
the lease is set to never expire.
NSX Settings Tab
If you have configured NSX you can specify NSX transport zone, Edge and routed gateway reservation
policy, and app isolation settings when you create or edit a blueprint. These settings are available on the
NSX Settings tab on the Blueprint and Blueprint Properties pages.
For information about NSX settings, see New Blueprint and Blueprint Properties Page Settings with NSX.
Properties Tab
Custom properties you add at the blueprint level apply to the entire blueprint, including all components.
However, they can be overridden by custom properties assigned later in the precedence chain. For more
information about order of precedence for custom properties, see Custom Properties Reference.
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