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d Click OK.
e Configure the following options:
Option Configuration
Name Enter CentOS on vSphere CPU or Memory VM.
Description Enter Requires VI Admin approval for CPU>2 or Memory>2048.
Status Select Active.
3
On the Pre Approval tab, click the Add icon ( ).
4 Configure the Level Information tab with the triggering criteria and the approval actions.
a In the Name text box, enter CPU>2 or Memory>2048 - VI Admin.
b In the Description text box, enter VI Admin approval for CPU and Memory.
c Select Required based on conditions.
d In the Clause drop-down list, select Any of the following.
e In the new Clause drop-down list, select CPUs and configure the clause with the values CPU > 2.
f Click Add expression and configure the clause with the values Memory (MB) > 2048.
g Select Specific Users and Groups.
h Enter the name of the vSphere virtual infrastructure administrator or administrator group in the
search text box and click the search icon (
).
i Select the user or group.
j Select Anyone can approve.
The request only needs one virtual infrastructure administrator to verify the resources and
approve the request.
5 Click the System Properties tab and select the properties that allow the approver to modify the
requested CPU and Memory values before approving a request.
a Select the CPUs and Memory (MB) check boxes.
b Click OK.
6 Click OK.
You created an approval policy for virtual machine requests, but you still want to create an approval for
the MySQL component. Until you apply the policies to an entitlement, no approvals are triggered.
Scenario: Create a MySQL Software Component Approval Policy
As the tenant administrator, your software managers asked you to create and apply approval policies for
MySQL installations to track licensing usage. You create a policy to notify the software license manager
whenever the MySQL for Linux Virtual Machines Software component is requested.
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