7.4

New Blueprint and Blueprint Properties Page Settings with NSX
You can specify settings that apply to the entire blueprint, including some NSX settings, 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 3‑30. 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.
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.
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.
Propagate updates to existing deployments When checked, specifies that any broadening of the limits that you make to
the CPU, Memory, and Storage minimum or maximum settings in the
blueprint are pushed to all active deployments that were provisioned from the
blueprint. For example, if you specify a minimum of 2 and maximum of 4
(2,4) originally, a change such as (1,4) or (2,5) would take effect upon
reconfiguration but a change of (3,4) or (2,3) would not.
The changes takes effect upon the next reconfigure action. For related
information about reconfigure actions, see Action Menu Commands for
Provisioned Resources.
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 configuring NSX, see NSX Administration Guide.
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