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Templates that are to be shared across organizations must be public.
Note When you create a vApp blueprint by cloning from a vCloud Director template, that template's
unique identifier (UID) becomes associated with the blueprint. When the blueprint is published to the
vRealize Automation catalog and used in the provisioning and data collection processes, the associated
vCloud Director template is recognized. If you delete the vApp template in vCloud Director, subsequent
vRealize Automation provisioning and data collection fails because the associated template no longer
exists. Instead of deleting and recreating a template, for example to upload an updated version, you can
replace the template using the vCloud Director template replacement process. Using vCloud Director to
replace the template, rather than deleting and recreating the template, keeps the template's unique ID
intact and allows provisioning and data collection to continue functioning.
The following high-level overview is of the preparation required to provision vCloud Director vApps using
vRealize Automation. For more information about vCloud Director administrator tasks, see
vCloud Director product documentation.
1 In vCloud Director, create a vApp template for cloning and add it to the organization catalog.
Depending on access, the template can be added to the global catalog.
2 In vCloud Director, use the vApp template to specify custom settings such as passwords, domain,
and scripts for the guest operating system on each machine.
You can use vRealize Automation to override some of these settings.
Customization can vary depending on the guest operating system of the resource.
3 In vCloud Director, configure the catalog to be shared with everyone in the organization.
The vCloud Director organization administrator allows all users and groups in the organization to
have access to the catalog. Without this sharing designation, the catalog templates are not be visible
to tenant administrators or business group managers in vRealize Automation.
4 Run endpoint data collection in vRealize Automation to collect your templates.
5 Gather the following information so that tenant administrators and business group managers can
include it in their blueprints:
n
Name of the vApp template.
n
Amount of total storage specified for the template.
Note Only reserved templates are available as a cloning source.
Creating vApp and vApp Component Blueprints
You can createvCloud Director or vCloud Air Vapp and vApp components blueprints. Machine blueprints
determine a machine's attributes, the manner in which it is provisioned, and its policy and management
settings. A tenant administrator or business group manager can configure blueprints for provisioning and
managing associated machines.
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