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Creating a vApp Component (vCloud) Blueprint
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 creates a vApp Component
(vCloud) blueprint for each component machine to be included in the vApp (vCloud) blueprint. The vApp
component blueprint must exist before the vApp blueprint can be configured.
The vApp component blueprint provides information for provisioning a vApp virtual machine in vCloud Air
or vCloud Director. Provisioning settings include the following items:
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Machine prefix
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Provisioning workflow
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Machine resource specifications
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Build profiles and custom properties
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Available machine operations
As you create a vApp blueprint, you specify the vApp component blueprints to include in that vApp
blueprint. While you must specify a vApp template to clone from when you create a vApp blueprint,
template specification is optional when you create a vApp component blueprint. You might choose to
specify a template when you create a vApp component blueprint if there are one or more settings in the
template that you want to use in your component blueprint, for example a specific endpoint, compute
resource, and storage setting combination. You can either use the settings from the template or change
those settings for your blueprint. Blueprint settings are used during provisioning. If you have more than
one component in a vApp template, you can use one vApp component blueprint for all the components.
For related information, see Create a vApp Component Blueprint and Create a vApp Blueprint.
For more information about blueprints, see Foundations and Concepts.
Create a vApp Component Blueprint
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 creates a vApp component
blueprint for each component machine that will be included in the vApp.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or business group manager.
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Contact your fabric administrator for information about the templates to use.
Procedure
1 Specify vApp Component Blueprint Information
Blueprint information settings include a name and description, machine prefix information, and the
daily cost.
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