6.2
Table Of Contents
- IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
- Contents
- IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
- Updated Information
- Using the Goal Navigator
- Provisioning with vCloud Air or vCloud Director vApps
- Configuring IaaS for vApps
- Configuring IaaS for vCloud Air or vCloud Director Checklist
- Using Custom Properties in vApp Machine Provisioning, Blueprints, and Build Profiles
- Bringing Resources Under vRealize Automation Management
- Configure Machine Prefixes
- Create a Business Group for vCloud Provisioning
- vCloud Reservations
- Optional Configurations
- Preparing for vApp Provisioning
- Creating vApp and vApp Component Blueprints
- Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings
- Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
- Machine Life Cycle and Workflow States for vCloud Air or vCloud Director vApps
4 Configure vApp Blueprint Actions
Use blueprint actions and entitlements together to maintain detailed control over provisioned
machines.
What to do next
Publish the blueprint to create a catalog item. See Publish a vApp Blueprint.
Specify vApp Blueprint Information
Blueprint information settings include a name and description, machine prefix information, number of days
after expiration to archive the machine, and a daily cost assignment.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or business group manager.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Blueprints > Blueprints.
2 Select New Blueprint > Cloud > vApp (vCloud).
3 (Optional) Select a master blueprint from the Copy from existing blueprint text box to populate form
fields.
4 Enter a name and, optionally, a description.
5 (Optional) Select the Master check box to allow users to copy your blueprint.
6 Select who can provision machines with this blueprint.
Roles Who Can Provision
If you are both a business group
manager and a tenant administrator
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Select the Shared blueprint check box to allow the blueprint to be entitled to
users in any business group.
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Deselect the Shared blueprint check box to create a local blueprint, and
select a business group from the Business group drop-down menu.
Business group manager Select a business group from the Business group drop-down menu.
Tenant administrator Your blueprints are always shared. You cannot choose who can use them to
provision machines.
7 (Optional) Select a reservation policy from the Reservation policy drop-down menu.
This option requires additional configuration by a fabric administrator to create a reservation policy.
8 Select a machine prefix from the Machine prefix drop-down menu.
You can select Use group default to accept the default machine prefix of the user's business group.
The prefix is used for all vApp component machines provisioned from this blueprint.
9 (Optional) Enter a number in the Maximum per user text box to limit the number of machines that a
single user can provision with this blueprint.
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