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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
Table 10. Property and Template Settings for Making an Identical Copy
Make Identical Copy Using a Blueprint
Property
Make Identical Copy Using a vApp
Template Result
True Ignored Clone from the vApp template only.
n
Do not configure networks.
n
Do not customize hardware.
n
Do not change the computer name.
n
Do not join vApp virtual machines to
the AD domain.
Only the names of the vApp machine and
its component machines are changed
from the template names.
The SysPrep. custom properties are
ignored.
False Selected Clone from the vApp template. Also use
the vApp and vApp component blueprints,
but do not configure networks.
Use the storage path specified in the vApp
component blueprint, or one specified for
a component during a request for a vApp
machine.
The SysPrep. custom properties are
recognized.
False Not Selected Clone from the vApp template. Also use
the vApp and vApp component blueprints.
If the custom property is set to True for the vApp blueprint, and an assigned vApp component blueprint
specifies a minimum and maximum range for machine resources, changes made to the machine
resources when using those blueprints are ignored. You can change the machine resources after
provisioning the machine and while it is powered on.
If the custom property is set to True for the vApp blueprint, and an assigned vApp component blueprint
specifies a different storage path than the one specified in the vApp template, the storage path specified
in the vApp template prevails.
Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
Depending on your role, you can monitor workflows and view activity logs.
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