6.2
Table Of Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
- Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
- Configuring IaaS
- Configuring IaaS Checklist
- Custom Properties in Machine Provisioning, Blueprints, and Build Profiles
- Bringing Resources Under vRealize Automation Management
- Choosing an Endpoint Scenario
- Store User Credentials for Endpoints
- Create a vSphere Endpoint
- Create a vSphere Endpoint with Networking Integration
- Create a NetApp ONTAP Endpoint
- Create a KVM (RHEV) Endpoint
- Create a Standalone Hyper-V Endpoint
- Create an SCVMM Endpoint
- Create a Xen Pool Endpoint
- Create a XenServer Endpoint
- Preparing an Endpoint CSV File for Import
- Import a List of Endpoints
- Create a Fabric Group
- Configure Machine Prefixes
- Create a Business Group
- Virtual Reservations
- Optional Configurations
- Build Profiles and Property Sets
- Reservation Policies
- Storage Reservation Policies
- Static IP Address Assignment
- Cost Profiles
- Enabling Users to Select Datacenter Locations
- Active Directory Cleanup Plugin
- Enabling Remote Desktop Connections
- Enabling Connections to Machines Using SSH
- Preparing for Provisioning
- Space-Efficient Storage for Virtual Provisioning
- Preparing Your SCVMM Environment
- Enabling Visual Basic Scripts in Provisioning
- Choosing a Provisioning Scenario
- Checklist for Virtual Provisioning by Cloning Preparation
- Choosing Your Linux Kickstart Provisioning Preparation Method
- Preparing for SCCM Provisioning
- Preparing for WIM Provisioning
- Creating Blueprints
- Space-Efficient Storage for Virtual Provisioning
- Choosing a Blueprint Scenario
- Create a Blueprint for the Basic Workflow
- Create a Blueprint for Cloning
- Create a Linked Clone Blueprint
- Create a Blueprint for Net App FlexClone Provisioning
- Create a Blueprint for WIM Provisioning
- Create a Blueprint for Linux Kickstart Provisioning
- Create a Blueprint for SCCM Provisioning
- Troubleshooting Blueprints for Clone and Linked Clone
- Publish a Blueprint
- Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings
- Assigning Datastores to Machine Volumes
- Choosing a Storage Scenario
- Add a Datastore to a Create, Clone, or FlexClone Blueprint
- Add a Datastore to a Linked Clone Blueprint
- Add a Storage Reservation Policy to a Create, Clone, or FlexClone Blueprint
- Add a Storage Reservation Policy to a Linked Clone Blueprint
- Allow Alternative Datastores at Provisioning Time
- Reservation Policies
- Configuring Network Settings
- Enable Users to Select Datacenter Locations
- Allow Requesters to Specify Machine Host Name
- Enabling Visual Basic Scripts in Provisioning
- Add Active Directory Cleanup to a Blueprint
- Enable Machine Users to Create Snapshots
- RDP Connections
- Enable Connections Using SSH
- Assigning Datastores to Machine Volumes
- Infrastructure Organizer
- Managing Infrastructure
- Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
- Appendix A: Machine Life Cycle and Workflow States
Table 1‑1. Configuring IaaS checklist (Continued)
Task Required Role
Configure optional policies and settings.
See Chapter 2 Optional Configurations.
Fabric administrator
Depending on your intended method of provisioning, preparation outside of
vRealize Automation might be required before you can start creating machine blueprints. For
example, if you intend to provision by cloning, you need to create the template and the
customization object.
See Choosing a Provisioning Scenario.
Outside of vRealize Automation
Create and publish machine blueprints.
See Choosing a Blueprint Scenario and Chapter 5 Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings.
n
Tenant administrator
n
Business group manager
Before users can request machines, a tenant administrator must configure the service catalog. See
Tenant Administration.
Custom Properties in Machine Provisioning, Blueprints,
and Build Profiles
Custom properties are name-value pairs used to specify attributes of a machine or to override default
specifications.
Different custom properties are used for different provisioning methods, types of machines, and machine
options. Custom properties can be used as described in the following examples:
n
Specify a particular type of guest OS
n
Enable WIM-based provisioning, in which a Windows Imaging File Format (WIM) image of a
reference machine is used to provision new machines
n
Customize the behavior of Remote Desktop Protocol when connecting to a machine
n
Register a virtual machine with a XenDesktop Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC) server
n
Customize a virtual machine’s system specifications, such as adding multiple hard disk drives
n
Customize the guest OS for a machine, for instance, by including specified users in selected local
groups
n
Enable cleanup of a the Active Directory account of a machine after it is destroyed
Specifying the characteristics of the machines to be provisioned is generally done by adding properties to
blueprints and build profiles. You can make custom properties available to multiple blueprints and all
business groups by placing them in build profiles.
Any property specified in a blueprint overrides the same property specified in the incorporated build
profile. This enables a blueprint to use most of the properties in a profile while differing from the profile in
some limited way. For more information, see Order of Precedence for Custom Properties..
IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
VMware, Inc. 12