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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
6 Select a template to clone.
Blueprint Type Available Templates
Shared The list includes all templates for all reservations. No validation is available to
ensure that the template you select exists in the reservation used to provision a
machine from this blueprint.
Local (you selected a business group
for the blueprint)
You only see templates that exist on reservations for the business group you
selected.
7 Click OK.
8 (Optional) Enter the name of the customization specification in the Customization spec text box.
A customization specification is required only if you are cloning with static IP addresses. However,
you cannot perform customizations of Windows machines without a customization specification
object. For Linux clone machines, you can use a customization specification, an external script, or
both to perform customizations.
When you create a customization specification in the vSphere Client for DHCP, use the Typical
settings option on the Customization Specification > Network tab page. The Typical settings
option is related to network settings in vRealize Automation and is indirectly related to network
profiles that have the DHCP private network profile and NAT one-to-many settings enabled. If the
clone machine is provisioned by using the custom specification, and no profiles are enabled on the
vRealize Automation virtual appliance, the machine IP address is selected from the vSphere Client
DHCP.
Your blueprint is not finished. Do not navigate away from this page.
Configure FlexClone Blueprint Machine Resources
Machine resource settings control the resources consumed by a machine provisioned with your blueprint.
Prerequisites
Specify FlexClone Blueprint Build Information.
Procedure
1 Specify CPU settings for provisioned machines.
a Enter the minimum number of CPUs in the Minimum text box.
If you only provide a minimum, this number becomes the value for all machines provisioned from
this blueprint.
b (Optional) Enter the maximum number of CPUs in the Maximum text box to allow users to select
their own settings within the range that you provide.
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