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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
For example, a blueprint that incorporates a standard developer workstation profile might override the US
English settings in the profile with UK English settings. On the other hand, if no appropriate profile is
available all the needed properties can be specified in the blueprint itself. This arrangement ensures that
the number and complexity of blueprints remain manageable.
At new machine request time, vRealize Automation has not yet allocated a reservation and the compute
resource and endpoint are unknown as well. Therefore, only custom properties from a build profile,
blueprint and business group are reconciled and presented when the machine is requested.
Order of Precedence for Custom Properties
When the same property exists in more than one source, a specific order is followed when applying
properties to the machine.
You can add custom properties that apply to provisioned machines to the following elements:
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A reservation, to apply the custom properties to all machines provisioned from that reservation
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A business group, to apply the custom properties to all machines provisioned by business group
members
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A global or local blueprint, to apply the custom properties to all machines provisioned from the
blueprint
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Build profiles, which can be incorporated into any global or local blueprint, to apply the custom
properties to all machines provisioned from the blueprint
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A machine request, if you are a business group manager, to apply the custom properties to the
machine being provisioned
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The applicable approval policy, if any exist and if advanced approval support is enabled, to require
approvers to provide the values to be applied to the machine being approved
The full order of precedence for custom properties is that any property value specified in a source later in
the list overrides values for the same property specified in sources earlier in the list. The order is shown in
the following list:
1 Build profile
2 Blueprint
3 Business group
4 Compute resource
5 Reservations
6 Endpoint
7 Runtime
For vApps, the order is similar, as shown in the following list:
1 Build profile, specified on a vApp component blueprint
2 vApp component blueprint
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