6.2

Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a fabric administrator or business group manager.
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Your system administrator must add datacenter locations to a locations file. See System
Administration.
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Your fabric administrator must associate compute resources to datacenter locations. See Associate a
Compute Resource with a Location.
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Create at least one cloud or virtual blueprint.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Blueprints > Blueprints.
2 Point to the blueprint to which you want to add datacenter location selection and click Edit.
3 Select Display location on request.
4 Click OK.
Business group users are now prompted to select a datacenter location when they request a machine to
be provisioned from this blueprint.
Allow Requesters to Specify Machine Host Name
Tenant administrators and business group managers can use a custom property to prompt users to
specify a host name for their machines.
Note If your fabric administrator creates a build profile that contains the required custom properties and
you include it in your blueprint, you do not need to individually add the required custom properties to the
blueprint.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or business group manager.
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Create at least one blueprint.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Blueprints > Blueprints.
2 Point to the blueprint to change and click Edit.
3 Click the Properties tab.
4 Click New Property.
5 Type Hostname in the Name text box.
6 Leave the Value text box blank.
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