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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
4 Assign a network profile to a network path.
a Locate a network path on which you want to enable static IP addresses.
b Select a network profile from the Network Profile drop-down menu.
c (Optional) Repeat this step to assign network profiles to additional network paths on this
reservation.
5 Click OK.
What to do next
Repeat this procedure for all reservations for which you want to enable static IP addresses.
Cost Profiles
Fabric administrators can associate compute resources and physical machines with cost profiles to
enable calculation of a machine’s cost. The cost is displayed to machine owners, requesters, approvers,
and administrators at various points in the request and provisioning life cycle.
A cost profile includes the following values for daily cost:
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Cost per GB of memory capacity specified in the virtual blueprint or installed in the physical machine
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Cost per CPU specified in the virtual blueprint or installed in the physical machine
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Cost per GB of storage capacity as specified in the virtual blueprint (not used for physical machines,
because storage attached to physical machines is not discovered or tracked)
For finer definition of storage cost for virtual machines, you can also associate each known datastore on a
compute resource with a storage cost profile. A storage cost profile contains only a daily cost per GB of
storage. If you assign a storage cost profile to a datastore, this storage cost overrides the storage cost in
the cost profile assigned to the compute resource.
For virtual machines, the machine cost is calculated from the cost profile and storage cost profile on the
compute resource, the resources it consumes, and the daily blueprint cost. You can use the blueprint cost
to represent a markup for using the machine in addition to the resources that the machine consumes, for
example to account for the cost of specific software deployed with that blueprint.
For physical machines, the machine cost is calculated from the cost profile on the machine, the CPU and
memory on the machine, and the daily blueprint cost. You can use the blueprint cost to represent such
factors as storage cost or additional costs for using the machine.
You cannot apply cost profiles to machines provisioned on Amazon Web Services or Red Hat OpenStack.
For machines provisioned on these cloud platforms, the only cost factor is the daily cost in the blueprint
from which it was provisioned. The cost for vCloud Director vApps includes any cost profile and storage
cost profile on the virtual datacenter and the blueprint cost.
Cost Calculation for Virtual Machines
Several factors can contribute to the calculation of cost for virtual machines.
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