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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
c (Optional) Edit cost drivers in vRealize Business Standard Edition. This can include a markup for
using the resources in addition to the raw resource cost, which contributes to the overall price.
Note vRealize Business Standard Edition supports configuring pricing policies based on
vRealize Automation reservations and reservation policies. However, costs configured at this
level in vRealize Business Standard Edition are not reflected in vRealize Automation.
For more information, see the vRealize Business Standard Edition documentation.
2 Create vSphere endpoints in IaaS for the same vCenter Server instances that you configured in
vRealize Business Standard Edition.
Cost profiles are automatically generated for any hosts and clusters in the vCenter Server instances that
are configured in both IaaS and vRealize Business Standard Edition. Values for monthly price in
vRealize Business Standard Edition are converted to daily cost in IaaS.
Cost information is refreshed in IaaS every 24 hours. A fabric administrator can also manually initiate an
update of cost information.
The automatically generated cost profiles cannot be viewed on the Cost Profiles page in IaaS. You can
view the cost information on a compute resource that is managed by vRealize Business Standard Edition
and update cost profiles for compute resources that are not managed by
vRealize Business Standard Edition.
Note Although vRealize Business Standard Edition supports cost management for vCloud Director and
Amazon AWS, costs from vRealize Business Standard Edition for these platforms are not integrated with
IaaS or the service catalog.
View Cost Information from vRealize Business Standard Edition
Fabric administrators can view the costs for compute resources automatically populated from
vRealize Business Standard Edition.
Prerequisites
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To view cost information from vRealize Business Standard Edition for a compute resource in IaaS, the
vCenter Server that manages the host or cluster must be configured in both IaaS and
vRealize Business Standard Edition.
n
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a fabric administrator.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Compute Resources > Compute Resources.
2 Point to a compute resource and click Edit.
Compute resources that have cost information from vRealize Business Standard Edition have a value
of Automatic in the Cost Profile column.
3 Click the Configuration tab.
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