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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
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(Optional) The prefix to attach to destroyed machines.
Note A fabric administrator can create a build profile by using the property set
ActiveDirectoryCleanupPlugin to provide this required information. Doing so makes it easier for tenant
administrators and business group managers to include this information correctly in their blueprints.
Enabling Remote Desktop Connections
A system administrator can create a custom remote desktop protocol file that tenant administrators and
business group managers use in blueprints to configure RDP settings.
The following high-level overview is the sequence of tasks required to enable machine users to connect
using RDP.
1 A system administrator creates a custom RDP file and places it in the Website\Rdp subdirectory of
the vRealize Automation installation directory. Provide fabric administrators, tenant administrators,
and business group managers with the full pathname for the custom RDP file so that it can be
included in blueprints.
2 (Optional) A fabric administrator creates a build profile using the property set
RemoteDesktopProtocolProperties to compile RDP custom properties and values for tenant
administrators and business group managers to include in their blueprints.
3 A tenant administrator or business group manager adds the RDP custom properties to a blueprint to
configure the RDP settings of machines provisioned from the blueprint.
4 A tenant administrator or business group manager enables the Connect using RDP or SSH option in
a blueprint.
5 A tenant administrator or business group manager entitles users or groups to use the Connect using
RDP or SSH option. See Tenant Administration.
Enabling Connections to Machines Using SSH
With a combination of custom properties and blueprint settings, you can enable the Connect Using SSH
option for Linux machines provisioned through vRealize Automation.
To enable machine users to connect using SSH:
1 A blueprint creator adds the custom property Machine.SSH to add the ability to connect using SSH to
a blueprint. Optionally, a fabric administrator can include this custom property in a property group.
2 A blueprint creator enables the Connect using RDP or SSH machine operation for machines
provisioned from the blueprint.
3 A tenant administrator or business group manager entitles users or groups to use the Connect using
RDP or Connect Using SSH options.
If the custom property Machine.SSH is set to true, and the Connect using RDP or SSH machine
operation is enabled in the blueprint, all Linux machines provisioned from the blueprint display the
Connect Using SSH option to entitled users.
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