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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
Preparing for Provisioning 3
There is some configuration required outside of vRealize Automation to prepare for machine provisioning.
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Space-Efficient Storage for Virtual Provisioning
Space-efficient storage technology eliminates the inefficiencies of traditional storage methods by
using only the storage actually required for a machine's operations. Typically, this is only a fraction of
the storage actually allocated to machines. vRealize Automation supports two methods of
provisioning with space-efficient technology, thin provisioning and FlexClone provisioning.
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Preparing Your SCVMM Environment
Before you begin creating SCVMM templates and hardware profiles for use in vRealize Automation
machine provisioning, you must understand the naming restrictions on template and hardware
profile names, and configure SCVMM network and storage settings.
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Enabling Visual Basic Scripts in Provisioning
Visual Basic scripts are run outside of vRealize Automation as additional steps in the machine life
cycle and can be used to update the custom property values of machines. Visual Basic scripts can
be used with any provisioning method.
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Choosing a Provisioning Scenario
There are several methods you can use with vRealize Automation to provision virtual machines.
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Checklist for Virtual Provisioning by Cloning Preparation
With vRealize Automation, you can clone both Windows and Linux machines. Some preparation
outside of vRealize Automation is required to create the template and the customization objects
used to clone machines.
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Choosing Your Linux Kickstart Provisioning Preparation Method
You can automate a Linux installation on newly provisioned machines. The procedures for preparing
for this type of provisioning differ depending on whether you are using Solaris AI or Kickstart or
autoYaST configuration files to perform your machine provisioning.
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Preparing for SCCM Provisioning
vRealize Automation boots a newly provisioned machine from an ISO image, and then passes
control to the specified SCCM task sequence.
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