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Table 31. Choosing a Provisioning Method
Scenario
Supported
Platforms
Provisioning
Method Pre-provisioning Preparations
Provision machines with no guest
operating system. You can install
an operating system after
provisioning.
All Basic No required pre-provisioning preparations outside of
vRealize Automation.
Provision machines by cloning
from a template object created
from an existing Windows or Linux
machine, called the reference
machine, and a customization
specification.
n
vSphere
n
KVM (RHEV)
n
SCVMM
Clone Checklist for Virtual Provisioning by Cloning
Preparation
Provision a space-efficient copy of
a virtual machine called a linked
clone. Linked clones are based on
a snapshot of a VM and use a
chain of delta disks to track
differences from a parent machine.
vSphere Linked clone No required pre-provisioning preparations outside of
vRealize Automation.
Provision a space-efficient copy of
a virtual machine by using
Net App FlexClone technology.
vSphere FlexClone Checklist for Virtual Provisioning by Cloning
Preparation
Provision a machine by booting
from an ISO image, using a
kickstart or autoYaSt configuration
file and a Linux distribution image
to install the operating system on
the machine.
All Linux Kickstart Choosing Your Linux Kickstart Provisioning
Preparation Method
Provision a machine and pass
control to an SCCM task sequence
to boot from an ISO image, deploy
a Windows operating system, and
install the vRealize Automation
guest agent.
All Virtual SCCM Preparing for SCCM Provisioning
Provision a machine by booting
into a WinPE environment and
installing an operating system
using a Windows Imaging File
Format (WIM) image of an existing
Windows reference machine.
All WIM Image Preparing for WIM Provisioning
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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