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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
Table 3‑2. Preparing for Virtual Provisioning by Cloning Checklist (Continued)
Task Location Details
(Optional) Install and enable a Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI) agent
to collect certain data from a Windows
machine managed by
vRealize Automation, for example the
Active Directory status of a machine’s
owner.
Manager Service host See Installation and Configuration.
(Optional) Run endpoint data collection
to collect your templates immediately.
vRealize Automation See Start Endpoint Data Collection
Manually.
Gather information about your template and customizations and transfer it to the tenant administrators
and business group managers who create blueprints.
n
Gather the following information so that tenant administrators and business group managers can
include it in their blueprints:
a The name of the template.
b The name of the customization specification.
c The amount of total storage specified for the template.
d The reservations on which the template is available. Business group managers and tenant
administrators are provided with a list of all templates on all reservations to choose from when
creating a blueprint. vRealize Automation does not validate that the selected template exists on
the reservation selected in the blueprint. To avoid errors during provisioning, ensure that the
template is available on all reservations or create reservation policies that tenant administrators
and business group managers can use to restrict the blueprint to reservations where the template
is available.
e For vCenter Server integrations, the vCenter Server guest operating system version with which
vCenter Server is to create the machine.
f (Optional) For SCVMM integrations, the ISO, virtual hard disk, or hardware profile to attach to
provisioned machines.
n
(Optional) If you have customization scripts for the Linux guest agent to run during provisioning,
gather the following information for your tenant administrators and business group managers to
include in their blueprints:
a The name of the customization script.
b Whether the location of the customization script is nfs or local.
c The name of the NFS server on which the customization script is located if it is not local.
d The local path to the customization path or the export path if the script is on an NFS server.
Note You can create build profiles by using the property set LinuxExternalScriptProperties to provide
the information for Linux customization scripts. Doing so makes it easier for tenant administrators and
business group managers to include this information correctly in their blueprints.
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