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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
Using vRealize Automation Guest Agent in Provisioning
You can install the guest agent on your templates for cloning to further customize a machine after
deployment. You can use the reserved guest agent custom properties to perform basic customizations
such as adding and formatting disks, or you can create your own custom scripts for the guest agent to run
within the guest operating system of a provisioned machine.
After the deployment is completed and the customization specification is run (if you provided one), the
guest agent creates an XML file that contains all of the deployed machine's custom properties
c:\VRMGuestAgent\site\workitem.xml, completes any tasks assigned to it with the guest agent
custom properties, and then deletes itself from the provisioned machine.
You can write your own custom scripts for the guest agent to run on deployed machines, and use custom
properties on the machine blueprint to specify the location of those scripts and the order in which to run
them. You can also use custom properties on the machine blueprint to pass custom property values to
your scripts as parameters.
For example, you could use the guest agent to make the following customizations on deployed machines:
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Change the IP address
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Add or format drives
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Run security scripts
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Initialize another agent, for example Puppet or Chef
Your custom scripts do not have to be locally installed on the machine. As long as the provisioned
machine has network access to the script location, the guest agent can access and run the scripts. This
lowers maintenance costs because you can update your scripts without having to rebuild all of your
templates .
If you choose to install the guest agent to run custom scripts on provisioned machines, your blueprints
must include the appropriate guest agent custom properties. For example, if you install the guest agent
on a template for cloning, create a custom script that changes the provisioned machine's IP address, and
place the script in a shared location, you need to include a number of custom properties in your blueprint.
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