6.2
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 4‑1. Choosing a Blueprint Scenario
Scenario
Supported
Platforms Procedure Custom Properties
Provision machines with no guest
operating system. You can install an
operating system after provisioning.
This option does not require any pre-
provisioning preparations.
All Create a Blueprint for the Basic
Workflow
Custom Properties for Basic
Workflow Blueprints
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
Create a Blueprint for Cloning Custom Properties for Clone
Blueprints
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 Create a Linked Clone Blueprint Custom Properties for Linked
Clone Blueprints
Provision a space-efficient copy of a
virtual machine by using
Net App FlexClone technology.
vSphere Create a Blueprint for Net App
FlexClone Provisioning
Custom Properties for FlexClone
Blueprints
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 Create a Blueprint for Linux
Kickstart Provisioning
Custom Properties for Linux
Kickstart Blueprints
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 Create a Blueprint for SCCM
Provisioning
Custom Properties for SCCM
Blueprints
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 Create a Blueprint for WIM
Provisioning
Custom Properties for WIM
Blueprints
Create a Blueprint for the Basic Workflow
A basic workflow blueprint provisions a virtual machine with no guest operating system. You can install
the operating system after the machine is provisioned.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or business group manager.
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