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Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or approval administrator.
Procedure
1 Specify Approval Policy Information
When you create an approval policy, first define the approval policy type, name, description, and
status.
2 Create an Approval Level
When you create an approval policy, you can add pre- and post-approval levels.
3 Configure an Approval Form
You can configure an approval form to allow the approvers to change the values of system
properties for machine resource settings such as CPU, Lease, or Memory and custom properties
before they complete an approval request.
Specify Approval Policy Information
When you create an approval policy, first define the approval policy type, name, description, and status.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or approval administrator.
Procedure
1 Select Administration > Approval Policies.
2
Click the Add icon ( ).
3 Select an approval policy type from the Policy Type drop-down menu.
4 Click OK.
5 Enter a name and, optionally, a description.
6 Select the state of the policy from the Status drop-down menu.
Option Description
Draft Saves the approval policy in an editable state.
Active Saves the approval policy in a read-only state that you can use in an entitlement.
Inactive Saves the approval policy in a read-only state that you cannot use in an
entitlement until you activate the policy.
What to do next
Create the pre- and post-approval levels.
Create an Approval Level
When you create an approval policy, you can add pre- and post-approval levels.
Tenant Administration
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