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Custom Properties for vCloud Air and vCloud Director Blueprints
You can add certain custom properties to a vCloud Air or vCloud Director machine component
definition in a blueprint.
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Custom Properties for Networking
The vRealize Automation custom properties for networking specify configuration for a specific
network device on a machine.
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Custom Properties and Property Groups for Containers
You can add predefined property groups to a containers component in a vRealize Automation
blueprint. When machines are provisioned by using a blueprint that contain these properties, the
provisioned machine is registered as a Docker Container host machine.
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Custom Properties for PXE Provisioning
PXE is the only provisioning method supported for Cisco UCS Manager. You can use the network
bootstrap program with vRealize Automation custom properties to initiate WIM, SCCM, or Linux
Kickstart provisioning. You can also use custom properties to call your own PowerShell scripts. Linux
Kickstart provisioning does not require custom properties.
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Custom Properties for vRealize Automation Guest Agent
If you have installed the vRealize Automation guest agent in your templates for cloning or in your
WinPE, you can use custom properties to run custom scripts within the guest operating system of a
provisioned machine after the machine is fully deployed.
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Custom Properties for BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager Integration
vRealize Automation includes custom properties that you can use to provide additional controls for
BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager integration.
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Custom Properties for HP Server Automation Integration
vRealize Automation includes custom properties that you can use to provide additional controls for
HP Server Automation integration. Some custom properties are required for HP Server Automation
integration. Other custom properties are optional.
Custom Properties for Deployments
vRealize Automation provides several custom properties that are applicable to most deployments.
Custom Properties Reference
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