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Table 1‑4. Custom Properties for Clone Blueprints
Custom Property Description
VirtualMachine.DiskN.StorageReservationPolicy
Specifies the storage reservation policy to use to find storage for
disk N. Also assigns the named storage reservation policy to a
volume. To use this property, substitute the volume number for N
in the property name and specify a storage reservation policy
name as the value. This property is equivalent to the storage
reservation policy name specified on the blueprint. Disk
numbering must be sequential. This property is valid for all
Virtual and vCloud reservations. This property is not valid for
Physical, Amazon, or OpenStack reservations.
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.ProfileName and
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.NetworkProfileName
Specifies the name of a network profile from which to assign a
static IP address to network device N or from which to obtain the
range of static IP addresses that can be assigned to network
device N of a cloned machine, where N=0 for the first device, 1
for the second, and so on.
n
Use VirtualMachine.NetworkN.ProfileName to select
any network from the reservation regardless of whether it
has a corresponding network profile.
n
Use VirtualMachine.NetworkN.NetworkProfileName to
only select networks that have a corresponding network
profile with the same name.
The network profile that the property points to is used to allocate
an IP address. However, the provisioned machine is attached to
any network that is selected in the reservation using a round-
robin fashion model.
Changing this property value after the network is assigned has
no effect on the expected IP address values for the designated
machines.
With WIM-based provisioning for virtual machines, you can use
this property to specify a network profile and network interface or
you can use the Network section of the Virtual Reservation
page. You can also assign the network interface to a virtual
network using the VirtualMachine.NetworkN.Name custom
property.
The following attributes of the network profile are available to
enable static IP assignment in a cloning blueprint:
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.SubnetMask
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.Gateway
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.PrimaryDns
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.SecondaryDns
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.PrimaryWins
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.SecondaryWins
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.DnsSuffix
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.DnsSearchSuffixes
VirtualMachine.NetworkN custom properties are specific to
individual blueprints and machines. When a machine is
requested, network and IP address allocation is performed
before the machine is assigned to a reservation. Because
blueprints are not guaranteed to be allocated to a specific
reservation, do not use this property on a reservation.
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