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Table Of Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
- Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
- Configuring IaaS
- Configuring IaaS for Cloud Checklist
- Custom Properties in Machine Provisioning, Blueprints, and Build Profiles
- Bringing Resources Under vRealize Automation Management
- Configure Machine Prefixes
- Create a Business Group
- Managing Key Pairs
- Cloud Reservations
- Optional Configurations
- Preparing for Provisioning
- Choosing a Cloud Provisioning Scenario
- Preparing for Amazon Provisioning
- Preparing for OpenStack Provisioning
- Preparing for Virtual Machine Image Provisioning
- Preparing for Linux Kickstart Provisioning
- Preparing for WIM Provisioning
- Creating a Cloud Blueprint
- Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings
- Managing Cloud Infrastructure
- Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
- Machine Life Cycle and Workflow States for Cloud Platforms
A reservation policy can include reservations of different types, but only reservations that match the
blueprint type are considered when selecting a reservation for a particular request. For more information
about how reservations are selected for provisioning a machine, see IaaS Configuration for Cloud
Platforms, IaaS Configuration for Physical Machines, or IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms.
Note If you have SDRS enabled on your platform, you can allow SDRS to load balance storage for
individual virtual machine disks, or all storage for the virtual machine. If you are working with SDRS
datastore clusters, conflicts can occur when you use reservation policies and storage reservation policies.
For example, if a standalone datastore or a datastore within an SDRS cluster is selected on one of the
reservations in a policy or storage policy, your virtual machine storage might be frozen instead of driven
by SDRS.
Add a Reservation Policy to a Blueprint
When tenant administrators and business group managers create a new blueprint, the option to add a
reservation policy appears. To add a reservation policy to an existing blueprint, you edit the blueprint.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or business group manager.
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Verify that a fabric administrator configured a reservation policy. See Configure a Reservation Policy.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Blueprints > Blueprints.
2 Point to the blueprint to edit.
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Click the Edit icon ( ).
4 Select a Reservation policy from the Reservation policy drop-down menu.
5 Click OK.
The machines provisioned from your blueprint are now restricted to the resources specified in your
reservation policy.
Configuring Network Settings
You can also specify aspects of network configuration such as static IP address assignment, the networks
to which machines should be attached, and other networking details.
By default, vCloud Automation Center uses DHCP to assign IP addresses to provisioned machines. For
cloud and virtual machines provisioned by using cloning or Linux kickstart/autoYaST provisioning, it is
possible to assign static IP addresses from a predefined range. Static IP address assignment can be
configured either at the reservation level or at the blueprint level.
Note This information does not apply to Amazon Web Services.
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