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Entitlements control which machine operations specific users can access. Blueprint actions control which
machine operations can be performed on machines provisioned from a blueprint. For example, if you
disable the option to reprovision machines created from a blueprint, then the option to reprovision a
machine created from the blueprint does not appear for any users. If you enable the reprovision machine
operation, then users who are entitled to reprovision machines can reprovision machines created from
this blueprint.
Note The options that appear on the Actions tab depend on your platform and any customizations
made to your vRealize Automation instance.
Prerequisites
Add Required Properties to an SCCM Blueprint.
Procedure
1 Click the Actions tab.
2 (Optional) Select the check boxes for each machine option to enable for machines provisioned from
this blueprint.
3 Click OK.
Your blueprint is saved in draft state.
What to do next
Publish your blueprint to make it available as a catalog item. See Publish a Blueprint.
Create a Blueprint for PXE Provisioning
You can provision a machine by querying a PXE boot server for a network boot strap program (NBP). You
can configure the NBP to then download and execute any boot image-based provisioning method to
deploy an operating system.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or business group manager.
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Gather the following information from your fabric administrator:
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For Cisco UCS Manager machines, record the service profile template name to apply to
provisioned machines.
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(Optional) For Cisco UCS Manager machines, record the name of the boot policy to apply on
reboot.
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Depending on how your administrators prepare for provisioning, gather any other required
information. For example, you might require the assigned names of custom PowerShell scripts to
run during provisioning.
Note Your fabric administrator might have provided this information in a build profile.
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