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Configuring IaaS 1
Preparation is required by IaaS administrators, tenant administrators, and fabric administrators to bring
resources under vRealize Automation management, allocate resources to users, prepare for provisioning
machines, and create machine blueprints.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Custom Properties in Machine Provisioning, Blueprints, and Build Profiles
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Configuring IaaS Checklist
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Bringing Resources Under vCloud Automation Center Management
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Configure Machine Prefixes
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Create a Business Group
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Physical Reservations
Custom Properties in Machine Provisioning, Blueprints,
and Build Profiles
Custom properties are name-value pairs used to specify attributes of a machine or to override default
specifications.
Different custom properties are used for different provisioning methods, types of machines, and machine
options. Custom properties can be used as described in the following examples:
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Specify a particular type of guest OS
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Enable WIM-based provisioning, in which a Windows Imaging File Format (WIM) image of a
reference machine is used to provision new machines
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Customize the behavior of Remote Desktop Protocol when connecting to a machine
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Register a virtual machine with a XenDesktop Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC) server
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Customize a virtual machine’s system specifications, such as adding multiple hard disk drives
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Customize the guest OS for a machine, for instance, by including specified users in selected local
groups
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Enable cleanup of a the Active Directory account of a machine after it is destroyed
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