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Active System Manager Release 8.2 User’s Guide

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Virtual machine settings

Table 1. Virtual machine settings
Virtual Machine Component

Field Name

Description
vCenter Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine OS Settings
Auto-generate Host Name Select to generate a new name for each virtual machine.
  • NOTE: The Host Name Template field is displayed if this option is selected.
Host Name Template

Displays the naming convention followed for the virtual machines deployed in a service.

  • NOTE: The naming convention that is followed consists of vm${num), where vm indicates a static text that you can provide and ${num} is a variable number that is enumerated for the number of virtual machines that you create. For example, if you deploy a service with 3 virtual machines and if you select the auto-generate option and provide the name as vm, the virtual machines are named as vm1, vm2, and vm3.

Administrator password 

Specify OS administrator password that is set on the installed OS.

Confirm administrator password 

Enter the password to confirm the administrator password.

OS Image

Specifies the target repository where the OS image install files are located. The default repositories are ESXi. The additional repositories are shown if the user created them on the ASM appliance.

Virtual Machine Settings ( vCenter Virtual Machine)

Number of CPUs

Indicates the number of CPUs specified while configuring a Virtual Machine.

Virtual Disk Size (GB) 

Specifies the size to allocate for virtual machine hard disk.

Memory in MB

Indicates the memory specified while configuring a virtual machine.

Networks

Allows you to set the virtual machine network or set static networks already created in ASM as workload networks for the virtual machines.

  • NOTE: Static IPs are applicable only for vCenter Virtual Machine on which you are installing Linux operating system.
Static Network Default Gateway

Set the default gateway for the static network selected.

  • NOTE: This option is applicable only if you have set the Networks setting to a static network.

Virtual Machine Settings ( Clone vCenter Virtual Machine)

Auto-generate Name

Select to generate a new name for each virtual machine.

VM Name Template

Displays the naming convention followed for the virtual machines deployed in a service.

  • NOTE: The naming convention that is followed consists of vm${num), where vm indicates a static text that you can provide and ${num} is a variable number that is enumerated for the number of virtual machines that you create. For example, if you deploy a service with 3 virtual machines and if you select the auto-generate option and provide the name as vm, the virtual machines are named as vm1, vm2, and vm3.
Clone Type

Select the clone type from Clone Type drop-down menu.

Source

Specifies the name of the source template.

Source Datacenter

Specifies the VMware data center where the source template or virtual machine resides.

VM Guest Customization Spec

Select the specs available in vCenter inventory.

Number of CPUs

Indicates the number of CPUs specified while configuring a Virtual Machine.

Virtual Disk Size (GB)

Specifies the size to allocate for virtual machine hard disk.

Memory in MB

Indicates the memory specified in GB while configuring a Virtual Machine.

Networks

Allows you to set the virtual machine network or set static networks already created in ASM as workload networks for the virtual machines.

  • NOTE: Static IPs are applicable only for vCenter Virtual Machine on which you are installing Linux operating system.
Static Network Default Gateway

Set the default gateway for the static network selected.

  • NOTE: This option is applicable only if you have set the Networks setting to a static network.

Virtual Machine Settings ( Clone Hyper-V Virtual Machine)

Auto-generate Name

Select to generate a new name for each virtual machine.

  • NOTE: If this option is selected, the VM Name Template field is displayed.
VM Name Template

Displays the naming convention followed for the virtual machines deployed in a service.

  • NOTE: The naming convention that is followed consists of vm${num), where vm indicates a static text that you can provide and ${num} is a variable number that is enumerated for the number of virtual machines that you create. For example, if you deploy a service with 3 virtual machines and if you select the auto-generate option and provide the name as vm, the virtual machines are named as vm1, vm2, and vm3.

Description

Indicates the number of CPUs specified while configuring a Virtual Machine.

Name

Specifies the size to allocate for virtual machine hard disk.

Template

Specifies the SCVMM virtual machine template name.

Path

Specifies the storage path where VM clone is deployed.

Networks

Specifies the ASM networks, which are connected to the virtual machine clone.

Block Dynamic Optimization

If it is True, the block dynamic optimization is enabled. Possible values: True or False.

Highly Available

Enables whether the VM is a highly available VM.

Number of CPUs

Specifies the Number of CPUs to allocate to the virtual machine.

Memory in MB

Specifies the memory to allocate to the virtual machine.

Start Action

Selects the action to perform automatically when the virtualization server starts.

Stop Action

Selects the action to perform when the virtualization server stops.

Deploying customization specification for vCenter virtual machine clone

You can apply customization specification to virtual machines deployed using ASM. A customization spec allows you to create a spec with settings such as host name, domain name, network settings, static IPs that can be applied to VM clones. Before deploying a customization spec, ensure that you have created a spec and added it to the vCenter inventory. For more information on creating a customization spec, see Creating customization specification for vCenter virtual machine clone .

  • NOTE: Customization specification only applies to VMware virtual machine clone.

To deploy customization specification for vCenter virtual machine clone:

  1. Click Templates.
  2. Create and edit the template. For more information on creating a template, see Creating template.
  3. On the Template Builder page, click Add VM.

    The Virtual Machine Component window is displayed.

  4. Select Clone vCenter Virtual Machine from the Select a Component drop-down menu.
  5. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate Selected Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Under Virtual Machine Settings, select or enter all the parameters. For more information on Virtual Machine Settings, see Virtual Machine Settings.
  8. To apply the settings and deploy the customization specification, click Add.

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