Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 User’s Guide

Template – deploy physical server and virtual machine

This template deploys two virtual machines to an existing cluster in vCenter.

On the Templates page, select the Deploy Physical Server and Virtual Machine, and then click Clone in the right pane.
In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description.
In the Template Builder, click the server component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then in the Server Component dialog box, perform the following configurations:
1. In the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional)
2. Under Hardware Settings, from the Server Pool drop-down list, select the corresponding server pool.
- NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you cannot log in to the deployed server.
Under OS Settings, perform the following:
1. To select the administrator password that configures on the deployed OS, in the Administrator password text box, type the administrator password. In the Confirm administrator password box, type the password again to confirm.
2. From OS Image drop-down list, select an OS for a hypervisor (Example: ESXi 5.1) which is configured to be deployed within your ASM managed environment.
Under Network Settings section, update the network settings accordingly for the hypervisor you are deploying and for the configured networks in your environment.
In the Template Builder, select the cluster component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the .following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box.
In the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional)
Under Related Components, select corresponding components. (Optional)
Under Cluster Settings, perform the following:
1. From the Target Hypervisor drop-down list, select the target vCenter.
2. In the Data Center Name and Cluster Name boxes, type the corresponding names.
In the Template Builder, select the virtual machine component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then perform the following configuration in the Virtual Machine Component dialog box. Repeat the following steps for each virtual machine in the cluster.
1. Under Virtual Machine OS Settings, perform the following:
  1. In the Administrator password text box, type the administrator password and type the password again in the Confirm administrator password box to confirm.
    - NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you cannot log in to the deployed server.
  2. From OS Image drop-down list, select an OS image that is configured to be deployed in your ASM managed environment.
2. Under the Virtual Machine Settings section, if the defaults values are not required then edit the Number of CPUs , Virtual Disk Size, and Memory in MB.
To save the settings, click Save.
To publish the template, click Publish Template. The template is now ready to be deployed.