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You can provision infrastructure using predefined catalog items. A catalog defines parameters, such as the cloud name and the group name to which the infrastructure is bound. Your administrator can create custom folders and catalog items, and can specify a user group or specific users who can view the folders or catalogs. Your administrator can also give you permissions to create catalog items.
The following folders are available by default. You cannot edit or delete them.
By default, the catalogs display in a tile view format. You can toggle in the upper right corner to display the catalogs in a list view format.
You can view additional details about a catalog item by clicking the row with the catalog item and clicking View Details.
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The available catalog item details depend on the parameters defined by your administrator.
Standard catalog items are used for generic service requests, such as creating service requests for VM provisioning using images from a list of clouds.
Advanced catalog items are used for orchestration workflow execution. You can execute workflow catalog items that have been provisioned by your administrator.
Service container catalog items are used for application container VM provisioning.
Bare metal catalog items are used for workflow execution of a bare metal server. You can execute a catalog item with a bare metal server provisioning policy that has been defined by your administrator.
You can run a deployability assessment on a standard catalog item to assess the deployable hosts. The report displays if a host is deployable or not and lists any reasons for exclusion. You can create a deployability assessment report on all configured VDCs or on selected VDCs.
The administrator should have enabled the Allow Deployability Assessment permission for your role for you to perform this action.
When you create a catalog item, you have the option of choosing which folder to place the catalog item in. For example, creating a standard catalog item automatically creates a standard folder to place the catalog item in. You also have the option of creating a new catalog item and assigning a unique name to it.
To access this option, your administrator must provide permission in your user role, or in the End User Self-Service policy in your group's VDC.
After you create a standard catalog item, you can edit or delete it by clicking on the standard catalog item and clicking Edit or Delete.
When you create an advanced catalog item, you can provision workflow catalogs that can be executed when creating a service request. You can create an advanced catalog item by defining parameters such as the group name, workflow, and so on. The available parameters may vary depending on the options set by your administrator.
To access this option, your administrator must provide permission in your user role, or in the End User Self-Service policy in your group's VDC.
Step 1 | Choose Catalogs. | ||
Step 2 | Click Add. | ||
Step 3 | On the Add Catalog screen, choose Advanced from the Catalog Type drop-down list. | ||
Step 4 | Click Submit. | ||
Step 5 | On the
Basic
Information screen, complete the required fields and then click
Next.
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Step 6 | On the vApp Workflow screen, check the workflow that you want to the advanced catalog item to execute and then click Next. | ||
Step 7 | On the Summary screen, review the information for the advanced catalog item. | ||
Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can create a service container catalog item for application container VM provisioning. When a service request is created, the application container template specified in the service container catalog item is applied. The available parameters may vary depending on the options set by your administrator.
To access this option, your administrator must provide permission in your user role, or in the End User Self-Service policy in your group's VDC.
Step 1 | Choose Catalogs. | ||
Step 2 | Click Add. | ||
Step 3 | On the Add Catalog screen, choose Service Container from the Catalog Type drop-down list. | ||
Step 4 | Click Submit. | ||
Step 5 | On the
Basic
Information screen, complete the required fields and then click
Next.
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Step 6 | On the Summary screen, review the information for the service container catalog item. | ||
Step 7 | Click Submit. |
When you create a bare metal catalog item, you can specify a bare metal server provisioning policy that can be executed when creating a service request. You can also specify the VMware vApp workflow to use when provisioning the bare metal server.
To access this option, your administrator must provide permission in your user role, or in the End User Self-Service policy in your group's VDC.
Step 1 | Choose Catalogs. | ||
Step 2 | Click Add. | ||
Step 3 | On the Add Catalog screen, choose Bare Metal Catalog from the Catalog Type drop-down list. | ||
Step 4 | Click Submit. | ||
Step 5 | On the
Basic
Information screen, complete the required fields, including the
following:
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Step 6 | Click Next. | ||
Step 7 | On the vApp Workflow screen, check the workflow that you want to the bare metal catalog item to execute and then click Next. | ||
Step 8 | On the Summary screen, review the information for the bare metal catalog item. | ||
Step 9 | Click Submit. |
When you clone a catalog item, all the existing properties are copied into the new catalog item. You can clone a standard, advanced, or service container catalog item. The available screens and fields depend on the catalog type and the permissions set by your administrator.
To access this option, your administrator must provide permission in your user role, or in the End User Self-Service policy in your group's VDC.
Step 1 | Choose Catalogs. | ||
Step 2 | Choose the catalog item that you want to clone and click Clone. | ||
Step 3 | On the
Basic
Information screen, specify a new catalog item name and update the
fields as necessary and then click
Next.
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Step 4 | On the subsequent screens, update the fields as necessary and then click Next. | ||
Step 5 | On the Summary screen, review the information for the catalog item. | ||
Step 6 | Click Submit. |