Step 1
| On the menu
bar, choose
.
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Step 2
| Choose the
cloud name.
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Step 3
| Choose the
VMs tab.
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Step 4
| Choose a VM and
click the down arrow button on the right side of the toolbar.
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Step 5
| From the
drop-down list, choose
Clone.
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Step 6
| In the
Clone
VM dialog box, complete the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Select Group drop-down list
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Choose
a predefined group to clone. The Default Group is chosen by default.
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Assign to User check box
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Check this check box to assign the VM to a specific user.
This
option is visible only if resource assignment to end users is enabled for the
group share policy that is applied to the selected user group. For more
information on creating a group share policy, see
Creating a Group Share Policy.
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User drop-down list
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Select the user to whom this VM needs to be assigned.
Note
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Currently, only VMs that are in a VMWare cloud can be assigned
to a specific end user.
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Use Linked Clone check box
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Check this check box to clone a VM from a linked clone.
Note
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A
linked clone is a copy of a virtual machine that shares virtual disks with the
parent VM. A linked clone is made from a snapshot of the parent VM. A linked
clone must have access to the parent VM. Without access to the parent VM, a
linked clone is disabled.
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Select Snapshot Type drop-down list
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Select the snapshot that is associated with the linked clone.
You
can choose one of the following:
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Existing Snapshot
-
New Snapshot
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Select Existing Snapshot field
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Click Select to view a list of existing snapshots.
Select a snapshot from the list, and click Select.
Note
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This field appears only when you select Existing Snapshot.
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Snapshot Name field
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Specify a name for the snapshot.
Note
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This field appears only when you select New Snapshot.
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Perform deployment assessment check box
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Check this check box to perform an assessment of the budget
allocation, resource limits and resource availability prior to cloning a VM.
After you check this check box, the summary of the assessment is displayed in
the
Deployment Assessment pane.
Note
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This option is visible only for VMware clouds.
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Step 7
| Click
Next.
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Step 8
| In the
Customization Options pane, complete the following
fields:
Name
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Description
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Category drop-down list
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Choose the required VM category.
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Credential Options drop-down list
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Choose to allow or disallow users to retrieve VM access
credentials (shared).
The
Do not share option is chosen if the administrator
wants to send the credentials privately to another user outside
Cisco UCS Director.
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Provision all disks in a single datastore check box
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Check this check box to have provision all the VM disk in the
previously configured single datastore.
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User ID field
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The
user ID.
This
option appears when you choose either of the share options under
Credential Options.
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Password field
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The
user password.
This
option appears when you choose either of the share options under
Credential Options.
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Automatic Guest Customization check box
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The
Enable check box is checked.
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Post Provisioning Custom Actions check box
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Click Enable to attach a workflow. The
Workflow drop-down list appears with a list of
workflows to choose from. The chosen workflow will initiate when provisioning
starts.
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VM App Charge Frequency drop-down list
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Choose
Hourly or
Monthly.
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Active VM Application Cost field
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The
cost for the application that is included in the template.
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Inactive VM Application Cost field
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The
cost to this catalog of a VM in inactive state per hour or month.
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Step 9
| Click
Next.
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Step 10
| In the
Deployment Configuration pane, complete the following
fields:
Name
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Description
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Select VDC drop-down list
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Choose a VDC containing the policies you want for the VM.
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Comment field
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Optionally, enter a description of the VDC.
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Provision drop-down list
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Choose
Now to provision the VDC now or choose
Later to provision the VDC later.
If
you choose
Later, then fields to specify the date and time
appear.
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Lease Time check box
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Check the check box to configure a lease expiration time.
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Days field
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Specify the number of days for the lease time.
Note
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This field appears only when you select the
Lease Time checkbox
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Hours field
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Specify the number of hours for the lease time.
Note
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This field appears only when you select the
Lease Time checkbox
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Step 11
| Click
Next.
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Step 12
| In the
Custom
Specification pane, complete the following fields:
Name
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Description
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CPU Cores drop-down list
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Choose the CPU cores for the VM being provisioned.
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Memory drop-down list
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Choose the amount of memory for the VM being provisioned.
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Step 13
| Click
Next.
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Step 14
| In the
Select
Datastores pane, complete the following field:
Name
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Description
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VM Disks pencil icon
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Click the VM Disks pencil icon (if a disk is available) to
assign any applicable datastores to the applicable disk.
You
can also resize the VM disks from this pane.
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Step 15
| In the
Edit VM
Disks Entry pane, complete the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Disk Name
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The
name of the VM disk to which datastores are assigned.
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Disk Type
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Choose the VM disk type. For example: System.
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Selected
Datastores
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Choose the datastores that you want for this VM disk. The
datastore choices that appear are from the data storage policy associated with
the VDC.
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Do not resize check box
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Check this check box if you do not want the disks resized before
cloning the VM.
If
you check this check box, then the
Size drop-down list is no longer visible.
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Size drop-down list
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Specify the new size of the disk while cloning the VM.
Note
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You can edit the size of the disk if you have enabled the
Allow Resizing of Disk check box in the storage
policy.
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Step 16
| Click
Submit.
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Step 17
| Click
Next.
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Step 18
| In the
Select
VM Networks pane, click the
VM Networks pencil icon to edit a VM network.
Note
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The
Select VM Networks pane is empty unless the
Allow end user to select optional NICs check box is
chosen in the network policy.
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Step 19
| In the
Select dialog box, choose the cloud(s) that you want
associated with the VM.
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Step 20
| Click
Submit.
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Step 21
| If you checked
the
Perform deployment assessment check box, then review
the report of the assessment displayed in the
Deployment Assessment pane.
If this
assessment report identifies errors, then you must return to the previous panes
and rectify the errors before submitting the request. If the assessment report
shows no errors, then click
Next.
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Step 22
| Review the
cloned VM information in the
Summary pane.
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Step 23
| Click
Submit.
The cloned VM
gets its new name from the VDC policy.
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