Step 1
| On the menu
bar, choose
.
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Step 2
| Choose the
Service
Request tab.
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Step 3
| Click
Create
Request.
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Step 4
| In the
Create
Request dialog box, choose
Standard.
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Step 5
| Click
Submit.
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Step 6
| In the
Create
Service Request dialog box, complete the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Catalog Selection Request
Pane
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VM Ownership
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Customer Organizations radio button
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Select this radio button to choose the customer organizations
for which a VM is provisioned.
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Customer Organizations field
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Click
Select to choose the customer organizations for
which you want to provision the VM.
Customer organizations that have valid vDCs are displayed.
Note
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This field is visible only when you select the
Customer Organizations radio button.
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If
you chose
Create Service Request from the
Catalog page, then the group list that is displayed
is dependent on the user groups you select in the left pane
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User radio button
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Select this radio button to choose the users to whom you want a
VM is provisioned.
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User field
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Click
Select to choose the users to whom you want to
provision the VM. This list is populated with users from groups which allow
resource assignment to users.
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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If
you chose
Create Service Request from the
Catalog page, then the user list that is displayed is
dependent on the user groups you select in the left pane.
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VM Access
Sharing
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Users with Access Privilege field
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Click
Select to choose users who can only access VM
information.
The
selected users can only access the VM. They cannot perform any administrative
tasks.
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Users with Manage Privilege field
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Click
Select to choose users who can only manage the VM.
The
selected users can perform administrative tasks on the VM.
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Catalog Type drop-down list
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Displays the catalog type. It can be one of the following:
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Standard
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Advanced
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Service Container
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VDI
Note
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Advanced is used for Orchestration Workflow.
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Select Catalog drop-down list
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Choose
the catalog that is used for VM provisioning.
If
you chose
Create Service Request from the
Catalog page, then you cannot select a catalog.
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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 submitting a
service request. After you check this check box, the summary of the assessment
is displayed in the
Deployment Assessment pane.
Important:
This option is visible only for VMware catalogs, and for
catalogs that are not ISO-based.
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Step 7
| Click
Next.
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Step 8
| In the
Provisioning 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 for the service request.
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VM Name field
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Specify a name for the VM.
If
you do not specify a name, the system will automatically generate a VM name.
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Guest OS field
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Click
Select to choose a Guest OS for the service request.
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Number of vCPUs drop-down list
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Choose the number of vCPUs from the drop-down list.
This
field is populated and editable only if you checked the
Allow Resizing of VM check box while creating the
VMware computing policy.
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Memory drop-down list
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Choose the memory capacity from the drop-down list.
This
field is populated and editable only if you checked the
Allow Resizing of VM check box while creating the
VMware computing policy.
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Category field
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Click
Select to choose an application category that is
different from the one specified while creating the catalog.
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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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The
VDC on which the VM is provisioned.
VDCs
are defined by the administrator.
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VM
Name or VM Prefix field
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The VM
name or prefix.
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Comment field
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Any
comments relating to the deployment configuration.
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Provision drop-down list
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Choose
either
Now or
Later.
Choose
Now to set provisioning for any time within the next
90 days. When you choose
Later, a calendar for the Day, drop-down lists for
the Hour and Minute, and radio buttons for AM or PM appear.
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Days calendar
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The
number of days after which the VM is terminated.
Note
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This option appears when the
Power OFF the VM After check box is checked.
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Hours drop-down list
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Choose the number of hours after which the VM is terminated.
Note
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This option appears when the
Power OFF the VM After check box is checked.
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Minutes drop-down list
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Choose the number of minutes after which the VM is terminated.
Note
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This option appears when the
Power OFF the VM After check box is checked.
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Lease Time check box
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Check this check box to indicate that a lease time is configured
for the VM.
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Default Cost Computation
Period Settings
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Charge Duration drop-down list
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Choose a duration for which the cost is calculated. By default,
this duration is set to
Monthly.
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Month field
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Specify the number of months to be included in the cost
computation
Note
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This field is displayed only when you select
Monthly in the
Charge Duration drop-down list.
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Day field
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Specify the number of days to be included in the cost
computation
Note
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This field is displayed only when you select
Daily in the
Charge Duration drop-down list.
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Hours field
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Specify the number of hours to be included in the cost
computation
Note
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This field is displayed only when you select
Hourly in the
Charge Duration drop-down list.
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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.
Note
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This list opens if the resizing option is chosen in the
Computing Policy
dialog box.
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Memory drop-down list
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Choose the amount of memory for the VM being provisioned.
Note
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This list opens if the resizing option is chosen in the
Computing Policy
dialog box.
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Approximate SR Cost Estimate field
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Displays an approximate SR cost based on the values you provided
in the
Default Cost Computation Period Settings fields.
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Storage Tier drop-down list
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Choose an option to customize storage entries for the VM being
provisioned.
Note
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This custom list opens if the Virtual Storage Catalog was
enabled when the chosen catalog was created.
See more information about the creation of a virtual storage
catalog in
Policies.
See more information about enabling this option during catalog creation in
About Managing Catalogs.
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Disk Datastores table
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Choose the preferred hard disk size for VM provisioning. The
list of available datastores depends upon the scope conditions specified in the
storage policy. You can enable or disable this option in the storage policy.
Choose a disk from the table, and click the pencil icon to
select a datastore.
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 13
| To choose a
datastore for a disk, choose a disk from the list and click the Pencil icon.
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Step 14
| Click
Select to view available datastores.
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Step 15
| Choose a
datastore from the list and click
Select.
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Step 16
| Click
Submit.
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Step 17
| (Optional)For templates
with multiple disks, you must choose a datastore for each disk.
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Step 18
| In the
Custom
Specification pane, click
Select to view available VM Networks.
Note
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This option
is available only if the
Allow end user to select optional NICs check box or
the
Allow end user to choose portgroups check box is
checked in the network policy associated with the VDC selected for this VM
provisioning service request. For more information, see
Adding a Network Policy.
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Step 19
| Choose a VM
Network from the list and click
Select.
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Step 20
| Click
Next.
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Step 21
| Complete the
details in the
Custom
Workflow pane.
Note
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Custom
workflow inputs apply if the catalog chosen for VM provisioning has Post
Provisioning Custom Actions enabled. In this procedure, the post-provisioning
workflow allows users to specify custom inputs.
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Step 22
| Click
Next.
Note
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The list of
available datastores depends upon the scope conditions specified in the storage
policy. You can choose only one datastore for each disk category (System, Data,
Database, Swap, and Log).
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Step 23
| 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 24
| Review the
summary for the service request.
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Step 25
| Click
Submit.
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