You can use the templates in content libraries to deploy virtual machines across VMware vCenter servers. The linked clone
functionality is not supported with VM provisioning from content library VM templates. When the option to provision the new
VM using a content library is selected, the Use Linked Clone option is disabled.
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VMware content library discovery is only supported for VMware vCenter version 6.0 or later.
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See About VMware Content Libraries.
Cisco UCS Director supports VM provisioning using content library VM templates when a datastore or datastore cluster is selected as the target
according to the following options selected in the VMware storage policy:
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Storage DRS is disabled on the datastore cluster—The datastore cluster will not be available for selection in the VMware Storage
Policy and to use its datastore, you can select it as an independent datastore in the VMware Storage Policy.
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Storage DRS is enabled on the datastore cluster with the automation level set to Manual
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Storage DRS is enabled on the datastore cluster with the automation level set to Fully Automated
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If Storage DRS is enabled on a datastore cluster with the automation level set to Fully Automated, and the allocated datastore
is part of the datastore cluster, Cisco UCS Director skips the independent datastore selection during VM provisioning using the content library VM template. Instead the VM is
provisioned on the datastore cluster and the following message displays in the SR log file:
Skipping selection of datastore for VM Provisioning using Content Library template as given Target Datastore :{datastoreName}
is attached to DRS Enabled Datastore Cluster :{datstoreClusterName}
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