6.0 Creating Workload Templates

A workload template identifies a VM template and the customizations (such as increased CPUs or decreased memory) that you want applied when creating a workload from the template.

  1. In the Cloud Manager console, click Catalog, then click the Workload Templates tab.

  2. Click Create to display the Select Zone dialog box.

  3. Select the zone that contains the VM template you want to associate with the workload template, then click OK.

  4. In the General section, provide the following information for the workload template:

    Name: Specify a name for the workload template. The name should be different than any other workload template name.

    License Costs: Specify the license costs associated with the template’s software. This cost is per month.

    Zone: Displays the zone you selected for the workload template. You cannot change this setting.

    Creation Date: Displays the current date. You cannot change this setting.

    Description: Provide any additional information to identify the workload template.

  5. In the Virtual Machine Settings section:

    1. In the VM Template list, select a VM template.

      After you select a VM template, the template’s operating system, hypervisor, and primary disk information is displayed. You cannot change these settings.

      The VM template’s resource information (CPUs, memory, additional disk, and network interface cards) is also displayed. You can customize this information as necessary.

    2. Customize the settings to increase or decrease the workload resources:

      Number of CPUs: Select the number of CPUs for a workload. Currently, some hypervisor technologies do not support more than 8 CPUs per workload, so the maximum number allowed is 8.

      Each host group includes a vCPUs per Host setting that defines the number of available vCPUs per host in the group. You should makes sure the number you select here does not exceed the per host number for any host group that might service the workload. Otherwise, the workload will not be able to run.

      Memory: Select the megabytes (MB) of RAM to allocate to a workload.

      Number of NICs: Select the number of network interface cards (NICs) to allocate to the workload.

      Disks Summary: Displays the size of the mandatory workload disks and the number of optional workload disks defined in the template, Mandatory workload disks are always created. They are inherited from the VM template or manually defined (on the Disks tab). Optional workload disks are available to the user but are created only if the user specifies sizes for the disks.

      You add, edit, and remove disks on the Disks page (see Step 6 below).

    3. By default, each resource setting is locked, which means that a business service requestor cannot change it. If you want to enable a requestor to change a setting when creating a workload from the template, deselect the check box.

  6. If you want to add disks to the workload template, or if you want to specify whether or not the current disks should be included when calculating the cost of a business service:

    1. Click the Disks tab.

      The template can include up to 10 disks.

    2. Click Add to add a disk to the list.

    3. Make sure the disk is selected in the list, then specify a size (in the Size field below the list) to make the disk mandatory.

      or

      Leave the capacity set to 0 to make the disk optional.

      The maximum size per disk is 1024 GB (1 TB). If you specify the size when adding a disk, the disk becomes mandatory. Users cannot remove or change a mandatory disk. If you add a disk with size set to 0, the disk becomes optional. Users can leave the size at 0, in which case the disk is not created with the workload, or they can specify a size and create the disk.

    4. In the Cost field, select the check box if you want to charge money for the disk.

      If you don’t enable the Cost option, the disk becomes a free disk and is not included when calculating the cost of a business service.

    5. Repeat to include up to 10 disks.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Repeat the steps for each workload template you want to create.