4.0 Creating Workload Templates

Business service workloads are created from workload templates. Each 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.

The VM templates you can use come from your Cloud Manager zones. A single VM template can be used in multiple workload templates.

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Getting Started, then click Create Workload Templates (in the Set Up Your Cloud Environment list).

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    On the main navigation bar, click Catalog, click the Workload Templates tab, then click Create.

  2. If your Cloud Manager system has multiple zones, the Select Zone dialog box is displayed. Select the zone that contains the VM template you want, then click OK to display the Create Workload Template dialog box.

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

    Name: Specify a unique name for the workload template. Users see this name (along with the description, zone, and operating system) when selecting the workload template they use to create their business service workload.

    You can use letters, numbers, and the following special characters: space, hyphen, underscore, apostrophe, percent, ampersand, and period. The maximum length is 110 characters.

    Setup Cost: Specify the cost associated with setting up the workload. This is a one-time fee.

    License Cost: Specify the license costs associated with the workload’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. Users see this description (along with the name, zone, and operating system) when selecting the workload template from which to create business service workload.

  4. 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 and hypervisor information is displayed. You cannot change these settings.

      The VM template’s resource information (CPUs, memory, network interface cards, and disks) 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 the workload. Some hypervisor technologies do not support more than 8 CPUs per workload, so the maximum number allowed is 8.

      Memory: Select the megabytes (MB) of RAM to allocate to the 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 disks on the Disks page (see Step 5 below) and the disk information is then displayed in these fields.

    3. By default, each resource setting is unlocked, which means that users can change it when creating workloads from the template. If you want to prevent users from changing a setting, select the check box.

  5. 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 the workload:

    1. Click the Disks tab.

      The template can include up to 10 additional 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 size 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 the 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 include the cost of the disk in the workload’s total cost.

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

  6. If the template is a Windows-based template and you want to pre-populate some of the Windows settings, click Windows Settings, then complete the following steps.

    You might not want to pre-populate some settings, such as Computer Name, if the template will be used to create multiple workloads. Any settings that you do not pre-populate must be filled in when requesting a new business service (by the user) or when performing the pre-build configuration (by an administrator).

    1. Configure the Domain Settings:

      Computer Name: Specify the computer name for the virtual machine.

      Domain or Workgroup: Select Domain or Workgroup, then specify the name of the domain or workgroup to which you want the virtual machine added.

      Domain Administrator User ID: This applies only if you are adding the virtual machine to a domain. Specify a domain administrator user ID that can be used to add the virtual machine to the domain specified in the Domain field.

    2. Modify the Installation Settings:

      Run Once Commands: Specify any Windows RunOnce commands that you want run during the first log in to the virtual machine. For information about Windows RunOnce commands, see the Microsoft Windows documentation.

  7. If the template is a Windows-based template and you want to pre-populate some of the Windows licensing information, click Windows Licensing and fill in the fields., then click OK to create the workload template and add it to the list.

    Windows Product Key: Specify the product key for the workload’s Windows operating system.

    If you pre-populate this field in the template, the data is masked from users and cannot be copied.

    Registered to Name: Specify an individual, department, company or so forth to whom the Windows operating system software is registered.

    You might not want to pre-populate some settings, such as Windows Product Key, if the template will be used to create multiple workloads and the key does not cover multiple installations. Any settings that you do not pre-populate must be filled in when requesting a new business service (by the user) or when performing the pre-build configuration (by an administrator).

  8. If the template is a Linux-based template and you want to pre-populate some of the Linux settings, click Linux Settings and fill in the fields, then click OK to create the workload template and add it to the list.

    Hostname: Specify the host name for the workload

    Domain Name: Specify the domain for the workload (for example, netiq.com or provo.netiq.com).

    You might not want to pre-populate some settings, such as Hostname, if the template will be used to create multiple workloads. Any settings that you do not pre-populate must be filled in when requesting a new business service (by the user) or when performing the pre-build configuration (by an administrator).

  9. (Optional) If you have already created organizations and resource groups that support workload templates, you can associate the workload template with the organizations and business groups of your choice, but you must choose an organization whose resource groups support the type of hypervisor (and VM template) compatible with the workload template.

    1. Click Associations, then select either the Organizations tab or the Business Groups tab to open a list.

    2. Select (that is, click) the organization or business group you want to associate with this workload template, then click OK.

      or

      Select (that is, Ctrl+click) the organizations or business groups you want to associate with this workload template, then click OK.

      NOTE:The Workload Templates list displays only the workload templates from the organization where your business group resides. You must assign workload templates at the organization level before they become available for selection at the business group level.

For more information about workload templates, see Section IV, Catalog Management.