2.3 Creating a Resource Group

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

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    On the main navigation bar, click Resources, click the Resource Groups 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 resources you are grouping, then click OK to display the Create Resource Group dialog box.

  3. In the General fields, provide the following information for the resource group:

    Name: Specify a unique name for the group. You can use letters, numbers, and the following special characters: space, hyphen, underscore, apostrophe, percent, ampersand, and period. The maximum length is 110 characters.

    Zone: Displays the zone whose hosts you can add to the group. You cannot change this setting.

    Hypervisor: Select the hypervisor technology for the group’s hosts. You can add only those hosts that meet the hypervisor criteria.

    Workload Repository: The Default setting causes a provisioned workload to be stored in the same repository as the VM template used to create it. If you want workloads provisioned to this resource group to be stored in a different shared repository, you must add hosts to the group (see Step 4), then come back and select the shared repository for the workloads. The Workload Repository list is populated only after you add hosts to the resource group.

    Group Type: This applies only if VMware vSphere is the selected hypervisor. Select Host if you want the resource group to use hosts and host clusters. Select Resource Pool if you want the resource group to use a resource pool.

    Resource Pool: If you specified Resource Pool as the group type, select the resource pool to include in the group.

    Description: Provide any additional information for the resource group.

  4. If the group type is Host, add hosts to the group:

    1. Under Associations, click the Hosts tab.

    2. Click Add to display the Add Hosts dialog box.

      The list displays all available hosts and host clusters in the zone that meet the selected hypervisor criteria. Hosts that are already assigned to another resource group are not displayed.

    3. Select the hosts.

      You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple hosts.

    4. Click OK to add the selected hosts to the Hosts list.

  5. Ignore the Service Levels tab.

    At this point, there are no service levels to assign to the resource group. The next task is to create service levels (see Section 3.0, Creating Service Levels for Resource Groups). You assign service levels to resource groups at that time.

  6. Ignore the Networks tab.

    The Networks tab shows the networks associated with the hosts you added to the group. The list is view-only so you can’t make any changes. However, the list is not generated until you save the resource group. If you want to see the networks at this time, click Save, double-click the resource group to open it again, then click the Networks tab.

  7. Ignore the Organizations tab.

    At this point, there are no organizations to assign the resource group to. You create organizations and assign resource groups to them later (see Section 5.0, Creating an Organization).

  8. Click Save to add the resource group to the list.

For more information about resource groups, see .Section VI, Resource Management.