39.1 Creating Resource Groups

Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator, Zone Administrator (create resource groups and add hosts only; cannot add service levels or assign resource groups to organizations)

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Resources.

  2. Click the Resource Groups tab, then click Create.

  3. If you are the Zone Administrator for 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.

  4. 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 5), 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Add service levels to the group:

    1. Under Associations, click the Service Level tab.

    2. Click Add to display the Add Service Levels dialog box.

    3. Select the service levels.

      You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple service levels.

    4. Click OK to add the selected service levels to the Service Levels list.

  7. 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.

  8. Specify the organizations that can use the resource group:

    1. Under Associations, click the Organizations tab.

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

    3. Select the organizations to which you want to assign the resource group.

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

    4. Click OK to add the selected organizations to the Organizations list.

      IMPORTANT:The resource group is added to the organization, but its networks are not made available to the organization. To make the networks available, edit the organization and add the resource group’s networks to the Networks list.

  9. Click Save.