15.3 Importing a Single Virtual Machine into an Existing or a New Business Service

Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator

If you have an existing virtual machine that is not part of the Cloud Manager system, you can import it as new business service or you can import it into a deployed business service. Because the virtual machine is already provisioned, the request and provisioning processes are skipped and the virtual machine is imported directly as a deployed workload.

In order to import a virtual machine, it must reside on a host associated with a resource group. The virtual machine can be running, shut down, or suspended.

The following steps explain how to import a virtual machine to become a workload inside a Cloud Manager business service. To import multiple virtual machines, see Section 15.4, Importing Multiple Virtual Machines into Cloud Manager Business Services.

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Business Services, then click Virtual Machines.

  2. Click Import to display the Import Business Service dialog box.

  3. Provide the following details for the business service:

    Service Name: Specify a name for the business service. The name should be unique among other business services you have created.

    Creator: Displays your name. You cannot change the creator.

    Created Date: Defaults to the current date. You cannot change the creation date.

    Expiration Date: Click to select the date you want the business service to no longer be available. If you don’t want the business service to expire, leave the field empty.

    If you select an expiration date, be aware that the business service is then considered “under contract” until the expiration date is reached. A business service under contract will not change price during the contract. In addition, you cannot make certain changes to business services that are under contract. For more information, see Section 15.11, Understanding Business Service Contracts.

    Organization: Select the organization for which you are importing the business service.

    Business Group: Select the business group for which you are importing the business service.

    Business Purpose: Provide details that explain the purpose or justification for the business service.

  4. Import and configure a virtual machine:

    1. On the Workloads tab, click Import to display the Select Virtual Machine dialog box.

      The dialog box displays a list of virtual machines that can be individually imported into the Cloud Manager environment and associated to selected business group.

    2. Select the virtual machine to import, then click OK to display the Configure Imported Workload dialog box.

    3. Configure the workload you intend to import:

      1. On the Resources tab, configure the following:

        Workload Name: By default, the workload inherits the virtual machine name, but the name is editable. Make sure the name is different from other workloads included in the business service.

        Workload Template Name: By default, the workload template is derived from the virtual machine template name in the Orchestration Server. Open the drop-down and select the VM template name from the list. If there are no options listed, no VM template was created for it in the Orchestration Server prior to the import.

        License Costs: If available (usually because no workload template is associated with the workload), specify the monthly cost for licenses associated with the workload.

        Service Level: Select the default service level for the business service.

        Package: If available (usually because the workload is associated to a workload template), select a resource pricing package for the business service.

      2. (Optional) On the Disks tab, select a disk, then enable the Cost check box to include the disk’s cost in the business service cost or disable the check box to exclude the disk from the business service cost.

        NOTE:Because the virtual machine was previously configured in the hypervisor environment where it was created, no other settings on any other tabs are configurable. You can change the settings of the VM when it is imported to become a workload inside Cloud Manager.

      3. Click OK to save the configuration and add the workload to the business service.

  5. Click Import to add the business service to the list of deployed business services.

After the import, you can change the workload’s resources if necessary. This is a change to the business service and requires a change request to go through the approval process and the imported workload to be rebuilt. See Section 15.8, Changing Deployed Business Services.