Provision Machine VMware vCenter

The Provision vCenter machine action type provisions a Virtual Machine (VM). A template and a target vCenter specification that works with the template is required. If a service rule exists for provisioning a VM, that new VM is placed in the service for which the rule was created.
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The Provision vCenter machine action type provisions a Virtual Machine (VM). A template and a target vCenter specification that works with the template is required. If a service rule exists for provisioning a VM, that new VM is placed in the service for which the rule was created.
The
Details
section of the action definition contains the following fields:
  • VC Server
    Specifies the name of the server on which vCenter resides. Select one from the drop-down list.
  • VC Data Center
    Specifies the name of the data center on which to provision the machine. Select one from the drop-down list.
  • VC Compute Resource
    Specifies the name of the server on which the compute resource resides. Select one from the drop-down list.
  • VC ESX Server
    Specifies the name of the VMware ESX server that is to be the target of the provisioned VM. Select one from the drop-down list.
  • VC Datastore
    Specifies the name of the data store to use. Select one from the drop-down list.
  • VC Target Location
    Specifies the VC target location. Select one from the drop-down list.
  • Hostname/VM Name
    Specifies the name or VC name to use from the specification. Select one from the drop-down list. Alternatively, you can use automatically generated text or text extracted from event messages.
  • User Name
    Specifies the user name credentials to access the specification.
  • Password
    Specifies the password to access the specification.
  • VC Virtual Machine
    Specifies which available VC virtual machine to use. If selected, click one from the drop-down list.
  • VC Template
    Specifies which available VC template to use. If clicked, select one of the software package groups that has previously been created from the drop-down list.
  • NICs (VC Template)
    Specifies the number of network interface cards used by the VC template.
  • VC Specification
    Specifies the name of the VC specification to use. Select one from the drop-down list.
  • NICs (VC Specification)
    Specifies the number of network interface cards used by the VC specification.
  • OS System Type
    Displays the type of operating system for the provisioned VM.
  • Require Approval
    Select to specify that the ticket requires approval by a third party.
    CA SDM must be configured to use this option.
  • Auto close ticket on approval/rejection
    Select to close the ticket after it is approved or rejected.
    CA SDM must be configured to use this option.
  • Ticket Types
    Select a valid ticket type from the drop-down list. Depending on your configuration, valid types include:
    • Default
    • Incident
    • Problem
    • Request
    CA SDM must be configured to use this option.
  • Templates
    Specifies the template to use to create a ticket. Select a template from the drop-down list. Depending on the ticket type selected, the form is populated with corresponding values.
    CA SDM must be configured to use this option.
  • Memory
    Specifies the amount of memory to allocate to the VM, in megabytes.
  • Virtual Processors
    Specifies the number of virtual processors to allocate to the VM.
  • Datastore
    (Optional) Specifies the storage datastore under which to create additional hard disks.
  • Drive Size
    (Optional) Specifies the size of an additional hard drive.
  • SCSI Controller
    (Optional) Specifies the SCSI controller to use to create the additional hard drive.
  • Network Management
    Lets you change network connection settings.
  • Global NIC Settings
    Lets you add DNS search suffixes.