HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Update 1 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

13. Select the Published box and then click Save. This template is now available for deployment
by authorized users.
Creating a template to provision at a cloud service provider
In addition to provisioning with on-premise resources, Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration supports
provisioning virtual servers to an external cloud service, such as a supported CloudSystem bursting
service provider, another CloudSystem, or an HP Matrix KVM Private Cloud.
For detailed information about configuring your environment and creating a template for cloud
provisioning, see the Cloud bursting with HP CloudSystem Matrix infrastructure orchestration and
Configuring cloud bursting with HP CloudSystem Matrix infrastructure orchestration and Savvis
white papers at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe.
Setting user-defined properties
Click Properties to define your own properties to be used by workflows and scripts. Properties can
be set for templates, servers, networks, and storage in their respective Configure dialog boxes.
The Properties configuration consists of the following fields and controls:
Table 6 Properties tab fields and controls
DescriptionField or control
Specify a name for the property. This field supports up to
256 characters.
Name
Specify the values for the property. This field allows up to
1024 characters. You can use multiple lines in the values
field using carriage returns.
Value
Click this control to clear an existing entry.Clear
Click this control to add the property to the properties table.Add
When editing an existing property, use the Update button to apply the changes or the Cancel
button to cancel the edit.
After saving the template, you can see the Properties you have added to any component in the
infrastructure orchestration console, organization administrator portal, and the self service portal
by clicking View Details on the Templates tab.
Enabling custom host names
The custom host names feature gives Matrix infrastructure orchestration administrators more control
over how server host names are generated, and uses an OO workflow to manage host name
creation and assignment. New host names are based on the request being performed and the
current infrastructure being provisioned. The host name generation strategy is completely defined
in the OO workflow, and Matrix infrastructure orchestration ensures the generated host names are
valid and unique within the servers provisioned by Matrix infrastructure orchestration.
The OO workflow is invoked whenever a host name needs to be assigned or updated, and is
triggered by the following events:
• Create service/add server: Host names are allocated to newly created servers.
• Delete service/remove server: Host names from removed servers are released.
• Out-of-band host name update: If VM guest tools are installed in the target operating system,
host name changes are detected and the OO workflow is notified. Otherwise, the workflow
is not aware of the host name update. For example, if VMWare tools are installed in an ESX
hypervisor and a user changes the host name, the OO workflow is notified.
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