HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Update 1 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

NOTE: When infrastructure orchestration is upgraded to a new version, administrator modifications
to individual properties in hpio.properties are migrated to the new version of the file unless
the default value of the property changed in the new version. In that case, the value of the property
is overwritten by the new default value included in hpio.properties.
For example, in an earlier version of infrastructure orchestration, the value of
timeout.get.vmhost was 4 minutes, and in a later version, the default value is 10 minutes.
If, in the earlier version of the file, the administrator set the value to 12 minutes, this value is
overwritten in the later version by the new value of 10 minutes.
Some administrator changes to hpio.properties require the HP Matrix infrastructure
orchestration Windows service to be restarted, but many do not. In general, it is best to perform
a restart after making changes to the hpio.properties file.
Adding custom links on console home page
You can add two custom links to the Home tab on infrastructure orchestration console using the
following settings in the hpio.properties file. Both the label and the URL must be defined for
the link to appear.
• console.home.link.1.label
• console.home.link.1.url
• console.home.link.2.label
• console.home.link.2.url
Modifying settings for use with customizable templates
If a template has been marked as Customizable, the networks, IP address assignment types, memory
size, processor count, VM storage volume name, and operating system/software image can be
changed when a service is created by using the Edit button on the Create Service dialog.
The Customizable option applies to all customizable attributes in the template. To allow customization
of some values but not others, you can set the initial and maximum settings to the same value
and/or you can modify the following settings in the hpio.properties file located in the default
location at C:\Program Files\HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\
hpio.properties:
• software.access.restricted = true
If this property is set to true, the user must have access to any software specified as a customized
attribute when the service is created.
If this property is set to false, software selection is not restricted during customization.
NOTE: This property affects only software specified as a customized attribute. No
authorization is needed for software specified in the template.
• allow.customize.template.network = false
If this property is set to true, authorization based on organization assignment is required for
a network specified as a customized attribute. Organizations allowed to modify networks
must be specified in customize.template.network.inclusion.list.
If this property is set to false, network customization is not allowed.
• customize.template.network.inclusion.list =
This property specifies the organizations whose users are allowed to modify the selection of
named networks in a customizable template when creating a service.
This property takes effect only when allow.customize.template.network is set to
true.
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