Operating Environment Software Instruction Manual

Customizing template attributes when a service is created
When you create a service, you can customize the amount of memory and processor count for a
server group. You can also customize the network name, IP address assignment types of server
group and network connections, and IP address. These customizations allow you to reduce the
number of templates in your environment, because different types of services can be created based
on one master template.
NOTE: To modify the number of processors and memory size of a virtual machine after a service
is created, use the Edit Virtual Servers operation. See “Edit virtual servers operation” (page 96)
for more information.
Network customizations enable the use of one IO template to deploy a service to different networks
(for example, test, development, and production). Note that a network connection cannot be added
or deleted in the new service; the logical server group has the same connection, but the connection
points to the customized network.
NOTE: Trunk networks (mapped or tunnel) cannot be customized. A trunk network configured in
a service template cannot be replaced with another network, nor can a trunk network be used to
replace another network.
If you specify a network by selecting “Specify desired attributes”, you cannot customize the network
when the service is created. Network customization can be performed only on named networks.
Customizations affect only the service being created. The template is not changed.
Organization administrators and users can customize networks only that are accessible to the
organization.
Checking the Customizable checkbox in the template in infrastructure orchestration designer allows
the IO architect to specify that the template may be customized.
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