Setting user-defined properties, Creating a service request – HP Matrix Operating Environment Software User Manual
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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
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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
Description
Field 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.
Creating a service request
The infrastructure orchestration self service portal enables you to create infrastructure services from
published templates.
1.
From the CMS desktop, double-click the Self Service Portal icon, or open a browser to
https://
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Or, from Systems Insight Manager, open the infrastructure orchestration console by selecting
Tools
→Infrastructure orchestration.
2.
Log into the infrastructure orchestration self service portal using an account that is a member
of the HPIO_Users group, or log into the infrastructure orchestration console.
3.
Select the Templates tab to see the available published templates.
4.
Select a template.
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