User's Manual

72 Zero-Touch Hardware Provisioning and Deployment
CAUTION: Deleting a hypervisor profile that is associated with scheduled
deployment jobs can cause the deployment jobs to fail.
To display updated hypervisor profile information, from the management
center select
Deployment - Deployment Templates - Hypervisor Profile and
c
lick Refresh.
Building a Deployment Template
A deployment template contains either a hardware profile, a hypervisor
profile, or both. The Deployment Wizard uses this template to provision
server hardware and deploy hosts within vCenter. To create a new deployment
template:
1
From the management center, select Deployment - Deployment
Templates.
2 Click Create New. The Create New window displays; enter a name for the
template and click
Save .
3 Click Edit to complete the template. The right pane displays the
Hardware Profile and Hypervisor Profile drop-down menus.
4 From the Profile drop-down menu, choose a profile. There are several
actions that can be performed on the selected profile:
a Click View to display the hardware/hypervisor profile settings for the
selected profile.
b Click Create New to create a new hardware/hypervisor profile.
5 Enter an optional Description for the deployment template that can be
used to help manage the templates.
6 Click Save to apply profile selections and save changes, or click Cancel to
cancel.
Managing Deployment Templates
There are several management actions an administrator can perform on
existing deployment templates, including duplicating, renaming, deleting,
and refreshing.
To duplicate a deployment template:
1
From the management center, select Deployment - Deployment
Templates.