Manage the Lifecycle of VMware ESX Virtual Machines › Select Reservation Type

Select Reservation Type

You can reserve a virtual machine (or machines) in the following ways:

• Reserve VMware Virtual Machine
• Reserve Using a Template
• Reserve Using An Existing Virtual Machine

You can reserve virtual machines according to your project or business requirements. The configuration options include:

• Operating system
• Installed applications
• Quantity of CPUs
• Amount of memory

You can include multiple requests in one cart.

You can reserve the appropriate resource allocation for a specified period on one or more virtual machines. Ensure that you:

• Provide a unique reservation name as the system does not support duplicate names.
• Modify the default value in the Primary Disk (GB) to extend the primary disk space. The new value that you add must be greater than the default value. You can also request for additional disks depending on your requirement. Contact your Service Provider if you have any issues modifying the value.
• Add secondary user and grant access permission to them.

When reserving a virtual machine the Service Consumer can set a grace period for a specified number of days to deactivate the virtual machine temporarily. The grace period starts after expiration or cancellation (Return) of the reservation. The VM is deleted only on the completion of the grace period. You can reactivate the VM during the grace period by using the Restore Archived Reservation service by providing the new end date. All the services are unavailable on the reservation when it is in the grace period.