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Provision VMware ESX Host

A host is a physical machine on which the ESX software is installed. Before Service Consumers begins reserving virtual machines, as a Service Provider, you provision the ESX host for the virtual machines for each organizational unit. As your organization grows, you can add more ESX hosts.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to CA Service Catalog.

   Note: Your enterprise administrator can provide you with the necessary URL and access credentials.

2. Click Requests, CA Automation Suite for Clouds, Server Automation Services, Infrastructure Management.

   The Infrastructure Management offerings page open.

3. Click Provision ESX Host.

   The Provision ESX Host page opens.

   Note: Fields marked with a red dot are required.

4. Select an Organizational Unit from the drop-down list, which is the organizational unit that the ESX host machine is provisioned for.

   The System Image drop-down list populates. This list of available ESX images are loaded from CA IT Client Manager.

5. Select a System Image from the drop-down list.

   The System Image Details panel populates with the system image Description and Operating System and the Software field populates with the available software.

6. Complete the following fields:

   Date and Time

   Specifies the start and end date and time at which the ESX host is available.

   Quantity

   Specifies the number of systems available in the ESX host.

   CPUs

   Specifies the number of CPUs available in the ESX host.

   Memory (GB)

   Specifies the minimum amount of memory in GB available in the ESX host.

   Disk Space (GB)

   Specifies the minimum disk space available in GB available in the ESX host.

7. Enter an Administrator Password to access the ESX host and then enter the password again to confirm.
8. Click Fetch Available Systems.

   The Available Systems field populates with the systems available in Reservation Manager.

9. Ctrl+Click the system that you want to use in the Available Systems field.

   Note: The Notification Email Address shows the email identification of the requester. You cannot edit this field.

10. Click Add to Cart to continue adding more requests to the cart.

    The request is added to the cart.

11. Click Check Out when you complete adding the requests.
12. Review your request details, and click Save and Submit.

    A confirmation displays indicating your request was submitted.