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Create Group Templates

Administrators can bundle together individual reservation templates to create complete application configurations for systems. When using virtual resources, administrators can target specific virtual resource pools and determine whether all virtual machines are created in the same resource pool.

Note: Administrators can allow users to set the administrative password when creating a virtual machine (see Let Users Perform Some Administrative Tasks). When a reservation is made using a group template, users are not allowed to specify the password.

To create group templates

1. Log in to the Reservation Manager using the CA Server Automation administrator user credentials.

   The home page opens.

2. Click Administer Your Reservation Manager.

   The Administration page opens.

3. Click Manage your reservation templates.

   The Reservation Templates page opens. This page lists the inventory of public templates that are available to users for selection when reserving systems. From this page, you can create new public templates that you want to make available to users.

4. Select Create Group from the Actions menu to add new application server group templates to the inventory.

   The Create Application Group wizard opens.

5. Specify a name and description for the application server group template, then click Next.

   The Specify Processing Order page appears.

6. Specify the reservation templates that you want to group together as one template and reorder the templates as needed. If you want to create all virtual machines on the same VMware ESX server, select the check box “All virtual machines must be created in the same virtual resource pool”.

   Note: Reservation Manager determines the resource requirements for the full set of machines and only targets VMware ESX servers that have resources to accommodate creation of all the virtual machines. Click Next.

   The Specify Available Virtual Pools page appears.

7. Specify whether virtual machines are created in any available virtual resource pool or users are limited to a specific set of virtual resource pools. Click Next.

   Note: If you set the option to restrict all the virtual machines to a single resource pool, a page opens allowing you to specify any restrictions on the virtual resource pools for this template.

   The Specify Actions page appears.

8. Select the appropriate actions from the drop-down lists. You can specify CA Server Automation actions that are performed before or after the system imaging and software deployment operations are processed. You can also specify an action that is performed upon reservation end.

   Click Next.

   The Specify Access Policy page appears.

9. Select the organizational units whose members will be granted access to this public template, then click Finish.

   If an organizational unit that has been granted access to the template is not listed or you are unsure which organization units to grant access to this template, click Finish to skip this step. You can grant access to the template later.

   The Reservation Templates page opens and lists the template that has been successfully added to the inventory.