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Reservation Manager New Features and Enhancements

In this release, the following new features or changes are available for Reservation Manager:

Direct access to VMWare VM Console

As a reservation manager end user, you can access the VMWare VM Console through a URL instead of through remote desktop (RDP) access. This feature is useful when there is a network connectivity issue in the RDP.

Enhanced Automatic VM Name generation by allowing 6 digit Reservation ID.

Earlier VM name allowed only five (5) digit Reservation ID, now CA Server Automation allows you to create more reservations by allowing six (6) digit Reservation ID.

IBM LPAR Provisioning - allowing NIM boot from Different Subnet

Network boot installation of an LPAR in a NIM environment is supported even if the NIM clients and NIM master are in different subnets.

Add AD group to local administrator group

You can now add a group as local administrator of a provisioned virtual machine.

Add AD Groups as secondary owners to a reservation

You can now add a group as secondary owners of a provisioned virtual machine.

Pre-System Release event to handle automated steps

An event is generated before the expiry of a VM allowing administrator to run any automated scripts when the event gets triggered.

Allow CPU & Memory selections based on administrator configuration

Allows administrator to configure options to be displayed to the end user for selection of desired CPU and Memory values when reserving a virtual machine.

Display all users and groups assigned to an existing reservation as secondary owners.

Allows the end user to view secondary owners (whether individual user or group) associated with the reservation.

Product Certifications:
API updates to reservation manager web services

API updates to reservation manager web services to bypass organization unit while querying any data, and changing retention period when returning the reservation.