Creating a template

The template creation process populates a blank template with the values you specify. The contents of the template are in three sections:

  • Editable
  • Non-editable
  • Hidden

The editable section contains fields that are pre-populated with the values specified. The editable values appear as editable text in the associated configuration page. The non-editable section contains fields that are pre-populated with the values specified. The non-editable values appear as non-editable text in the associated configuration page. The information in the non-editable fields cannot be customized during the specified provisioning task, enforcing the required standards for your organization.

Note

For additional template options, see Creating RAC database template enhancements, About the standard variables in templates for Oracle on Linux and UNIX and Applying-patches-inline-during-provisioning.

The hidden section contains fields that you can to use pass data from an XML template directly to a BMC Database Automation provisioning activity without exposing inputs to Management Console users. Adding fields in the hidden section of the template prevents them from appearing in the Management Console provisioning pages.

The following example shows an example of hidden fields.

Example
<hidden>
       <sysdba_password>password</sysdba_password>
</hidden>

Note

Certain characters such as ampersand (&) and the less-than sign (<) are not allowed. To include special characters as the value of a field, the value must be within a CDATA section. For example, if a field named <password> requires the value fake&pass, then the field must be defined as: <password><![CDATA[fake&pass]]></password>

To create a template

  1. From the Management Console main page, select Templates in the Context Frame.

    Note

    To import an existing template that was previously exported from a Manager, click Import Template.

  2. Click Create New Template.

  3. In the Template Settings page, specify the following information, and click Next.

  4. In the Template Content page, edit the default template or enter the name of a previously created template in the Upload Template field. 

    Important

    (Optional) Users can add a password of their choice.

    Sample templates contain sample passwords. BMC recommends that users must update the passwords before using the templates.

  5. Click Next.
    The Summary page showing the template information appears.
  6. In the Summary page, review the provisioning information.
    To make changes, do the following:
    1. Click Go to to return to the provisioning step that you want to edit.
    2. Make your changes.
    3. Click Save and Review to return to the Summary page.
  7. Click Create Template.
    The job information page appears.

 

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