Creating memory and CPU options and option choices for the Cisco HCS Provider

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management administrators can create memory and CPU options so that the Cisco HCS end users can modify the memory and CPU configurations after a virtual machine (VM) is provisioned.

• For the memory option, you can create options of memory size based on the allowed memory sizes in the Cisco HCS template. For example, Microsoft Windows  VMs in the Cisco HCS Provider can be created with a minimum memory size of 4096 MB.

• For the CPU option, you can also create options based on the Cisco HCS template.

This topic contains the following sections:

To configure choices for postdeployment end-user modification options for memory and CPU

1. Open the Options Editor from one of the following locations:
   • On the Service Catalog page, click Options Editor  .
   • If you are creating or modifying a service offering,  click Options Editor   on the Options tab.
     
     The Options Editor is displayed, as shown in the following figure:
     
2. In the Options area, click New Option .
3. In the New Option window, shown in the following figure, enter a name and description for the option. 
   
   
4. From the Option Type list, select Post-Deploy Action (Transaction Requestable Offering or TRO). 
   This feature enables end users to change the options on Day 2 of a deployment. 
5. (Optional) Click Set Icon to upload an image (.jpeg, .png, or .gif format) that represents the option.
6. Click OK. 
   The new option is listed in the Options Editor,as shown in the following figure: 
   
   
7. In the Option Choices area, click New Option Choice . 
8. In the New Option Choice window, shown in the following figure, enter a name (for example, 4096 MB) and description for the option choice:
    
9. (Optional)  In the Price Editor, shown in the following figure, set the Customer Price or Deployment Cost, and click Save.
   
   
   
   
   
10. In the New Option Choice window, shown in the following figure, click OK.
    
    The new option choice is listed, as shown in the following figure. If required, you can add more option choices before continuing. 
    
    
11. From the list on the right side of the Options Editor, select an option choice.
12. On the toolbar on the right side of the Options Editor under Option Choices for, click Option Choice Blueprint Configuration Editor . 
    The Option Choice Blueprint Configuration Editor, shown in the following figure, is displayed. 
    
    
13. Click New Blueprint Configuration .
    The Blueprint Configuration menu appears in the Option Choice Blueprint Configuration Editor window, as shown in the following figure: 
    
    
14. Select Blueprint Configuration > Memory Size.
    It displays the New Blueprint Configuration window, as shown in the following figure: 
    
    
15. Specify the Memory Size and click OK.
    This adds the memory size option choice in the Blueprint Configuration Editor window, as shown in the figure below: 
    
    
    
    
16. (Optional) You can add more blueprint configurations to the option choice before continuing.
17. Click OK to close the Option Choice Blueprint Configuration Editor.
18. Click OK to save your changes, and then close the Options Editor. 
    The Service Catalog workspace is displayed.

For more information about options and option choices see, Service Catalog options and option choices.

To associate memory and CPU options with a service offering

To enable your configured memory options and CPU options to be presented to end users, associate the options with a service offering.

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Service Catalog.
2. In the Service Catalog workspace, select the Cisco HCS service that you want to associate with a memory or CPU option.
3. Click Edit . 
   
4. In the Edit Service window, click the  icon and select Create post-deploy action.
5. In the Request Definition window, shown in the following figure, enter the required values and click Next.
    
6. Specify the Navigational Category and Request Definition Packages details, as shown in the figure below: 
   
7. Click Finish. This creates the postdeploy action.
8. Click Apply.
   The postdeploy action for the Cisco HCS Provider is added.
9. Select the postdeploy action for the Cisco HCS Provider and click the Options tab.
   The Options pane is displayed, as shown in the following figure:
   
10. From the list under Available Options, select your memory or CPU option. 
11. Click Add.
    The memory or CPU option that you selected appears in the list under Selected Options, and the associated option choices appear in the table at the bottom of the window, as shown in the following figure: 
    
12. Click Apply, and then click Save.

To set an icon for use with the selected option

You can upload an image (.jpeg, .png, or .gif format) to the server and set it as an icon for the selected option.

1. Open the Options Editor.
2. Click Set Icon .
3. Navigate to the image that you want to use and select Open.
   The image appears in the Icon column, as shown in the following figure: 
   
   
4. Create or modify a service offering.
5. Click the Options tab.
6. Add the option (that includes the icon) to the Selected Options list.
7. Continue to create the requestable offering.
   When the requestable offering becomes available in the Service Catalog (in BMC Service Request Management), the icon is displayed in the service request.

Related topic

Managing the Cisco HCS service offerings