Option Choices available when extending service blueprints

The Option Choices functionality is the same as the various sections in the service blueprint UI. For example, the Additional System Disk option is exactly the same as configuring one or more virtual system disks (VSD) in the Compute Resources tab in the service blueprint.

The difference is that, instead of the cloud administrator specifying 100 GB of disk in the service blueprint, you use Option Choices in the Service Catalog to create end-user options for the space requirements. You now let the end-user choose how much memory they want when the Apache Server is being provisioned. With Option Choices, you do not need to edit the individual service blueprint configurations because each option can modify blueprints in a different way.

The following table describes the available Option Choices.

Note

Service Definition options apply to all deployments for the service (for example, Small, Medium, and Large); Service Deployment Definition options apply only to one deployment (for example, Small but not Medium and Large).
BMC does not currently support Post-Deploy Actions for physical servers. The 'Modify Actions' link does not list any option against a physical server.
BMC does not currently support Additional NIC as Any Type or Post-Deploy Action for XEN Provisioning.

Blueprint model	Function	Fulfillment type	When available?	Description
Service Definition	Component	Software Packages	Any Request Request Definition Post-Deploy Action	Modify a software package, pre-install and post-install actions, and its operations. You can enter the Component Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. Note The Product Catalog populates the list of software packages. For more information, see the instructions on defining Software Packages and Operations.
Service Definition	Component	Tags	Request Definition	Modify a system tag group and system tag that associates metadata with a component in a service blueprint. You can enter the Component Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For more information, see the instructions on defining component tags.
Service Definition	Connection	Tags	Request Definition	Modify a system tag group and system tag that associates metadata with a connection in a service blueprint. You can enter the Component Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For more information, see the instructions on defining connections.
Service Definition	Service Definition	Tags	Request Definition	Modify a system tag group and system tag that associates metadata with a service blueprint. You can define the modified tag group and tag to apply. For more information, see the instructions on creating or modifying service blueprints.
Service Definition	Service Definition	Parameters	Any Request Request Definition Post-Deploy Action	Modify the functional model parameters (configurable options or settings, user names, passwords, or other information) specified by the package in the Service Definition. For more information, see the Configuring service blueprint parameters instructions.
Service Deployment Definition	Compute Resources	CPU Count	Any Request Request Definition Post-Deploy Action	Modify the number of processors associated with the Service Deployment Definition. This option modifies the CPU Count defined in the Compute Resources tab of the Blueprint Definition Editor. You can enter the Resource Set by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other fields used with CPU count, see compute resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Compute Resources	Memory Size	Any Request Request Definition Post-Deploy Action	Modify the memory size (in MB) associated with the Service Deployment Definition. This option modifies the Memory Size (MB) defined in the Compute Resources tab of the Blueprint Definition Editor. You can enter the Resource Set by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other fields used with MB size, see compute resources.
Not applicable	Not applicable	Add Server	Post-Deploy Action	Modify the number of server instances. You can also modify the server username and password parameters. For more information, see Configuring service blueprint parameters.
Service Deployment Definition	Compute Resources	Additional System Disk	Any Request Request Definition Post-Deploy Action	Modify the Memory size (in MB) or System tag group and system tags options associated with the VSD. You can enter the Resource Set by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other fields used with additional VSDs, see compute resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Compute Resources	Installable Resource	Request Definition	Modify the installable package in a service blueprint. The installable resource is a virtual machine image or template, and it can be a Virtual Guest Package (VGP) from BMC Server Automation or Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from Amazon EC2. For more information, see Configuring compute resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Additional System Disk	Tags	Request Definition	Modify the system tag groups and system tags that associate metadata with a virtual system disk. You can enter the Resource Set or Disk Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags.
Service Deployment Definition	Compute Resources	Tags	Request Definition	Modify the system tag groups and system tags that associate metadata with compute resources. You can enter the Resource Set or Disk Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other compute resource fields, see compute resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Compute Resources	Custom Action	Any Request Request Definition Post-Deploy Action	Modify the post-deployment actions (AO Workflow or Script) in compute resources. You can also enter the Component Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other compute resource fields, see compute resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Compute Resources	Number of Instances	Request Definition	Modify the number of instances in compute resources. You can also enter the Resource Set by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other compute resource fields, see compute resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Additional NIC	Tags	Request Definition	Modify the system tag groups and system tags that associate metadata with the NIC at the time of deployment. You can also enter the Resource Set or NIC Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. By adding the Additional NIC option to the service offering, you allow end-users to specify a tag in the NIC network selection policy that picks a network for a VM NIC (or the physical server NIC). For a description of other NIC fields, see network resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Additional NIC	Toggle Static/Dynamic	Request Definition	Modify whether the IP address used for the private network should be assigned dynamically through DHCP, or set statically in the machine configuration at the time of deployment. You can also enter the Resource Set or NIC Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other NIC fields, see network resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Additional NIC	Toggle NAT Address Assignment	Request Definition	Modify if Network Address Translation (for the NIC) should be used to provide a separate IP address to access the public network (internet) at the time of deployment. You can also enter the Resource Set or NIC Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other NIC fields, see network resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Additional VLB Pool	Tags	Request Definition	Modify the system tag groups and system tags that associate metadata with the VLB Pools at the time of deployment. You can also enter the Resource Set or the VLB Pool Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other VLB Pool fields, see network resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Additional VLB Pool	Toggle NAT Address Assignment	Request Definition	Modify if Network Address Translation (for the VLB Pool) should be used to provide a separate IP address to access the public network (internet) at the time of deployment. You can also enter the Resource Set or the VLB Pool Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other VLB Pool fields, see network resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Network Resources	Additional NIC	Any Request Request Definition Post-Deploy Actions	Modify additional NIC assigned either at the time of deployment or post-deployment. You can enter the Resource Set by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of NIC fields, see network resources. Note: If you include Additional NIC as a Post-Deploy Action, you must configure the following parameters in the configure_nic script file in the BMC Server Automation CSM_Script depot: Parameter Name=HOST, Check on "Accepts Value", Default value =TARGET.NAME, Check on "Value required at runtime" MAC_ADDR, Check on "Accepts Value", "Value required at runtime" and "Editable" BOOTPROTO, Check on "Accepts Value", "Value required at runtime" and "Editable" IPADDR, Check on "Accepts Value" and "Editable" NETMASK, Check on "Accepts Value" and "Editable" GATEWAY, Check on "Accepts Value" and "Editable"
Service Deployment Definition	Network Resources	Additional VLB Pool	Request Definition	Modify additional VLB Pool assigned at the time of deployment. You can enter the Resource Set by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of VLB Pool fields, see network resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Network Resources	Additional VLB Entry	Request Definition	Modify additional VLB Pool entry assigned at the time of deployment. You can enter the Resource Set by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of VLB Pool Entry fields, see network resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Network Resources	Remote Access Port	Request Definition	Modify the remote access port associated with the Service Deployment Definition. You can enter the Component Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of Remote Access Port fields, see network resources.
Service Deployment Definition	Network Disk	Storage Size	Request Definition	Modify the minimum storage size (in GB) associated with the component requirements. For a description of other fields used with storage, see Creating or modifying a service blueprint.
Service Deployment Definition	Resource Set	Tags	Request Definition	Modify the system tag groups and system tags that associate metadata with resource sets. You can enter the Resource Set by name or select its tag group and tags. For a description of other fields used with resource sets, see Creating service deployment definitions and resource sets.
Service Deployment Definition	Resource Set	Custom Action	Request Definition	Modify the post-deployment actions in the resource set. You can enter the Component Identifier by name or select its tag group and tags.
Service Deployment Definition	Service Deployment Definition	Tags	Request Definition	Modify the system tag groups and system tags that associate metadata with Service Deployment Definitions. For a description of other fields used with Service Deployment Definitions, see Creating service deployment definitions and resource sets.
Service Deployment Definition	Service Deployment Definition	Parameters	Any Request Request Definition Post-Deploy Actions	Modify the deployment model parameters (configurable options or settings, user names, passwords, or other information) specified by the package in the Service Deployment Definition at post-deployment. For a description of fields used with Service Deployment Definition parameters, see To edit package installation parameters.
Service Deployment Definition	Service Deployment Definition	Custom Action	Request Definition	Modify the post-deployment actions in the Service Deployment Definition. For more information, see Configuring post-deployment actions (for the service deployment definition).
Service Deployment Definition	Service Deployment Definition	Network Path	Request Definition	Modify the network path settings (ad hoc or pending) in the Service Deployment Definition at the time of deployment. For more information, see Configuring network paths.

Option Choices available when extending service blueprints

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