Virtualization concepts

BMC Server Automation provides many tools for managing virtual environments. These tools are available through the BMC Server Automation Console. A subset of these tools is available through the BLCLI.

To familiarize yourself with general BMC Server Automation virtualization concepts, see VM provisioning.

For more information on virtualization concepts and the BLCLI, see the following topics:

• Creating new VMs with the BLCLI
• Creating your own VGP
• Auto-discovering existing templates
• Provisioning a bare metal VM
• VGP XML files for VMware
• VGP XML files for IBM
• VGP XML files for Oracle Solaris
• VGP XML files for Citrix XenServer
• VGP XML files for RHEV
• VGP XML files for SCVMM Hyper-V
• Setting up default configuration values (VGTE Job)
• The VGJ file
• VMware GuestOSId and GuestOSVersionId values
• Using the schemas - Backward compatibility and validation
• Virtual Guest Package schema
• Virtual Guest Job schema
• VGTE configuration file schema