Editing a resource provider instance
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If you need to change some of the information that you supplied when you registered a resource provider instance during installation, you can edit the information. You can change anything except Provider Type and Name.
To edit a resource provider instance
- From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Providers.
The Provider workspace is displayed. - Click the Compute, Network, or Storage provider Category on the left.
- In the table, select the resource provider instance that you want to edit, and click the Edit icon
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The Edit Provider dialog box is displayed with the current information. For detailed information about provider inputs, click one of the following Make your changes.
- Click Submit.
Compute provider field descriptions
Network provider field descriptions
- Name — Lists the name of the provider.
- Description — Lists the user-created description of the provider.
- Host — Enter the name of the BMC Network Automation host computer.
- Port — Enter the web services communication port number for the BMC Network Automation instance.
- Protocol — Enter the web services protocol needed to connect to the BMC Network Automation instance, such as https.
- Username — Enter the BMC Network Automation user name.
- Password — Enter the password for the user name provided.
- Timeout Period — Enter the timeout period for outgoing BMC Network Automation API calls from BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management.
- Custom Action ID — (Optional) Enter the name of the custom action used for physical server provisioning. The default is Provision Switch Port.
- Custom Action Arguments — (Optional) Enter any custom action argument in a comma separated list.
Storage provider field descriptions
- Name — Lists the name of the provider.
- Vendor — Lists the vendor of the storage provider. Only NetApp is supported.
- Description — Lists the user-created description of the provider.
Related topics
Registering-resource-providers
Listing-resource-providers-and-viewing-provider-details
Deregistering-a-resource-provider-instance
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