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Using Quick Start


The Quick Start wizard-based UI simplifies configuration for BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management. See the following sections for an introduction to Quick Start:

Purpose of Quick Start

Using Quick Start, you provide a limited number of configuration settings. All other configuration is automated, including configuration of underlying BMC products such as BMC Server Automation and BMC Network Automation.

Note

Quick Start is designed to create new configurations for BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management. You cannot use Quick Start to modify existing configurations. BMC does not recommend that you use BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management to modify configurations already created in Quick Start and then attempt to use those configurations again in Quick Start.

When the Quick Start wizard is finished, BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is ready to fulfill end-user requests for automated provisioning of virtual machines (VMs). The BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console reflects the configuration settings made in Quick Start.

Quick Start is designed to address straightforward provisioning needs. If you require more complex configurations, you might need to use the full set of tools that BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management offers. Alternatively, you can perform some simple provisioning with Quick Start and then modify the configuration using the full capabilities of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management.

Using Quick Start, you can set up provisioning of VMs by using different infrastructure platforms. See the following topics:

 

Quick Start configuration process

The following diagram illustrates the basic steps for configuring BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management by using Quick Start. 

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To access Quick Start

From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and then click Quick Start.

The Quick Start home page opens.

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Limitations and troubleshooting

For information about limitations to Quick Start, see Limitations-of-Quick-Start and Known-and-corrected-issues.

For troubleshooting information, see Troubleshooting-issues-in-Quick-Start.

 

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