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About deploying virtual assets

The Virtual Guest Package (VGP) and Virtual Guest Job (VGJ) let you to create a new virtual machine according to a specific configuration that you define or one you base on an existing virtual asset.

As a virtual infrastructure administrator, you may have requests for new virtual machines. Depending on the request, you can create the new virtual machine and add it to the host server in any of the following ways:

After you have built the new virtual machine, you can apply compliance checks to it to ensure that it was built according to policy. The VGP and VGJ are available for the following virtualization environments:

Virtual Environment

What's supported

VMware vSphere

You can create a new virtual system based on a VMware vCenter template or virtual machine, or on parameters that you define by creating a VGP in the Depot workspace. You can then use the VGJ to deploy a new VMware virtual machine on the VMware vCenter server (which must be a BMC Server Automation managed server).

IBM PowerVM

You can create a new LPAR or VIO based on an existing LPAR or VIO server, or based on parameters that you define by creating a VGP in the Depot workspace. You can then use the VGJ to deploy a new LPAR/VIO on the IBM frame server, which must be a BMC Server Automation agentless managed object (AMO).
BMC Server Automation can support objects that do not have an RSCD agent installed, such as an IBM frame. BMC Server Automation calls these objects AMOs
The system manages AMOs through other servers that are equipped with a custom configuration object that can communicate with the agentless device. This documentation refers to those other servers as AMO proxies.

Solaris Zones

You can create a new non-global zone based on parameters that you define by creating a VGP in the Depot workspace. You can then use the VGJ to deploy a new non-Global Zone on the Solaris global zone server (which must be a BMC Server Automation managed server).

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

You can create a new virtual machine based on an existing virtual machine or on parameters that you define by creating a VGP in the Depot workspace. You can then use the VGJ to deploy a new virtual machine on the RHEV Manager server (which must be a BMC Server Automation managed server).

Citrix XenServer

You can create a new virtual machine by creating a VGP in the Depot workspace, based on a XenServer template, a custom template or a virtual machine. You can then use the VGJ to deploy a new virtual machine on the XenServer host (which must be a BMC Server Automation AMO).

Microsoft Hyper-V

You can create a new virtual system based on a Microsoft Hyper-V template, or on parameters that you define by creating a VGP in the Depot workspace. You can then use the VGJ to deploy a new virtual machine on the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) server (which must be a BMC Server Automation managed server).

 

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