Create a vCenter Solution

Solutions are the products that clients will be able to purchase. You create solutions based on the VM templates in your vCenter. Solutions also contain pricing and contract information.

To begin, click on the Service Provider drop-down link in the left pane and select Solutions.
This will bring you to the Solutions page.

Click on the “Add” button to create a new solution.

Step 1. Add the general information.

Solution name
Description of the solution
Delivery type (Physical or Digital)
- Physical – e.g. on premise, physical server instances or other physical material delivered in a solution
- Digital - virtualized server instances
Currency to be used for pricing
A logo to visually identify the solution
Is the solution is available to the client or not (enable/disable purchase ability)

Once you have filled in all the information, click on the Specs icon.

Step 2. The second step is in four parts.

Select an Automator solution.
Select the Automator type and Automator. In this case select vCenter Automator. Select the Automator you created earlier. If you created multiple Automators, chose the one with the required resources for the given solution.
Select the datacenter which contains the resources to be used by the solution.

Finally, step through the specs. Each spec has a gear icon beside them that allows you to make them billable or non-billable, and to specify whether it is a required value.

vCenter solution form

The solution form allows you to select which VM template to clone from, and to set a MIN/MAX value for CPU, RAM and disks. For disks, you can select which datastore will hold the VM. You can add multiple disks to a datastore.

Networks are selectable when client purchases the solution in the client portal. Please See MAPPING VM FOLDERS AND NETWORKS TO HYALTO CLIENTS Section for how to map networks to clients.

Once the form is completed, click the “Save” button.