Hello. Welcome to this presentation in which you see how to deploy and create a new virtual
machine - or VM - using an .ISO file. After the VM is created, it is saved as a template
and shared with other users for server deployments. The self service administrator prepares the
software library, creates template, assembly, and iso components, and publishes the templates
and assemblies for self service users. .iso files enable the self service administrator
to create VMs, which can be configured to meet specific needs in their cloud. The template
created from the configure-from-iso VM is handled differently in the library than an
imported template. This process is shown in the gray box where
steps after importing the .iso component are different, but end up providing the template
to the self service user. The following demonstration takes you through
the processes of deploying the .iso in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. Building
the guest operating system. And, finally, saving and sharing the guest as a template
with self service users. In this session, I'm logged in as the self
service administrator. The .iso component has been saved and uploaded into the software
library. However, to deploy it into a VM, it is necessary to navigate to the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control interface to the Oracle VM virtualization environment.
Start by clicking on the Enterprise menu, through the Cloud option, and click on Oracle
VM Infrastructure Home. On the Infrastructure cloud interface, open
the target navigation tree, locate and display the zone for the tenant in which you work.
Right-click the zone name and click the Deploy ISO option.
The Iso deployment sequence begins. On the first page, use the default target Sales-Marketing.
Under the Source label, click the magnifying glass next to the ISO input to search for
the desired .iso file. When the dialog box appears, select the .iso
you want to work with. Here select Oracle Linux 7 update 6. You see that this .iso file
is the only software library component visible on the list. Click Select.
With the ISO file in place, click Next. The Instance details page appears. Here is
where you configure the VM parameters, including CPUs, memory, storage, and network.
We retain the 1 guest VM setting for this exercise.
We change the guest VM name to OL7u6-SM-VM, which should make the VM easy to spot later.
Check enable high availability. Uncheck the option to start the VM after creation. We
do this because we want to perform additional configuration before we start it up.
Change the Domain type to Xen HVM, PV Drivers. Under the NIC click on the list item for the
eth0 interface, then click edit. When the Edit dialog box appears, click the small magnifying
glass to search for available networks. After the network selector appears, click
on the Custom Selection option. Scroll the display to see all options. At
the bottom of the list, select 52_PVI which is an internal, inter-server network. Click
OK. With the network selected, click OK to dismiss
the edit network interface. You can add storage to the new deployment.
Under Disk, Click the Add button and the Add Storage Device dialog box appears.
Enter a name: AppDisk Enter the size in megabytes: 12000 and do
not use a comma. Retain the remaining settings, and click Ok.
Retain all other settings at this time and click Review.
The Review page shows all the settings at once. You can create a deployment plan at
this time if you want to use the same set of configuration parameters to create another
ISO deployment. Click Save As Plan...
Provide a name for the deployment plan. Because this deployment is on the 52 PVI, name the
plan OL7u6-PVI_52. Click on the software library folder where
you want the plan to reside. Here, click A Sales Folder, then click OK.
A confirmation message appears. Click OK to dismiss the message.
Now, click Submit to begin the deployment. When the confirmation message appears, click
Job Details so you can monitor the job. On the job activities page, set the auto-refresh
interval to 15 seconds, and monitor the execution status.
After the job completes, return to the Oracle VM Infrastructure Home.
Recall we unchecked the option to start the server, so here, click on the number next
to the red down arrow next to server status. On the list of servers, locate and select
the server OL7u6-SM-VM. Click on the Action menu, navigate through Guest VMs and click
Edit. The guest vm interface appears for the selected
server. Click the Other Configuration tab. On this page, select an appropriate operating
system type. Here, select Oracle Linux 7. Under the Advanced section, select the USB
Tablet as the Mouse type. This setting allows us to configure the Oracle Linux operating
system through the console with the guest graphic user interface.
You can enter tag values that are helpful when you have many objects to manage. Use
tags to limit some displays in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. Here enter SMVM.
Click OK, and click Close on the Confirmation message that appears.
To build the Oracle Linux guest, we return to the self service portal. Click on the Enterprise
Menu, navigate through the cloud option, and click on Self Service Portal.
On the cloud services page, click on Infrastructure - Oracle VM Cloud Services.
Start the server by first selecting the server on the list of the 10 last requested servers.
Click the Action menu, and click on Start. Click Start on the confirmation page.
An informational message appears, so dismiss it by clicking the small x in the upper right
corner. After a short wait, refresh the display by
clicking the circular arrow at the upper right side of the list.
With the .iso file in place, and the basic server parameters set, use the VM console
to configure the guest VM. After the server starts, select the server
again, then click the Action menu and then click the Launch VNC Console option.
The console appears in another browser window. At this time, configure the guest operating
system. We will remove much of the configuration activity
and delays from this demonstration, but take a look at a few settings.
Recall that we added an extra 12 GB disk to this VM. So, we need to specify which of the
two disks for this VM we want as the installation destination. Click on the Installation Destination
icon for Device Selection. Click on the 10GB disk, then click on Done
in the upper left corner of the screen. Click on Begin Installation. While the installation
takes place, set the root password. Click on Root Password.....
Then enter the root password the first time. Then confirm the root password by entering
it a second time. Click Done, and continue to monitor the installation.
After the installation completes, click Reboot and dismiss the browser window displaying
the VNC Console. Next, prepare the VM to be saved as a template.
This involves removing the .iso from the configuration, so we have to stop it.
Click on the VM name.... On the VM display, click the Server menu and
click Stop. Click Stop on the confirmation page...
The VM display returns with an informational message. Click the small x in the upper right
corner to dismiss it. Refresh the display by clicking the circular
arrow at the upper right side of the display. Now that the status indicates Stopped by the
red down arrow, click the server menu then modify configuration...
On the modify configuration page, select the ISO device on the Storage list in the lower
right portion of the screen. Then, click Delete. Click OK on the confirmation.
As you can see. The page to modify the configuration allows you to change other parameters such
as memory and number of CPUs. Click OK.
The VM display returns with an informational message. Click the small x in the upper right
corner to dismiss it. Now, click on the Server menu and click on
Save as Template.... On this page, provide a name for the template.
Here, input OL7u6-SM-Template. Retain all other settings, and click OK.
The VM display returns with an informational message. Click the small x in the upper right
corner to dismiss it. Return to the Self Service Portal. Navigate
from the Enterprise Menu, through Cloud, and click on Self Service Portal.
On the cloud services page, click on Infrastructure - Oracle VM Cloud Services.
When the self service portal appears, click on the Library icon at the left side of the
screen to display library components. Locate and select the template on the list
display. Now, click Share at the top of the list.
In the select and share dialog box, you can share the template with specified users, or
specified roles. Select the Role option from the Type menu, then click Search to rearrange
names on the list below. Hold the control key and click on the sales
self service admin and sales self service user roles.
The library display returns with an informational message. Click the small x in the upper right
corner to dismiss it. The template is now shared, and available
to users with the selected roles. This ends the presentation. Thank you for
watching.