Hello and welcome to this presentation about preparing the Software Library in Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control. IaaS enables rapid and managed deployment
of servers in a virtualized environment. A number of configuration tasks must be performed
before servers can be deployed, as shown in this diagram.
This presentation describes software library preparation: Checking and/or verifying referenced
file locations for a file server, and creating a folder in the library for users and other
administrators. The Oracle Cloud Administrator is responsible
for creating Referenced File Locations. However, you must coordinate with the cloud administrator
in the creation of referenced file Locations, and make sure they are correctly defined for
use. You can create folders in the software library
to separate or share resources as necessary. These are self service administrator activities,
shown in the gray box. These are among the first activities supporting
server deployment. With Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control,
the software library can contain template, assembly, and related files, and the software
library can store references to storage elsewhere on the network.
A referenced file location is a description and Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a server
from which virtualization components can be imported into Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control. The self service administrator pushes component
files into the server file system, then provides the URL to the file location. From here, users
import the files where they can be further processed for deployment.
The software library is organized as a hierarchical set of folders that allow the customer administrator
to arrange and manage access to components. The customer administrator creates folders
for sharing or for isolating software components. This screen capture shows a number of Referenced
File locations. You must ask the Oracle Cloud Administrator to provide this information
to you. Make sure any servers, or locations within
server file systems are defined as you need them.
Additional referenced file locations can be created, as needed, by the Oracle Cloud Administrator.
It is the Customer Administrator who is responsible for ensuring servers are set up for users
of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. Navigate to the Software Library and create
a folder. Start at the Set up menu, navigate through Provisioning and Patching and click
Software Library. The library administration page appears, so click on the Software Library
link under the label at the top left of the screen to display the library.
We want the folder under the Software Library root, so click the Software Library list entry.
Click the Actions menu and then click Create Folder.
Enter a name for the folder. Here, enter A Sales Folder. We also provide a short description
that lets users know this is for the SalesMarketing tenant.
You can change the parent folder, too, if necessary.
Click OK. The folder now appears in the Software Library
and is ready to use. Dismiss the informational message at the top of the screen by clicking
the small x in the upper right corner. You have seen how to set up a referenced file
location and how to create a folder for arranging access to virtualization components such as
templates and assemblies. This ends the demonstration. Thank you for
watching.