2. Create a Catalog

Overview

A catalog is a container for vApp templates\ VM templates, and media files in an organization.

HI GIO provides a public catalog that contains standard virtual machine (VM) sizes and operating systems.

The public catalog is a good place to start when deploying VMs into the HI GIO. However, you may want to create your catalogs containing specific application images, which you can then use to deploy VMs quickly.

Procedure

Step 1: In the menu bar, select Libraries.

Step 2: In the left navigation panel, under Content Libraries, select Catalogs >> NEW

Step 3: In the Create Catalog dialog box, enter a Name for the catalog and give it a Description (optional).

Step 4: To specify a particular storage policy for the catalog, select the Pre-provision on specific storage policy option, then select the Storage Policy

Step 5: When you're done, click OK.

Step 6: To make the catalog visible to others within your organization, click the three vertical dots and select Share.

Step 7: In the Share Catalog dialog box, from the Share with, select:

  • All Users and Groups are to share the catalog with everyone in the organization.

  • Specific Users and Groups to share the catalog with individual or group users. With permission: Read Only, Read/Write or Full Control.

8. Click Save to complete.

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