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Create a compute profile

A compute profile specifies the hardware to use for newly-provisioned virtual machines. A compute profile maps to a cloud account, a datacenter, and a hardware template.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_cmp.cloud_admin

You must have a cloud account with datacenters. You must run Discovery on the service accounts to populate the datacenters.

Procedure

  1. In the Cloud Admin Portal, navigate to Manage > Resource Profiles.

  2. In the Profiles list, select Compute Profile and then click New.

  3. Enter a unique and descriptive Name and Description for the profile and then click Submit.

    The profile is created.

  4. Click the resource profile that you created.

  5. Map the profile to a template.

    1. In the list, click the profile that you created.

    2. In the Profile Mappings related list, click New, fill in the form, and then click Submit.

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Compute resource profile
FieldDescription
Cloud AccountSelect a cloud account that the profile is valid for.
LocationSelect the datacenter that the profile is valid for.
Hardware Template \[cmdb\_ci\_compute\_template\]Select the hardware type that the profile should be mapped to.Click the reference icon \(
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Reference image\) to view the details of the template.

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Discover all datacenters in a service account on-demand