Use this wizard to create a VM Lifecycle Policy for Amazon virtual machines.
Enter the Policy Name and Description
Policy Name
Use this box to enter a name for the VM Lifecycle Policy.
Description
Use this box to enter a description of the VM Lifecycle Policy.
Select the Instance and Region
Client
Specifies the Amazon client where end users will create their virtual machines.
Region
Specifies the Amazon region where end users will create their virtual machines.
Update Region Information
Refreshes information on the Amazon Region.
Advanced Policy Features
Opens the Advanced Policy Features dialog box.
Maximum Allowed Virtual Machines Per User
Select this option to specify the maximum number of virtual machines each user is allowed to own at one time.
Associated Client Group
Select this option to specify the client group that can use this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Enable Decommission
Select this option to configure the period of time before a VM is decommissioned and then deleted.
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Decommission VM After
Type or select the number of days for the decommission period. All the decommissioned machines are automatically turned off.
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Deletion Grace Period
Type of select the number of days to wait before permanently deleting the VM.
Email addresses to notify
Enter one or more email addresses separated by commas for the people who will be notified about VM operations, such as Power On and Renew.
Sender's email address
Enter an email address that will appear in the From line in the email notifications about the VM.
Disable email notifications for successful VM operations
Select this option if you don't want to users to receive email notifications about VM operations that succeeded.
Enter the Availability Zones
Select All
Makes all zones available for virtual machines.
Available
Lists all zones that can be selected for use in this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Selected
Lists all zones that can be used with this VM Lifecycle Policy
Add
Moves the zones selected in the Available list to the Selected list.
Remove
Moves the ESX server selected in the Selected list to the Available list.
Add All
Moves all zones from the Available list to the Selected list.
Remove All
Moves all zones from the Selected list to the Available list.
Enter the Instance Types
Select All
Makes all instances available for virtual machines.
Available
Lists all instances that can be selected for use in this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Selected
Lists all instances that can be used with this VM Lifecycle Policy
Add
Moves the instances selected in the Available list to the Selected list.
Remove
Moves the instances selected in the Selected list to the Available list.
Add All
Moves all instances from the Available list to the Selected list.
Remove All
Moves all instances from the Selected list to the Available list.
Select Templates
This page allows you to specify which software templates end users can use to create virtual machines with this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Select All
Makes all software templates available for virtual machines.
Available
Lists all software templates that can be selected for use in this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Selected
Lists all software templates that can be used with this VM Lifecycle Policy
Add
Moves the software templates selected in the Available list to the Selected list.
Remove
Moves the software templates selected in the Selected list to the Available list.
Add All
Moves all software templates from the Available list to the Selected list.
Remove All
Moves all software templates from the Selected list to the Available list.
Resources
Security Groups
Allows you to specify the security group that is used in virtual machines created with this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Key Pair
Specifies the key pair used for virtual machines created with this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Assign RSA Key
This dialog box allows you to specify the location of the Key Pair file and the user account associated with it.
Key Pairs appear in the Amazon EC2 Console under Region > Key Pair and are saved as .PEM files.
Enter Storage Information
Volume Type
Allows you to specify the volume type, either Standard or Provisioned IOPS, and then specify the IOPS limit, for the virtual machines.
Number of Volumes
Allows you to specify the maximum number of volumes that can be used to create a virtual machine with this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Volume Space (GB)
Allows you to specify settings for volume space used in the virtual machines.
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Min
Specifies the minimum amount of volume space that must be used to create a virtual machine.
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Max
Specifies the maximum amount of volume space that can be used to create a virtual machine.
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Cost ($/GB)
Specifies the number of dollars charged for each gigabyte.
Enter the Naming Pattern for VMs
VM Naming Pattern
Allows you to specify a naming pattern for all virtual machines created with this VM Lifecycle policy. You can use the asterisk (*) to require at least one additional character in each virtual machine name.
For example, the default value, VM*Eng, requires each virtual machine name to contain at least one additional character following the text, VM, and before the text, Eng. Therefore, users could give names to their virtual machines such as VMBobEng or VMJane1Eng. However, you could also use the asterisk at the end of a character string so that all virtual machine names begin with the same string of characters. For example if you enter SalesEast*, all virtual machines created with this policy will begin with the text, SalesEast, such as SalesEastBob.
Select User Membership
Use this page to specify to users or user groups who have access to this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Available
Lists all users or user groups that can be selected for use in this VM Lifecycle Policy.
Selected
Lists all users or user groups that can be used with this VM Lifecycle Policy
Add
Moves the users or user groups selected in the Available list to the Selected list.
Remove
Moves the users or user groups selected in the Selected list to the Available list.
Add All
Moves all users or user groups from the Available list to the Selected list.
Remove All
Moves all users or user groups from the Selected list to the Available list.
Summary
This page lists all of the options that you selected and configured for the VM Lifecycle Policy. You can review all of your settings on this page, and then return to a specific page to change anything, or click Finish to create the VM Lifecycle Policy.