2. Create a Catalog

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Last updated: Aug 14, 2024 by Tran Khanh Ngoc
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Overview

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

HI GIO provides public catalog for you to use that contains standard virtual machine (VM) sizes and operating systems.

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

 

Procedure

I. Create a catalog:

  1. In the menu bar, select Libraries.

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

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

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

 

5. When you're done, click OK.

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

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

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

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

 

8. Click Save to completed.

 

II. Upload Media Files

You can upload new media files or new versions of existing media files to a catalog. Users with access to the catalog can open the media files with their virtual machines.

Prerequisites: This operation requires the rights included in the predefined Catalog Author role or an equivalent set of rights.

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Libraries and in the left panel, select Media & Other >>Add.

 

2. In the Upload Media dialog box:

Select the Catalog to which you want to upload the media.

Enter a Name for the media If you do not enter a name, the name text box is automatically using the name of the media file.

Click the Upload icon and browse to the image file that you want to upload.

3. Click OK.

Depending on the file size, it might take some time for the upload to complete. You can monitor the status of the upload in the Recent Tasks view.

III. Upload OVF Package as a vApp Template

HI GIO supports the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) and Open Virtualization Appliance (OVA) specifications. If you upload an OVF file that includes OVF properties for customizing its virtual machines, those properties are preserved in the vApp template.

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Libraries and in the left panel, select vApp Templates >> New

2. Enter a URL address of the OVF file or click the Upload icon to browse to a location accessible from your computer and select the OVF/OVA template file.

** The location might be your local hard drive, a network share, or a CD/DVD drive. The supported file extensions include .ova, .ovf, .vmdk, .mf, .cert, and .strings. If you select to upload an OVF file, which references more files than you are trying to upload. For example, a VMDK file, you must browse and select all files.

3. Verify the details of the OVF/OVA template you are about to deploy and click Next.

4. Enter a Name, Description (optionally) for the vApp template.

From the Catalog drop-down menu, select the catalog, to which you want to add the template and click Next.

5. Review the vApp template settings and click Finish.