Modifying environment profiles

Modify environment profiles to suit the changing needs of your environment.

GET https://host/resources/environmentProfiles/id?refresh

PUT https://host/resources/environmentProfiles/id?reset

1. Click Cloud > Environment Profiles.
2. Select the environment profile to edit.
3. Optional: Check the Access granted to field to see if you have access to edit the profile. If you do not have access, contact the owner to ask for access.
4. Edit the following information:
   1. Add or change the description of the environment profile in the Description field.
   2. In the Environment profile type field, select an environment for your profile to run:
      • All
      • Development
      • Test
      • Quality Assurance
      • Performance
      • Research
      • Production
      • Pre-Production
   3. In the Virtual machine name format field, specify or change the format of the virtual machine name.
      For example, d_${hostname}.
   4. In the IP addresses provided by field, select one of the following options to specify how the IP addresses are provided:

      Pattern deployer

      If you choose to provide the IP address for a virtual machine at deployment, then you must also specify the cloud group, IP group, host name, and IP address for each part.

      Important: If you choose this option, the following conditions apply:

      • The person deploying the pattern cannot specify an IP address that is contained within the IP groups that are defined in the system.
      • You can only use the environment profile for deploying virtual systems. The virtual application pattern deployment process does not provide the ability for a deployer to specify an IP address.

      IP Groups

      If the system provides the IP address for a virtual machine, you must specify only the cloud group and IP group for the pattern parts. The system provides the IP address information

   5. Select from the following options to modify the Deployment priority:
      • Platinum - High(16) Medium(8) Low(4)
      • Golden - High(12) Medium(6) Low(3)
      • Silver - High(8) Medium(4) Low(2)
      • Bronze - High(4) Medium(2) Low(1)
   6. Select a different Time zone from the drop down list to change the time zone for this environment profile.
   7. Select a different Language from the drop down list to change the language for this environment profile.
   8. In the Minimum number of characters for passwords in pattern instance deployment drop-down list, select a value to configure the minimum number of permissible characters in pattern instance deployment. You can select a number from 1-32. For virtual machine password, the default value is 8 for minimum number of characters.
   9. In the Minimum number of alphabetic characters for passwords in pattern instance deployment drop-down list, select a value to configure the minimum number of permissible alphabetic characters in pattern instance deployment. You can select a number from 0-32. For virtual machine password, the default value is 1 for minimum number of alphabets. The drop down list for this field is dynamic. The value changes based on the values selected for Minimum number of characters for passwords in pattern instance deployment and Minimum number of non-alphabetic characters for passwords in pattern instance deployment.
   10. In the Minimum number of non-alphabetic characters for passwords in pattern instance deployment drop-down list, select a value to configure the minimum number of permissible non-alphabetic characters in pattern instance deployment. You can select a number from 0-32. For virtual machine password, the default value is 1 for minimum number of non-alphabetic characters. The drop down list for this field is dynamic. The value changes based on the values selected for Minimum number of characters for passwords in pattern instance deployment and Minimum number of alphabetic characters for passwords in pattern instance deployment.
       Note: For more information on the password policy limitations, see Known issues and limitations.
   11. Add, remove, or change the alias name for the cloud in which the environment profile is to run.

       Add

       To add a cloud group, click the entry field under the Deploy to cloud groups label and select the cloud group to add. Only valid cloud groups that are configured with the correct hypervisor type are shown.

       Remove

       Click the Remove link beside any listed cloud groups to remove them from the environment profile.

       Change alias name

       In the Alias field, change the name of the cloud. This name is shown at deployment.

   12. Add, remove, or rename IP groups.
       Select or clear the In use box to indicate the IP groups in each cloud group to be used. You can also change the name of the IP group, as it is shown at deployment, in the Alias field.
   13. Expand the Windows domain information field, to modify the domain information.
   14. Expand the Windows key management service field, to modify the KMS server information.
   15. In the Environment limits field, you can modify the limits of the virtual CPU, virtual memory, storage and product licenses. In the product table, you can set the license limit for each product by clicking the up or down arrow in the License limit column. Any other value in the License limit field indicates enforcement of the limit to that value. The License limit field will override the Ignore setting on the License awareness page.
       Note: For information about license usage in the Environment Profiles page compared to the Product Licenses page, see Environment profiles might report higher usage for licenses than the Product Licenses page.
   16. Grant or remove access to the environment profile to users.
       Use the Access granted to field to add, remove, or change user or user group access to this environment profile.

       Note: You must be assigned System level, user or user group role with permission to Manage workload resources (Full permission) to grant access to another user on environment profile to complete this task.