Cloning environment profiles

You can clone environment profiles.

Before you begin

Cloning an environment profile provides a starting point for configuring a new environment profile as you can reuse some of the existing configuration.

Select an environment profile that most closely meets your needs, with the hypervisor type you want to use. The hypervisor type cannot be changed when you clone an environment profile.

If the profile is to deploy in a cloud other than the one specified in the profile you are cloning, have a cloud group configured and ready. All hypervisors must be configured and available in a cloud to create an environment profile that is ready to be deployed.

About this task

You can use the console, the command line interface, or the REST API to complete this task. For the command line and REST API information, see the Related information section.

Procedure

  1. Click Cloud > Environment Profiles.
  2. Click the profile and click the Clone icon in the toolbar.
  3. Provide the following information about the new environment profile:
    Name
    Enter a new unique name for the environment profile.
    Description
    Optionally, enter a detailed description to identify and differentiate the environment profile.
  4. Click OK.
    When the information is processed, the details about the new profile are shown in the right pane.
  5. Edit the environment profile.
    For more information, see Modifying environment profiles.