Managing reservations

Place page

The PLACE page displays the current list of reservations.

  1. For an entry in the RESERVED state, you can click the entry name to open the Reservation Settings flyout.

  2. To see details about the provider entities or the data center that is hosting the reserved VMs, click the entity name.

  3. You can expand items in the list to see some details, or you can click to view the full details.

  4. To delete a reservation, select it in the list and click the DELETE icon. This cancels the reservation or deployment.

Deploying workloads to the reserved resources

When you reserve resources, you know that they are available for you to deploy actual VMs in your environment.

  1. Note the placement that your reservation calculated.

    Expand the reservation entry in the Workload Placement page and note the hosts and storage that provide resources for your VMs.

  2. Delete the reservation.

    Before you deploy the reserved VMs, delete the reservation to free up the Turbonomic market to manage the placement of the VMs you are about to deploy.

    Note:

    When you delete a reservation from the user interface or API, Turbonomic only marks the reservation for deletion and waits 48 hours before permanently deleting it. You can permanently delete a reservation by using the API's reservation_force_delete parameter along with a DELETE call to a specific reservation. When reservation_force_delete = true, the system removes the reservation permanently, no matter what state it is in.

  3. Deploy the actual VMs.

    In your Hypervisor user interface, deploy the VMs to the hosts and storage that you noted. When you are done, Turbonomic manages their placement the same as it manages the rest of your environment.