The Repository Policies Tab; The Repository Health Debugger Tab - Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - DEVELOPMENT CLIENT REFERENCE 08-28-2009 Reference

Creating a Repository for Existing VMs with Shared Root Locations and Separate
Configuration Directories
When you want to create a repository for existing VMs that have a shared root path but separate
configuration file directories, (for example,
old_config2
1 In the
Example:
2 In the
store (relative to the Root Location path).
Example: Adjacent to the VM Config Search Path field, click
old_config1
old_config2
Because the fields are concatenated, the provisioning adapter searches for the existing VM
configuration files in the array consisting of
old_config2
3 In the
the Root Location path). This path will also become the path for VM configuration files and
VM image files after a move or clone when a VM has been associated with this repository.
Example:
Because the fields are concatenated, the provisioning adapter searches for the existing VM files
in
/vms_new/all_images
Groups
This section of the Info/Groups page lists the groups of Repository objects in the grid. Click Choose
to open the repository Group selection dialog box. In this dialog box, you can choose which
Repository Groups to display in the Explorer Panel by selecting a group and then clicking Add or
Remove to move it to or from the Source Repository Groups list.

5.6.3 The Repository Policies Tab

The Polices tab opens a page that contains a policy viewer for each of the policies associated with a
Grid object.
NOTE: You can edit a policy by right-clicking a policy icon, selecting Edit Policy and clicking the
Save icon.

5.6.4 The Repository Health Debugger Tab

The Health Debugger is a common Admin view in the Development Client for most Grid objects.
For information about this tool, see
116 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Development Client Reference
)
Root Location field, enter the shared location for this repository.
/vms_new
VM Config Search Path field, enter the search paths to your existing configuration file
(no leading forward slash), click OK, click Add element again, enter
(no leading forward slash), then click OK.
.
Preferred Storage Path field, enter the path to your existing image file store (relative to
(no leading forward slash)
all_images
.
Chapter 6, "The Health Debugger," on page
/vms_new/old_config1
/vms_new/old_config1
and
/vms_new/
, click Add element, enter
and
/vms_new/
127.