Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

Preparing a template for a resource group deployment

This section includes tasks for preparing a template that will be used to deploy a set of infrastructure resources in a resource group.

A template is an object in PowerFlex Manager that represents resource types and their required configuration and topology. A template specifies requirements for the deployment of a set of infrastructure resources through PowerFlex Manager's automation workflows.

On the Templates page, you can access the default sample templates or create templates that meet your specific requirements. For most environments, you can clone one of the sample templates that are provided with PowerFlex Manager and edit as needed. Choose the sample template that is most appropriate for your environment.

PowerFlex Manager allows you to create templates that support hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only resource group deployments.

After you create a template, PowerFlex Manager saves the template in a draft state. You must publish the template before deploying it.

Lifecycle administrators can view and use only those templates for which they have been granted permission by a super user.