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To create a hardware profile for a datacenter, you must supply a unique name, and a unique combination of CPU and RAM.
User perspective
How do users work with hardware profiles?
When creating a virtual machine, the user must select a hardware profile.
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If a user’s enterprise does not have access to any active hardware profiles, the user cannot create virtual machines. If there are no valid active hardware profiles available for a virtual machine template, then users cannot deploy a virtual machine created from this template.
The hardware profiles that Abiquo will display may vary depending on whether the user has the privilege to Override virtual machine constraints or not. If the user has this privilege, it allows them to modify virtual machine CPU and RAM to values outside the maximum and minimum values defined in the virtual machine template. This means that the user with the Override virtual machine constraints privilege can select any hardware profile available to the enterprise.
When can I change the hardware profile assigned to my virtual machine?
When you edit a virtual machine, Abiquo will display the hardware profile, as well as the CPU and RAM. If the virtual machine is not deployed, you can change the hardware profile at any time. If the virtual machine is deployed and you are not using hot-add of CPU and RAM, shut down the virtual machine before making changes.
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Yes, you can activate a hardware profile again at any time. Also, Abiquo will automatically activate an existing hardware profile in preference to creating a new one when switching to hardware profile mode, capturing a virtual machine, or creating a virtual appliance from a spec.
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Changes to hardware profiles in public cloud
In public cloud, when you create a public cloud region and add credentials for an enterprise, Abiquo will automatically retrieve the hardware profiles for the public cloud region. You can synchronize hardware profiles but you cannot edit them or make them inactive. In public cloud hardware profiles, the combinations of CPU and RAM do not have to be unique. Some cloud providers may use CPU and RAM instead of hardware profiles, for example, vCloud Director, and some providers may use both.
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