A location template defines virtual machine attributes
such as operating system image type, data center location, and host
type for the agent virtual machines to be hosted in the cloud. After
creating location templates, when creating a cloud schedule, you associate
the location templates with the schedule and specify the number of
agent virtual machines to use to run the schedule.
About this task
If you must run the cloud schedule with virtual testers in geographically diverse
locations, such as a user group in the Dallas data center and another user group in the Paris data
center, you can create multiple location templates and associate them with one cloud schedule. When
selecting data centers for agent virtual machines, remember that the distance between a data center
and the location of your application and the number of hops it takes to reach the data center can
make a difference to response times.
The choice of a host type can also determine response time.
In a shared hypervisor, the underlying hardware could be shared with many other guest operating
systems so it is important to add an auditing user group to ensure that response times are accurate.
In a dedicated hypervisor, the hardware is not shared with other operating systems. A bare metal
computer means a fully dedicated piece of hardware. The choice of a host type effects the cost of
running the schedule in the cloud.
Procedure
- Click
- Specify a name for the location template. The
template is created.
- To connect to the cloud manager, click Connect.
- If the connection is successful, specify the location of
data center, operating system image type, and host type for the agent
virtual machines. If the connection fails, contact product
support.
- Save the location template.
What to do next
You can create a cloud schedule and associate the location
template to the schedule.