vCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Custom Property of the Day #3 – Thin Provisioning

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POTD #3 Thin Provision
 
vCAC version: 5.1
 
Property Name
 
VirtualMachine.Admin.ThinProvision

Property Description
 
This can be used with vCenter provisioning as well Hyper-V provisioning. This property is used to specific if yo would like you virtual machine to be thick or thin provisioned with values of True or False. If True your machine will be thin-provisioned, if False it will be thick provisioned. If not specified the default is to utilize thin provisioing.
 
Property Usage
 
This property can can only be used with virtual provisioning to vCenter or Hyper-V through SCVMM
 
Usage: PropertyNme = VirtualMachine.Admin.ThinProvision    Property value = True or False
 
Recommended Placement
Common placement for this property is at the Blueprint.

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