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Add or edit datacenter/cluster: Reference

Refer to the tables below for field descriptions when you want to add or edit a datacenter or cluster in SAM Core on Snow Atlas.

General

The General tab lets you, for example, add information on the name and organization of the datacenter or cluster.

Field labelDescription
NameThe name of the datacenter/cluster. (Required)
OrganizationThe organization node that the datacenter/cluster belongs to. (Required)
ControllerThe name of the controller managing the datacenter, if any.
DescriptionThe description of the datacenter/cluster
Hypervisor technologyThe Hypervisor technology used in the datacenter/cluster.
When VMware vSphere is selected, information on Datacenter is a VMware DRS cluster is also required.
High availability enabledIf this setting is enabled, it indicates that the datacenter/cluster is configured with high availability (HA).
Datacenter is a VMware DRS clusterRequires that VMware vSphere is selected as the Hypervisor technology.
If this setting is enabled, it indicates that the VMware DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) feature is enabled for the cluster.

Hosts

The Hosts tab lets you connect hosts to the datacenter or cluster.

Field labelDescription
NameThe name of the host.
Operating systemThe operating system of the host.
OrganizationThe organization node that the host belongs to.
Number of VMsThe number of virtual machines running on the host.

Extended coverage

The Extended coverage tab lets you add extended license coverage for applications installed in the datacenter or cluster. For more information, see Extended coverage.

Field labelDescription
ApplicationThe name of the application with extended license coverage.
Coverage reasonThe reason for the extended license coverage.
NameThe name of the datacenter or cluster from which license coverage is extended.