Required to create a vSphere Namespace in VCF Automation, this template fixes its CPU and memory reservations and limits, plus which VM classes, storage classes and content libraries it gets.
Also called vSphere Namespace class.
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Terms in this definition
- CRUD
Shorthand for create, read, update and delete, the four basic things you do with data. Data-plane roles in Azure Cosmos DB, for instance, authorise those operations on items.
- vSphere Namespace
An area on a Supervisor, with caps on CPU, memory, storage and Kubernetes objects, in which VMs, vSphere Pods, VKS clusters and Supervisor Services run. VCF Automation creates them within a project, drawing on the organisation's region quota.
- VCF Automation
Self-service platform in VCF for provisioning VM, Kubernetes and AI workloads. Providers manage regions and tenants in one portal, while tenants handle projects and consumption in theirs.
- Template
A golden image for deploying VMs that cannot itself be started or edited; to change one, turn it back into a VM, update it and convert again, or clone it.
- CPU
The processor that runs a VM's workload (central processing unit); while B-series VMs run under their baseline, they accumulate CPU credits.
- General-purpose v1
The older storage account kind (
Storage), which lacks access tiers, Archive and premium file shares and retires on 13 October 2026. Converting to ZRS requires first upgrading to GPv2, a one-way change.