Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.1 User Guide
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Managing Services
Managing Infrastructure
Viewing Server Lease Information
View the expiration and storage expiration dates of a lease on a server from the My Servers portal page.
1.
Choose My Cloud > My Servers.
2.
On the My Servers portal, locate and click the server in the table.
3.
Lease information is shown in the Details section for the chosen server.
4.
Click the server line again to hide the details.
Note:
My Servers is one of the few views without the arrow/triangle control to show and hide the details. So, you
instead click on the row to show and again to hide.
Extending or Removing a Server Lease
Extend the expiration date on which a server is decommissioned but is not deleted. You can extend a lease during the
lease term or after lease expiration but before storage expiration. You can also remove an existing lease from a server
without deleting or decommissioning it. By removing a lease, you are simply stopping the automatic decommission
service.
lease term or after lease expiration but before storage expiration. You can also remove an existing lease from a server
without deleting or decommissioning it. By removing a lease, you are simply stopping the automatic decommission
service.
Note:
When extending a lease, the start date is not the end of the previous term, but the date of the extension submittal.
1.
Choose My Cloud > My Servers.
2.
On the My Servers portal, locate and click the server in the table. Details about the server and icons for actions
appear in the Take Action area.
appear in the Take Action area.
3.
Click the Extend Lease icon to open the Extend Managed Lease Instance form. The name of the server and its
expiration date appear on the form.
expiration date appear on the form.
4.
From the Term drop-down list on the Extend Managed Lease Instance form, choose the number of days you want
to add to the lease term (starting with the change date, not the end of lease date), or choose No Lease to remove
the lease from the server.
to add to the lease term (starting with the change date, not the end of lease date), or choose No Lease to remove
the lease from the server.
5.
Click Submit Order.
Managing Infrastructure
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.1 includes a number of ways to manage your infrastructure.
Maintaining Your Servers
A multitude of actions are available based on the permissions for your role, these include server operations such as
decommissioning VMs, to lifecycle management, such as extending a server lease. You can view your servers as well as
act on them at any time. To do so:
decommissioning VMs, to lifecycle management, such as extending a server lease. You can view your servers as well as
act on them at any time. To do so:
My Cloud > My Servers.
Note:
For information on managing bare metal and blades, see
No Lease
6 months
30 days
9 months
90 days
1 year