Provisioning and Assignment Options

Cloud Manager provides flexible assignment options for VMs deployed across multiple cloud environments, offering load balancing options and dynamic assignment capabilities. In this section we will explore the different assignment options available for models in Cloud Manager.

Manual Assignment

It's the process of manually assigning a specific VM to a user. This is typically done by an administrator who assigns the VM to the user for consistent, long-term use, and that is done through Deployment tab. Once assigned, the user will continue to connect to the same VM unless an admin modifies that configuration, resulting in a persistent setup.

For details, see Manually assign a VM to a user.

Pool Mode

It's the process of automatically allocating VMs to users based on the model's pool mode and VM availability in a non-persistent way, rather than assigning specific VMs to specific users permanently. This allows for more efficient use of resources, as VMs can be dynamically created, allocated, or reassigned as needed.

Enabling the Pool Mode will activate additional parameters such as the pool mode option (Depth first or Breadth first), Max. Instances and Max. users per instance. So, when a user logs in or requests access to an instance, the system will provision VMs according to the parameters configured in the model.

Dynamic Assignment

This mode is enabled by default, and it ensures VMs are assigned to users based purely on availability, with no predefined groupings or pools to restrict the assignment. VMs are assigned to users on a session basis, meaning that each time a user logs in, they may be assigned a different VM. The assignment is temporary and dynamic, without long-term ties to specific users. For already created models, this parameter can be modified from the model edit menu: