Create Platform Group Instances

The blueprint is a plan, describing what you want to build. The work product created from a blueprint is called an “instance”. This section describes the instance types.

A Platform Group is the running instantiation of a Platform Blueprint consisting of an instance of every resource listed in the blueprint plus any configurations applied to the group. You manage existing Platform Group instances through the Platform Manager web GUI.

In each Platform Group instance, you will see the following indications:

The state represents the status of the most recent operation performed through the Platform Manager interface (API).
The current infrastructure run state is the aggregate of the run state of each resource.
Any error messages
A history of operations performed through the Platform Manager.
The infrastructure address
Any operations (start/stop/delete) performed at the Platform Group level are applied to all child resources.
The platform state is an aggregate of the component resources last operation and its status.

Platform States

Platform State Description
FAIL One or more resource operations failed.
BUILDING The creation operation is in progress.
BUILT The creation operation was successful for all resources.
DELETED Deletion was successful for all resources.
DELETING Deletion is in progress.
STOPPING The stop operation is in progress.
UPDATING A backup, restore, or upgrade operation is in progress.
UPDATED A backup, restore, or upgrade operation is complete.
STARTING A start operation is in progress.
STARTED The start operation is complete.
To create a Platform Group instance

Create an instance using the Platform Groups page:

1. From Platform Groups, click Create Platform Group.

2. If you enter a Platform Group Name when creating a MiVoice Business Express Platform Group, this Name is also added to the Annotations > Notes field for the MiVoice Business Express virtual machine.

If you change the Platform Group Name later, the new name is appended to the list of the names in the Notes field for the virtual machine.

3. Select a blueprint and quantity.

4. If the blueprint does not have an associated ARID blueprint, supply an ARID. If no ARID is required, you leave the ARID field empty.

The instance ID list is updated each time you create a register a new Platform instance. If you would rather have the Platform instance ID list cached on a schedule for faster retrieval, you can enable caching of the list in Oria; System > Advanced > Platform Manager tab. Note that Platform Manager must be registered in Oria before you can use this setting.

Detailed instructions are available at Oria Advanced Settings.

External resource changes

Resource instances are the software instances that make up a Platform Group. A resource is a single MiVoice Business Multi-Instance tenant.

Oria Platforms depend on the resources. Any changes of state in resources is discovered when Platform Manager tries to perform an operation. Depending on the change to the resource, the Platform Manager operation may fail.