Reserve IP Address Workflow

The Reserve IP address workflow allows you to reserve a specified IPv4 or IPv6 address, create a host record, or create a DNS record for a host in NIOS. The workflow creates the specified IPAM records with the defined static IP address.
You can choose which IPAM object to create in this workflow:

Host record
A/AAAA record with or without an associated PTR record
CNAME records related to the created A/AAAA record
Fixed address or reservation

Using the Reserve IP address workflow, you can assign extensible attributes to the IPAM objects that you create.
To reserve an IP address:

Log in to the vCenter Orchestrator Client.
Choose Run mode.
On the Workflows tab, select the administrator entry –> Library –> Infoblox.
Right-click the Reserve IP address workflow and choose Start workflow.
Complete the Connection step to establish the connection to the NIOS IPAM appliance: click the Connection to the IPAM server field. Expand Infoblox IPAM, select the IP address of a NIOS Grid member, and then click Select.
Click Next.
In the IP Address step, specify the IP address to be reserved and, optionally, a network view, and then click Next.
In the Common parameters step, select one of the following for Create host record?
- Select Yes and specify the FQDN for host name, enable or disable DNS and DHCP for the host record and, optionally, specify a MAC address or DUID, aliases, and a comment.
- Select No and specify if you want to create a DNS record and/or fixed address/reservation.
To create a DNS record, specify the type of DNS record (A/AAAA or A/AAAA/PTR), the FQDN hostname and, optionally, a DNS view, CNAME aliases, and a comment. You can associate CNAME records with the created A/AAAA record by setting aliases in FQDN format. For more information, see the section Managing CNAME Records in the NIOS Documentation.
To create a fixed address or reservation, specify which of them to create, the name, and comment. For the fixed address, specify a MAC address or DUID and, optionally, an IPv4 address of the Microsoft DHCP server.
Click Next.
(Optional) In the Extensible attributes step, specify the number of, and the values for, any extensible attributes that you want to assign to the records or objects that will be created in the result of the workflow execution. For more information about extensible attributes, see Extensible Attributes in IPAM Workflows.
Click Next.
Specify if restarting the DHCP service is needed. When you select Yes, the DHCP service will be restarted when it is required by NIOS configuration. For more information, see Appendix E Operations Requiring Service Restart.
Click Submit.