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title: "VMware Aria Automation Provider Properties"
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This topic lists the VMware Aria Automation Provider for NIOS DDI properties that are supported in a VMware Aria Automation Assembler deployment and their use cases in the following sections:

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# Supported VMware Aria Automation Provider for NIOS DDI Properties

The following table provides descriptions of the VMware Aria Automation Provider for NIOS DDI properties used for VMs:

| **Property** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| Infoblox.IPAM.createHostRecord | If TRUE, only the host record is created. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.createAddressRecord | If TRUE, the A record is created. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.createAddressAndPtrRecords | If TRUE, the PTR record which is associated with the A record is  
created. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.createFixedAddress | If TRUE, the fixed address is created. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.createReservation | If TRUE, the reservation is created. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.restartIfNeeded | If TRUE, the DHCP service in NIOS is automatically restarted if this is required by NIOS configuration.  
Enabling this property affects DHCP records: fixed addresses, reservations, and host records with the Enable DHCP option turned on. If you create address and PTR records, enabling this property has  
no effect.  
For a list of operations requiring a DHCP service restart, see *[Operations Requiring Service Restart](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=ipamvmware8xdraft&title=Operations%20Requiring%20Service%20Restart&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=340328641)*. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.NetworkX.aliases | List of aliases for the host record of network interface X in the FQDN  
format. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.NetworkX.enableDhcp | Enables the DHCP flag for the host record of network interface X. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.NetworkX.enableDns | Enables the DNS flag for the host record of network interface X. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.NetworkX.Domain | Enables you to overwrite the domain DHCP option of network interface X.  
This capability is useful if the domain DHCP option is not set for Infoblox network or if the domain DHCP option must be overwritten. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.NetworkX.dnsView | DNS view in which the host record or DNS record of network interface X will be created.  
The DNS view property should contain DNS zones specified in the DHCP options of networks and ranges selected in the appropriate network profile. If the DNS view is not specified in the property group, by default, Infoblox Plug-In generates the default DNS view value based on the template "default.<network view>". When the *default network view* is selected in the network profile or if the network view (the address space in the VMware Aria Automation terminology) is not specified, the default DNS view from NIOS will be used (typically associated with the default network view). |
| Infoblox.IPAM.NetworkX.msDhcpServer | Microsoft DHCP server for the fixed address of network interface X. |
| Infoblox.IPAM.NetworkX.comment | Comment for the record of network interface X. |

# DNS Record Properties for VM Requests

The following table specifies which properties you should set to TRUE and FALSE when you request a VM with specific DNS records:

| **Use Case** | **Host**  
**Record** | **Address**  
**Record** | **Address,**  
**PTR** | **Fixed**  
**Address** | **Reservation** | **CNAME**  
**(Alias)** | **Enable**  
**DNS** | **Enable**  
**DHCP** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Provisioning VM with Host  
record by enabling DNS and DHCP | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE |
| Provisioning VM with A  
record | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A and  
PTR record | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A  
record and Fixed Address | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A  
record and Reservation | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A, PTR record and Fixed Address | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A, PTR record and Reservation | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with Fixed  
Address | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with  
Reservation | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A and  
CNAME record | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A,  
Fixed Address and CNAME record | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A, Reservation and CNAME record | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A, PTR  
and CNAME record | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A, PTR, Fixed Address and CNAME record | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | TRUE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with A, PTR,  
Reservation and CNAME record | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE | TRUE | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with Host record by enabling DHCP | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE |
| Provisioning VM with Host record by enabling DNS | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE | FALSE |
| Provisioning VM with Host record by not enabling DNS and DHCP | TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE |