Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/shapeblue/cloudstack-documentation into 4.13releasenotes

Author: PaulAngus

source/adminguide/service_offerings.rst

@@ -57,12 +57,33 @@ present users with choices when creating a new instance:
    creating a new instance. For example, CloudStack includes CentOS as a
    template. See Working with Templates.
 
-In addition to these choices that are provided for users, there is
+In addition to these choices that are provided for users, there is 
 another type of service offering which is available only to the CloudStack
-root administrator, and is used for configuring virtual infrastructure
-resources. For more information, see Upgrading a Virtual Router with
+root administrator, and is used for configuring virtual infrastructure 
+resources. For more information, see Upgrading a Virtual Router with 
 System Service Offerings.
 
+Scope
+~~~~~~
+
+Since version 4.13; compute offerings, disk offerings, network offerings and VPC offerings can be
+scoped to (made available in) combinations of specific domain(s) and zone(s) or to all domains and zones.
+
+Existing offerings can be updated via the UI or via the updateServiceOffering, updateDiskOffering, 
+updateNetworkOffering and updateVpcOffering API calls, by passing "domainid" and
+"zoneid" parameters.
+
+A root admin can change a domain-specific offering to a public one via the UI, or
+by passing “domainid=public” in the updateServiceOffering API call. To make a 
+zone-specific offering available for all zones, a root admin should include 
+“zoneid=all” in the API call or carry out the operation via the UI.
+
+Domain-admins have a limited scope to update service or compute offerings. They cannot 
+change the zone(s) in which the offerings are available, and they cannot change 
+the name, display text or sort-key for offerings. They can change the domain(s) 
+which an offering is available in, if the offering's scope is limited to only 
+domains and/or subdomains for which the domain admin is the admin.
+
 
 Compute and Disk Service Offerings
 ----------------------------------

source/adminguide/templates.rst

@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ To upload a template:
 
 Note that uploading multi-disk templates is also supported.
 
+.. note:: 
+            Templates corresponding to appliances with 'static properties' in the OVF (such as virtual appliances) are also supported. CloudStack stores any template properties in the OVF in the database after successful template installation. Once the template is ready, these properties are viewed by selecting the template and clicking on the 'OVF Properties' tab.
+
+
+
 .. include:: templates/_bypass-secondary-storage-kvm.rst
 
 

source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst

@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ To create a VM from a template:
 #. Be sure that the hardware you have allows starting the selected
    service offering.
 
+   .. note:: 
+      VMware only: If the selected template OVF contains static properties, the wizard will display these properties. Static 
+      properties do not have the concept of required and optional fields . Therefore CloudStack is not able
+      to enforce the population of 'important fields'.
+
 #. Click Submit and your VM will be created and started.
 
    .. note:: 

source/releasenotes/compat.rst

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ and VMware with vSphere.
 
    .. note:: It is now required to enable HA on the XenServer pool in order to recover from a pool-master failure. Please refer to the `XenServer documentation <http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.5.0/1.0/en_gb/>`_.
 
--  VMware versions 5.0 Update 3, 5.1 Update 3, 5.5 Update 3b, 6.0 Update 2, and 6.5 GA
+-  VMware versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7
+   .. note:: There is a known issue in 6.7u1 (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67315) which blocks some 
+      CloudStack cloning operations. The use of linked clones is known to be effected.
 -  LXC Host Containers on RHEL 7
 -  Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Hyper-V Role enabled)
 -  Hyper-V 2012 R2