Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- vCloud Air - Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand User's Guide
- Contents
- About This User's Guide
- Introducing Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand
- Navigating Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand
- Working with Virtual Machines
- Virtual Machine Overview
- Overview of Storage Tiers
- vApp Overview
- End User Virtual Machine Access
- Sort and View Virtual Machines
- Create a Virtual Machine from a Template
- Create a Virtual Machine Without Using a Template
- Virtual Machine Power Operations
- Edit Virtual Machine Properties
- Adjust Virtual Machine Resources
- Add a Disk to a Virtual Machine
- Set Storage and Runtime Leases for a vApp
- Manage Virtual Machine Properties in vCloud Director
- Connect a Virtual Machine to a Network
- Change Network Assignments for a Virtual Machine
- Connect a Virtual Machine to the Internet
- Log Into a Virtual Machine Guest OS with the Console
- Virtual Machine Monitoring
- Work with Virtual Machine Snapshots
- Managing Your Public Cloud Environment
- Capacity for Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand
- Geographical Locations
- About Gateways and Networks
- Virtual Data Center Overview
- Create a Virtual Data Center
- Edit or Delete a Virtual Data Center
- Virtual Data Center Permissions
- Catalogs and Templates Overview
- Manage Catalogs in vCloud Director
- Role-based User Account Management
- Add a User to Your Service
- Edit User Details
- Delete a User from Your Service
- Reset a User's Password
- Managing User Groups
- Metering Resource Usage
- Index
About Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand
Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand leverages a resource pool-based delivery model. Customers deploy and
pay for only the resources they consume. They can increase or decrease capacity based on demands and
budget.
The delivery model for Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand allows customers to pay for only services actually
used, on a metered, charge-back basis, under flexible service agreements, as opposed to fixed-term contracts.
The pay-as-you-go model enables paying only for the capacity in use, eliminating capital equipment
expenses, over-purchasing, and underutilization.
Customers consume Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand like any software-defined data center. Because
Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand is built on the vSphere and vCloud platforms, customers consume it the
same way that they consume their existing on-premises vSphere environments.
Figure 1‑4. Consumption of Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand
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Existing and New Applications: Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand supports moving on-premises
workloads and templates to the public cloud, allowing customers to use the same images that they have
in their environments. Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand supports moving workloads because virtual
machines in the public cloud are based on the same Hypervisor technology and use the same virtual
machine (OVF) format as on-premises workloads.
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Seamless Networking: Because Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand is built on
vCloud Networking and Security software, customers can use the same networking schema in the
public cloud. Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand supports full software-defined networks at layer 2 and
layer 3 without the need for manual configuration changes.
Additionally, customers can extend their on-premises security and compliance policies on virtualized
networks to the public cloud. Network virtualization allows for integrated L4-7 services for firewall and
NAT rules, load balancing, and secure connectivity with IPsec VPN.
For information, see the vCloud Air – Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand Networking Guide.
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Common Management: Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand supports the suite of vSphere management
tools (such as vCloud Connector, vCloud Automation Center, and vCenter Operations Management
Suite) because it is architected on the same platform as vSphere. Support for common management
tools makes it possible for customers to migrate virtual machines and workloads to and from the public
cloud.
For information about the ways to use vCloud Connector with Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand, see
About vCloud Connector for vCloud Air.
Chapter 1 Introducing Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand
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