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Table Of Contents
- Cloud Director User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Understanding VMware Cloud Director
- Managing Users and Groups
- Using the Resources Available to Your Organization
- Working in an Organization
- Set Up an Organization
- Review Your Organization Profile
- Modify Your Email Settings
- Modify Your Organization's Policies
- Enable Guest Personalization in Your Organization
- Manage Users and Groups in Your Organization
- Manage Resources in Your Organization
- Manage Virtual Machines in Your Organization
- Viewing Organization Log Tasks and Events
- Working with Catalogs
- Working with Media Files
- Working with vApp Templates
- Open a vApp Template
- Add a vApp Template to My Cloud
- Download a vApp Template
- Upload an OVF Package as a vApp Template
- Resume the Upload of a vApp Template
- Add a vApp Template from a Catalog
- Copy a vApp Template to a Published Catalog
- Move a vApp Template to a Published Catalog
- Delete a vApp Template
- Save a vApp as a vApp Template
- Modify vApp Template Properties
- Working with vApps
- Add a vApp From a Catalog in Your Organization
- Create a New vApp
- Understanding vApps
- Working with Networks in a vApp
- Copy a vApp Template and Save it as a vApp
- Edit vApp Properties
- Delete a vApp
- Start a vApp
- Start a vApp with an Older Version of VMware Tools
- Stop a vApp
- Suspend a vApp
- Discard the Suspended State of a vApp
- Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Share a vApp
- Power on and Force Recustomization of a Virtual Machine
- Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog
- Change the Owner of a vApp
- Copy a vApp to Another vDC
- Move a vApp to Another vDC
- Delete Virtual Machines from a vApp
- Working with Virtual Machines
- Open a Virtual Machine Console
- Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Discard the Suspended State of a Virtual Machine
- Insert a CD/DVD
- Eject a CD/DVD
- Insert a Floppy
- Eject a Floppy
- Copy or Move a Virtual Machine to a vApp
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- Managing Your Virtual Machines
- Installing VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools in a New Virtual Machine with No Guest Operating System
- Installing VMware Tools in a vApp
- Install VMware Tools in a Virtual Machine in a vApp
- Install VMware Tools in a vApp Template
- Install VMware Tools With Guest Customization Disabled
- Upgrade VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools on a Windows Guest
- Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest in X with the RPM Installer
- Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the Tar Installer or RPM Installer
- Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest
- Guest Operating System Support
- Install a Guest Operating System
- Customizing Your Guest Operating System
- Understanding Guest Customization
- Customizing a Guest OS When Saving a vApp Template as a vApp
- Enable or Disable Guest Customization
- Change Guest Customization Settings for Virtual Machines in a vApp Template
- Customize Your Windows NT vApp Template
- Customize Your Solaris vApp Template
- Upload a Customization Script
- Reset Your Virtual Machine's Password
- Domain Join Requirements for Windows
- Join a Windows Guest Domain During Guest Operating System Personalization
- Guest Operating System Support
- Index
Understanding Catalogs and Their Contents 36
Working in Published Catalogs 36
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Working with Media Files 39
Upload Media Files 39
Resume the Upload of a Media File 40
Copy Media Files to a Catalog 40
Move Media Files to Another Catalog 40
Delete Media Files 41
Modify Media File Properties 41
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Working with vApp Templates 43
Open a vApp Template 43
Add a vApp Template to My Cloud 43
Download a vApp Template 44
Upload an OVF Package as a vApp Template 44
Resume the Upload of a vApp Template 45
Add a vApp Template from a Catalog 45
Copy a vApp Template to a Published Catalog 46
Move a vApp Template to a Published Catalog 46
Delete a vApp Template 46
Save a vApp as a vApp Template 47
Modify vApp Template Properties 47
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Working with vApps 49
Add a vApp From a Catalog in Your Organization 50
Create a New vApp 50
Understanding vApps 52
Working with Networks in a vApp 53
Copy a vApp Template and Save it as a vApp 56
Edit vApp Properties 56
Delete a vApp 57
Start a vApp 57
Start a vApp with an Older Version of VMware Tools 57
Stop a vApp 58
Suspend a vApp 58
Discard the Suspended State of a vApp 58
Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine 59
Share a vApp 59
Power on and Force Recustomization of a Virtual Machine 59
Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog 60
Change the Owner of a vApp 60
Copy a vApp to Another vDC 61
Move a vApp to Another vDC 61
Delete Virtual Machines from a vApp 61
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Working with Virtual Machines 63
Open a Virtual Machine Console 63
Cloud Director User's Guide
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