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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
Working with vApps 8
A vApp consists of one or more virtual machines that communicate over a network and use resources and
services in a deployed environment. A vApp can contain multiple virtual machines.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Add a vApp From a Catalog in Your Organization,” on page 50
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“Create a New vApp,” on page 50
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“Understanding vApps,” on page 52
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“Working with Networks in a vApp,” on page 53
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“Copy a vApp Template and Save it as a vApp,” on page 56
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“Edit vApp Properties,” on page 56
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“Delete a vApp,” on page 57
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“Start a vApp,” on page 57
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“Start a vApp with an Older Version of VMware Tools,” on page 57
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“Stop a vApp,” on page 58
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“Suspend a vApp,” on page 58
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“Discard the Suspended State of a vApp,” on page 58
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“Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine,” on page 59
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“Share a vApp,” on page 59
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“Power on and Force Recustomization of a Virtual Machine,” on page 59
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“Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog,” on page 60
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“Change the Owner of a vApp,” on page 60
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“Copy a vApp to Another vDC,” on page 61
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“Move a vApp to Another vDC,” on page 61
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“Delete Virtual Machines from a vApp,” on page 61
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