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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director User's Guide
- Contents
- vCloud Director User's Guide
- Getting Started with vCloud Director
- Managing Users and Groups
- Managing Cloud Resources
- Managing Virtual Datacenters
- Managing Organization Networks
- Configuring Network Services for an Organization Network
- Configure DHCP for an Organization Network
- Enable the Firewall for an Organization Network
- Add a Firewall Rule to an Organization Network
- Reorder Firewall Rules for an Organization Network
- Enable IP Masquerading for an Organization Network
- Add a Port Forwarding Rule to an Organization Network
- Add an IP Translation Rule to an Organization Network
- Reorder NAT Mapping Rules for an Organization Network
- Enable Site-to-Site VPN for an Organization Network
- Create a VPN Tunnel Within an Organization
- Create a VPN Tunnel Between Organizations
- Create a VPN Tunnel to a Remote Network
- Enable Static Routing for an Organization Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to the Same Organization Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to Different Organization Networks
- Reset an Organization Network
- View IP Usage for an Organization Network
- Add IP Addresses to an Organization Network IP Pool
- View vApps and vApp Templates That Use an Organization Network
- View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization Network
- Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization Network
- Configuring Network Services for an Organization Network
- Managing Expired Items
- Working in an Organization
- Understanding Leases
- Set Up an Organization
- Review Your Organization Profile
- Modify Your Email Settings
- Modify Your Organization's Policies
- Set Default Domain for Organization Virtual Machines
- 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
- Copy a vApp Template from a Public Catalog to an Organization Catalog
- Copy a vApp Template Between an Organization's Catalogs
- Move a vApp Template Between an Organization's Catalogs
- Delete a vApp Template
- Save a vApp as a vApp Template
- Modify vApp Template Properties
- Working with vApps
- Create a vApp From a vApp Template
- Create a New vApp
- Copy 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
- View vApp Virtual Machines
- Add Virtual Machines to a vApp
- Remove Virtual Machines from a vApp
- Set vApp Start and Stop Options
- Working with Networks in a vApp
- View vApp Networks
- Add a vApp Network to a vApp
- Add an Organization Network to a vApp
- Configuring Network Services for a vApp Network
- Configure DHCP for an vApp Network
- Enable the Firewall for a vApp Network
- Add a Firewall Rule to a vApp Network
- Reorder Firewall Rules for a vApp Network
- Enable IP Masquerading for a vApp Network
- Add a Port Forwarding Rule to a vApp Network
- Add an IP Translation Rule to a vApp Network
- Reorder Port Forwarding Rules for a vApp Network
- Enable Static Routing for a vApp Network
- Add Static Routes to vApp Networks
- Reset Your vApp Network
- Delete a vApp Network
- Modify Network Properties
- Display the IP Allocations for Your vApp Network
- Configure IP Address Persistence
- View Syslog Server Settings for a vApp Network
- Apply Syslog Server Settings to a vApp Network
- Display a vApp Diagram
- Modify a vApp Name and Description
- Modify vApp OVF Environment Properties
- Reset vApp Leases
- Share a vApp
- Change the Owner of a vApp
- Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a vApp
- Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog
- Copy a vApp to Another vDC
- Move a vApp to Another vDC
- Delete a vApp
- Working with Virtual Machines
- Open a Virtual Machine Console
- Power On a Virtual Machine
- Power Off a Virtual Machine
- Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Suspend a Virtual Machine
- Resume a Suspended Virtual Machine
- Discard the Suspended State of a Virtual Machine
- Insert a CD/DVD
- Eject a CD/DVD
- Insert a Floppy
- Eject a Floppy
- Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a Virtual Machine
- Connect Remotely to a Virtual Machine
- Copy or Move a Virtual Machine to a vApp
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- Modify Virtual Machine General Properties
- Modify Virtual Machine CPUs and Memory
- Modify Virtual Machine OVF Environment Properties
- Configuring Virtual Machine Resource Allocation Settings
- Modifying Virtual Machine Hard Disks
- Modifying Virtual Machine Network Interfaces
- 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 Systems
- 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
- Power on and Force Recustomization of a Virtual Machine
- 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
Table 9-5. Microsoft Windows Guest Operating System Support, 64-Bit Support
Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 7 Automatic
Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Version 7 Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Version 7 Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise Edition
Version 7 Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
Datacenter Edition
Version 7 Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
Standard Edition
Version 7 Automatic
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 7 Automatic
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 7 Automatic
UNIX/Linux Guest Operating System Support, 32-Bit Support
For 32-bit UNIX and Linux guest OS, Table 9-6 provides the virtual machine version and whether guest
customization is automatic or manual.
Table 9-6. UNIX/Linux Guest Operating System Support, 32-Bit Support
Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Version 7 Automatic
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Version 7 Automatic
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Version 7 Automatic
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 Version 7 Automatic
SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 Version 7 Automatic
SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 Version 7 Automatic
SUSE Enterprise Linux 8/9 Version 7 Automatic
Open Enterprise Server Version 7 Automatic
Asianux 3 Version 7 Automatic
Debian GNU/Linux 5 Version 7 Automatic
Debian GNU/Linux 4 Version 7 Automatic
Ubuntu Linux Version 7 Automatic
Other 2.6x Linux Version 7 Automatic
Other 2.4x Linux Version 7 Automatic
Other Linux Version 7 Automatic
UNIX/Linux Guest Operating System Support, 64-Bit Support
For 64-bit UNIX and Linux guest OS support, Table 9-7 provides the virtual machine version and whether
guest customization is automatic or manual.
Table 9-7. UNIX/Linux Guest Operating System Support, 64-Bit Support
Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Version 7 Automatic
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Version 7 Automatic
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