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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
creating from a vApp template 62
delete 82
delete a network 76
deploy 64
discard suspended state 65
display diagram 78
display IP allocations for your vApp
network 77
force recustomization of a virtual machine 107
managing expired 36
modify network properties 76
move to another vDC 81
networks 68
profile 63
remove VMs 67
reset 66, 85
reset a vApp network 76
resetting leases 79
save as vApp template 81
share 79
start with an older version of VMware
Tools 64
stop 65
stopping 96
suspend 65
upgrading virtual hardware version 80
view networks 68
view virtual machines 66
working with 61
vCloud Director
accessing Web console 10
bypass the proxy in Internet Explorer 12
change your password 13
Firefox options 11
Internet Explorer options 12
understanding 9
vCloud Director, bypass the proxy in Firefox 11
vDC
determine when to add capacity 22
display 21
manage in an organization 22
modify properties 21
working with 21
virtual machines
adding hard disks 91
adding NICs 93
configuring resource allocation 91
connecting remotely 87
copy or move to a vApp 87
CPUs 89
delete 88
deleting hard disks 92
discard suspended state 85
eject a floppy 86
eject CD/DVD 86
guest OS 104
hard disks 91
insert a floppy 86
insert CD/DVD 86
install guest OS 104
memory 89
modifying hard disks 92
modifying OVF environment properties 79, 89
modifying properties 88
network interface settings 92
NICs 92
open console 84
powering off 84
powering on 84
removing NICs 94
reset 66, 85
resetting MAC address 93
resource allocation limit 91
resource allocation reservations 90
resource allocation settings 90
resource allocation shares 90
resuming 85
suspending 85
upgrading virtual hardware version 87
working with 83
VMware Tools
add vApp to catalog 99, 100
disable guest customization 96, 98
enable guest customization 97, 99–101
install in a vApp 95
install with guest customization disabled 99
install with guest customization enabled 97
installing 96, 98
installing in a new virtual machine 94
installing or upgrading 100
Linux
Tar or RPM installer 102
X with RPM installer 102
save vApp template to My Cloud 98, 99
Solaris 103
start the vApp after installation 96, 97, 101
understanding 94
upgrade 101
upgrading 100
Windows 101
VMware Tools, in a vApp 95
VPN 28
Index
VMware, Inc. 117