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Working in an Organization 4
Most operations in vCloud Director occur in an organization. The system administrator creates the
organization and assigns an organization administrator to it.
The system administrator emails the URL of the organization to the organization administrator, who can log
in to the organization and set it up. In the Home page the organization administrator clicks the Set up the
Organization link to assign resources and manage a variety of operations on the organization.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Understanding Leases,” on page 37
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“Set Up an Organization,” on page 38
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“Review Your Organization Profile,” on page 40
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“Modify Your Email Settings,” on page 41
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“Modify Your Organization's Policies,” on page 41
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“Set Default Domain for Organization Virtual Machines,” on page 42
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“Manage Users and Groups in Your Organization,” on page 42
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“Manage Resources in Your Organization,” on page 42
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“Manage Virtual Machines in Your Organization,” on page 43
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“Viewing Organization Log Tasks and Events,” on page 43
Understanding Leases
Creating an organization involves specifying leases. Leases provide a level of control over an organization's
storage and compute resources by specifying the maximum amount of time that vApps can be running and
that vApps and vApp templates can be stored.
The goal of a runtime lease is to prevent inactive vApps from consuming compute resources. For example, if
a user starts a vApp and goes on vacation without stopping it, the vApp continues to consume resources.
A runtime lease begins when a user starts a vApp. When a runtime lease expires, vCloud Director stops the
vApp.
The goal of a storage lease is to prevent unused vApps and vApp templates from consuming storage resources.
A vApp storage lease begins when a user stops the vApp. Storage leases do not affect running vApps. A vApp
template storage lease begins when a user adds the vApp template to a vApp, adds the vApp template to a
workspace, downloads, copies, or moves the vApp template.
When a storage lease expires, vCloud Director marks the vApp or vApp template as expired, or deletes the
vApp or vApp template, depending on the organization policy you set.
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