5.1
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 vDC Networks
- Configuring Oganization vDC Network Services
- Configure DHCP for an Organization vDC Network
- Configure the Firewall for an Organization vDC Network
- Add a Firewall Rule to an Organization vDC Network
- Reorder Firewall Rules for an Organization vDC Network
- Enable VPN for an Organization vDC Network
- Create a VPN Tunnel In an Organization
- Create a VPN Tunnel Between Organizations
- Create a VPN Tunnel to a Remote Network
- Enable Static Routing for an Organization vDC Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to the Same Organization vDC Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to Different Organization vDC Networks
- Reset an Organization vDC Network
- View IP Use for an Organization vDC Network
- Add IP Addresses to an Organization vDC Network IP Pool
- View vApps and vApp Templates That Use an Organization vDC Network
- View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization vDC Network
- Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization vDC Network
- Configuring Oganization vDC Network Services
- 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
- Enable Your Organization to Use an SAML Identity Provider
- 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
- Import a Virtual Machine as a vApp
- About the vApp Placement Engine
- 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 a Virtual Machine to a vApp
- Import a Virtual Machine to a vApp from vSphere
- Remove Virtual Machines from a vApp
- Set vApp Start and Stop Options
- Working with Networks in a vApp
- View vApp Networks
- Adding Networks to a vApp
- Configuring Network Services for a vApp Network
- Configure DHCP for an vApp Network
- Configure 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
- Editing vApp Properties
- Display a vApp Diagram
- Change the Owner of a vApp
- Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a vApp
- Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog
- Create a Snapshot of a vApp
- Revert a vApp to a Snapshot
- Remove a Snapshot of a vApp
- 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
- Create a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Revert a Virtual Machine to a Snapshot
- Remove a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Copy or Move a Virtual Machine to a vApp
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- Editing Virtual Machine Properties
- 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
Procedure
1 Save the vApp Template as a vApp on page 107
To install VMware Tools in a vApp, you must save it as a vApp.
2 Install or Upgrade VMware Tools on page 107
You can either install VMware Tools or upgrade the current version in your virtual machine.
3 Enable Guest Customization on page 107
After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines, you must enable guest
customization.
4 Add vApp to Catalog on page 108
After you install or upgrade VMware Tools, you can add the updated vApp to your catalog.
Save the vApp Template as a vApp
To install VMware Tools in a vApp, you must save it as a vApp.
Procedure
1 Click Catalogs.
2 On the vApp Templates tab, select a vApp template, right-click, and select Properties.
3 Select Make Identical Copy.
4 Select the vApp template, right-click, and select Add to My Cloud.
The vApp template has been saved as a vApp.
What to do next
You need to install VMware Tools.
Install or Upgrade VMware Tools
You can either install VMware Tools or upgrade the current version in your virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, select vApps.
3 On the vApps page, select a vApp, right-click, and select Open.
4 Select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Properties.
5 In the Guest OS Customization tab, deselect the Enable guest customization and other check boxes as
desired.
6 Right-click the virtual machine and select Install VMware Tools.
Enable Guest Customization
After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines, you must enable guest customization.
Procedure
1 On the Guest OS Customization tab, select the Enable guest customization check box.
2 Select the other check boxes in the dialog box as relevant.
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