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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 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
Working with Catalogs 5
A catalog is a container for vApp templates and media files in an organization. Organization administrators
and catalog authors can create catalogs in an organization. Catalog contents can be shared with other users in
the organization and can also be published to all organizations in the vCloud Director installation.
There are two types of catalogs in vCloud Director; organization catalogs and public catalogs. Organization
catalogs include vApp templates and media files that you can share with other users in the organization. If a
system administrator enables catalog publishing for your organization, you can publish an organization
catalog to create a public catalog. Organization administrators from any organization in the vCloud Director
installation can view the vApp templates and media files in a public catalog and copy those files to a catalog
in their organization for use by their members.
There are two ways to add vApp templates to a catalog. You can upload an OVF package directly to a catalog
or save a vApp as a vApp template. For more information, see “Upload an OVF Package as a vApp
Template,” on page 57 and “Save a vApp as a vApp Template,” on page 59. You can upload media files
directly to a catalog. See “Upload Media Files,” on page 51.
Members of an organization can access vApp templates and media files that they own or that are shared to
them. Organization administrators and system administrators can share a catalog with everyone in an
organization, or with specific users and groups in an organization. See “Share A Catalog,” on page 47.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Add a New Catalog,” on page 45
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“Access a Catalog,” on page 46
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“Publish a Catalog,” on page 46
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“Share A Catalog,” on page 47
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“Change the Owner of a Catalog,” on page 47
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“Delete a Catalog,” on page 48
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“Modify the Properties of Your Catalog,” on page 48
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“Understanding Catalogs and Their Contents,” on page 48
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“Working in Published Catalogs,” on page 49
Add a New Catalog
You can create catalogs to group your vApp templates and media files.
You are at least a catalog author.
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