5.5

Add a New Catalog
You can create catalogs to group your vApp templates and media files.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are at least a catalog author.
Procedure
1 Click Catalogs and select My Organization's Catalogs in the left pane.
2 On the Catalogs tab, click Add Catalog.
3 Type a catalog name and optional description and click Next.
4 Select the type of storage to use for vApp templates and ISOs in this catalog and click Next.
Option Description
Use any available storage in the
organization
This catalog uses any available storage in the organization.
Pre-provision storage on specific
storage policy
Select a virtual datacenter storage policy to use for this catalog's vApp
templates and ISOs and click Add. The selected storage policy causes the
vApp template size to count against your catalog storage quota.
5 Click Add Members.
NOTE This option might be unavailable, depending on your organizational settings.
a Select which users and groups in the organization can access this catalog.
n
Select Everyone in this organization to grant catalog access to all users and groups in the
organization.
n
Select Specific users and groups to grant catalog access to certain users or groups and click
Add.
b Select the access level for users with access to this catalog from the drop-down menu and click OK.
n
Select Read Only to grant read access to the catalog's vApp templates and ISOs.
n
Select Read/Write to grant read access to the catalog's vApp templates and ISOs, and to allow
user to add vApp templates and ISOs to the catalog.
n
Select Full Control to grant full access to the catalog's contents and settings.
vCloud Director User's Guide
42 VMware, Inc.