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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director User's Guide
- Contents
- vCloud Director User's Guide
- Updated Information
- Getting Started with vCloud Director
- Managing Cloud Resources
- Managing Virtual Datacenters
- Managing Organization Virtual Datacenter Networks
- Configuring Oganization Virtual Datacenter Network Services
- Configure DHCP for an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- Configure the Firewall for an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- Add a Firewall Rule to an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- Reorder Firewall Rules for an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- Enable VPN for an Organization Virtual Datacenter 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 Virtual Datacenter Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to the Same Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to Different Organization Virtual Datacenter Networks
- Reset an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- View IP Use for an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- Add IP Addresses to an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network IP Pool
- View vApps and vApp Templates That Use an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization Virtual Datacenter Network
- Configuring Oganization Virtual Datacenter 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
- Install Java Cryptography Extension Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files
- 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 Properties
- Change the Guest OS Properties of a vApp Template
- Working with vApps
- Create a vApp From a vApp Template
- Create a New vApp
- Import a Virtual Machine as a vApp
- Create a vApp From an OVF Package
- About the vApp Placement Engine
- Download a vApp as an OVF Package
- 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
- Save a Powered-On vApp 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 Virtual Datacenter
- Copy a Powered-On vApp
- Move a vApp to Another Virtual Datacenter
- 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
- Upload a Customization Script
- Reset Your Virtual Machine's Password
- Join a Windows Guest Domain During Guest Operating System Personalization
- Guest Operating System Support
- Index
Resume the Upload of a vApp Template
If the upload process is interrupted, paused, or cancelled you can resume it.
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You are at least a catalog creator.
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If you log out of vCloud Director and log in, transfer history is lost. You cannot resume the upload.
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The default timeout for pending transfer sessions is one hour. You can configure this value up to one
hour.
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During pending or stopped transfers, the session keep alive heartbeat kicks in every 15 minutes. To
ensure that the session does not time out while tasks are paused, make sure the session timeout value is
more than 15 minutes.
Prerequisites
You have initiated the upload or download of a vApp template.
Procedure
1 In the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window, click Pause or Cancel.
The status changes to Stopped in the progress window and Waiting in the vApp Template page.
2 In the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window, click Resume.
The upload or download process resumes.
3 Monitor the progress in the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window .
Copy a vApp Template from a Public Catalog to an Organization
Catalog
You can copy a vApp template from a public catalog to your organization catalog to make it available to
users in your organization.
You are a vApp author or organization administrator.
Prerequisites
You have a catalog and virtual datacenter.
Procedure
1 Click Catalogs.
2 In the left pane, click Public Catalogs.
3 On the vApp Templates tab, select a vApp template, right-click, and select Copy To Catalog.
4 Type a name and optional description for the vApp.
5 Select a destination catalog and virtual datacenter.
Select a shared catalog to give organization users access to the template.
6 Click OK.
vCloud Director copies the vApp template to the organization catalog. The vApp appears on the vApp
Templates tab in My Organization's Catalogs.
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