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2 Reuse the response file.
Copy the file to a location accessible to the servers you are ready to configure. The file must be owned by
vcloud.vcloud and have read and write permission for the owner, as shown in this example, or the
configuration script cannot use it.
% ls -l responses.properties
-rw------- 1 vcloud vcloud 418 Jun 8 13:42
responses.properties
What to do next
After you configure the additional servers, delete the copy of the response file you used to configure them.
Start or Stop vCloud Director Services
After you complete installation and database connection setup on a server, you can start vCloud Director
services on it. You can also stop these services if they are running.
The configuration script prompts you to start vCloud Director services. You can let the script start these services
for you, or you can start the services yourself later. These services must be running before you can complete
and initialize the installation.
vCloud Director services start whenever you reboot a server.
IMPORTANT If you are stopping vCloud Director services as part of a vCloud Director software upgrade, you
must download and use the cell management tool. This tool allows you to quiesce the cell before stopping
services. See “Use the Cell Management Tool to Quiesce and Shut Down A Server,” on page 36.
Procedure
1 Log in to the target server as root.
2 Start or stop services.
Option Action
Start services
Open a console, shell, or terminal window and run the following command.
service vmware-vcd start
Stop services when the cell is in use
Use the cell management tool. See “Use the Cell Management Tool to Quiesce
and Shut Down A Server,” on page 36
Stop services when the cell is not in
use
Open a console, shell, or terminal window and run the following command.
service vmware-vcd stop
Install vCloud Director Software on Additional Servers
You can add servers to a vCloud Director server group at any time. All servers in a server group must be
configured with the same database connection details. To ensure that this requirement is met, use the response
file that the first server installation creates to supply this information when you install additional servers.
Prerequisites
A copy of the response file created when you installed the first server in this installation must be accessible to
any additional servers that you add to the group. See “Protecting and Reusing the Response File,” on
page 30.
Procedure
1 Log in to the target server as root.
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