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Table Of Contents
- Cloud Director Administrator's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started with Cloud Director
- Adding Resources to Cloud Director
- Adding vSphere Resources
- Adding Cloud Resources
- Provider Virtual Datacenters
- Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter
- External Networks
- Add an External Network
- Network Pools
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by VLAN IDs
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by vSphere Port Groups
- Set the MTU for a Network Pool Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks
- Creating and Provisioning Organizations
- Creating a Published Catalog
- Managing Cloud Resources
- Managing Provider vDCs
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC
- Delete a Provider vDC
- Modify a Provider vDC Name and Description
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC Host
- Prepare or Unprepare a Provider vDC Host
- Upgrade an ESX/ESXi Host Agent for a Provider vDC Host
- Repair a Provider vDC ESX/ESXi Host
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC Datastore
- Add Storage Capacity to a Provider vDC
- Configure Low Disk Space Warnings for a Provider vDC Datastore
- Send an Email Notification to Provider vDC Users
- Managing Organization vDCs
- Managing External Networks
- Managing Organization Networks
- Creating Organization Networks
- Configuring Network Services
- Reset an Organization Network
- Delete an Organization Network
- View IP Usage for an Organization Network
- Add IP Addresses to an Organization Network IP Pool
- Modify an Organization Network Name and Description
- Modify an Organization Network DNS Settings
- Managing Network Pools
- Managing Cloud Cells
- Managing Provider vDCs
- Managing vSphere Resources
- Managing Organizations
- Enable or Disable an Organization
- Delete an Organization
- Modify an Organization Name
- Modify an Organization Full Name and Description
- Modify Organization LDAP Options
- Modify Organization Catalog Publishing Policy
- Modify Organization Email Preferences
- Modify Organization Lease, Quota, and Limit Settings
- Add a Catalog to an Organization
- Managing Organization Resources
- Managing Organization Users and Groups
- Managing Organization vApps
- Managing System Administrators and Roles
- Add a System Administrator
- Import a System Administrator
- Enable or Disable a System Administrator
- Delete a System Administrator
- Edit System Administrator Profile and Contact Information
- Send an Email Notification to Users
- Delete a System Administrator Who Lost Access to the System
- Import an LDAP Group
- Delete an LDAP Group
- Change an LDAP Group Description
- Roles and Rights
- Create a Role
- Copy a Role
- Edit a Role
- Delete a Role
- Managing System Settings
- Monitoring Cloud Director
- Roles and Rights
- Index
Adding Resources to Cloud Director 2
Cloud Director derives its resources from an underlying vSphere virtual infrastructure. After you register
vSphere resources in Cloud Director, you can allocate these resources for organizations within the Cloud
Director installation to use.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Adding vSphere Resources,” on page 15
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“Adding Cloud Resources,” on page 17
Adding vSphere Resources
Cloud Director relies on vSphere resources to provide CPU and memory to run virtual machines. In addition,
vSphere datastores provide storage for virtual machine files and other files necessary for virtual machine
operations.
For information about Cloud Director system requirements and supported versions of vCenter Server and
ESX/ESXi see the VMware Cloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide.
Attach a vCenter Server
Attach a vCenter Server to make its resources available for use with Cloud Director. After you attach a vCenter
Server, you can assign its resource pools, datastores, and networks to a provider virtual datacenter.
Prerequisites
An instance of vShield Manager is installed and configured for Cloud Director. For more information, see the
VMware Cloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide.
Procedure
1 Open the Attach New vCenter Wizard on page 16
Open the Attach New vCenter wizard to start the process of attaching a vCenter Server to Cloud Director.
2 Provide vCenter Server Connection and Display Information on page 16
To attach a vCenter Server to Cloud Director, you must provide connection information and a display
name for the vCenter Server.
3 Connect to vShield Manager on page 16
Cloud Director requires vShield Manager to provide network services. Each vCenter Server you attach
to Cloud Director requires its own vShield Manager.
4 Confirm Settings and Attach the vCenter Server on page 16
Before you attach the new vCenter Server, review the settings you entered.
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