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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
Open the Attach New vCenter Wizard
Open the Attach New vCenter wizard to start the process of attaching a vCenter Server to Cloud Director.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and then click vCenters in the left pane.
2 Click the Attach New vCenter button.
The Attach New vCenter wizard launches.
Provide vCenter Server Connection and Display Information
To attach a vCenter Server to Cloud Director, you must provide connection information and a display name
for the vCenter Server.
Procedure
1 Type the host name or IP address of the vCenter Server.
2 Select the port number that vCenter Server uses.
The default port number is 443.
3 Type the user name and password of a vCenter Server administrator.
The user account must have the Administrator role in vCenter.
4 Type a name for the vCenter Server.
The name you type becomes the display name for the vCenter Server in Cloud Director.
5 (Optional) Type a description for the vCenter Server.
6 Click Next to save your choices and go to the next page.
Connect to vShield Manager
Cloud Director requires vShield Manager to provide network services. Each vCenter Server you attach to Cloud
Director requires its own vShield Manager.
Procedure
1 Type the host name or IP address of the vShield Manager to use with the vCenter Server that you are
attaching.
2 Type the user name and password to connect to vShield Manager.
The default user name is admin and the default password is default. You can change these defaults in the
vShield Manager user interface.
3 Click Next to save your choices and go to the next page.
Confirm Settings and Attach the vCenter Server
Before you attach the new vCenter Server, review the settings you entered.
Procedure
1 Review the settings for the vCenter Server and vShield Manager.
2 (Optional) Click Back to modify the settings.
3 Click Finish to accept the settings and attach the vCenter Server.
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