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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
If you plan to add a resource pool that is part of a cluster that uses VMware HA, you should make sure you
are familiar with how VMware HA calculates slot size. For more information about slot sizes and customizing
VMware HA behavior, see the VMware vSphere Availability Guide.
Prerequisites
Before you can create a provider vDC, you must attach at least one vCenter Server with an available resource
pool to Cloud Director. The resource pool must be in a vCenter cluster that is configured to use automated
DRS. The vCenter Server must have the vShield for VMware Cloud Director license key.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider vDCs in the left pane.
2 Click the New Provider vDC button.
3 Type a name and optional description and click Next.
You can use the name and description fields to indicate the vSphere functionality available to the provider
vDC, for example, VMware HA.
4 Select a vCenter Server and resource pool and click Next.
If the vCenter Server has no available resource pools, then no resource pools appear in the list.
5 Select one or more datastores, click Add, and click Next.
Cloud Director does not support the use of read-only datastores with provider vDCs. In most cases, read-
only datastores do not appear in the list, but some read-only NFS datastores may appear. Do not add these
datastores to your provider vDC.
VMware recommends that you use only shared storage. VMware DRS cannot migrate virtual machines
on local storage.
6 Click Finish to create the provider vDC.
External Networks
An external network is a logical, differentiated network based on a vSphere port group. An external network
provides the interface to the Internet for virtual machines connected to external organization networks.
For more information about organization networks, see “Understanding Organization Networks,” on
page 32.
Add an External Network
Add an external network to register vSphere network resources for Cloud Director to use. You can create
organization networks that connect to an external network.
Prerequisites
A vSphere port group is available.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click External Networks in the left pane.
2 Click the Add Network button.
3 Select a vCenter Server and a vSphere port group and click Next.
4 Type the network settings and click Next.
5 Type a name and optional description for the network and click Next.
6 Review the network settings and click Finish.
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