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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
Create an Organization
Creating an organization involves specifying the organization settings and creating a user account for the
organization administrator.
Procedure
1 Open the New Organization Wizard on page 24
Open the New Organization wizard to start the process of creating an organization.
2 Name the Organization on page 25
Provide a descriptive name and an optional description for your new organization.
3 Specify the Organization LDAP Options on page 25
You can use an LDAP service to provide a directory of users and groups for the organization. If you do
not specify an LDAP service, you must create a user account for each user in the organization. LDAP
options can only be set by a system administrator and cannot be modified by an organization
administrator.
4 Add Local Users to the Organization on page 26
Every organization should have at least one local, non-LDAP, organization administrator account, so
that user can log in even if the LDAP service is unavailable.
5 Set the Organization Catalog Publishing Policy on page 26
A catalog provides organization users with a library of vApp templates and media that they can use to
create vApps and install applications on virtual machines.
6 Configure Email Preferences on page 27
Cloud Director requires an SMTP server to send user notification and system alert emails. An
organization can use the system email settings or use its own email settings.
7 Configure Organization Lease, Quota, and Limit Settings on page 27
Leases, quotas, and limits constrain the ability of organization users to consume storage and processing
resources. Use these settings to prevent users from depleting or monopolizing an organization's
resources.
8 Confirm Settings and Create the Organization on page 28
Before you create the organization, review the settings you entered.
Open the New Organization Wizard
Open the New Organization wizard to start the process of creating an organization.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and then click Organizations in the left pane.
2 Click the New Organization button.
The New Organization wizard starts.
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