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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
Managing vSphere Datastores 66
Managing Stranded Items 66
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Managing Organizations 69
Enable or Disable an Organization 69
Delete an Organization 69
Modify an Organization Name 70
Modify an Organization Full Name and Description 70
Modify Organization LDAP Options 70
Modify Organization Catalog Publishing Policy 71
Modify Organization Email Preferences 72
Modify Organization Lease, Quota, and Limit Settings 72
Add a Catalog to an Organization 73
Managing Organization Resources 73
Managing Organization Users and Groups 74
Managing Organization vApps 74
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Managing System Administrators and Roles 77
Add a System Administrator 77
Import a System Administrator 78
Enable or Disable a System Administrator 78
Delete a System Administrator 78
Edit System Administrator Profile and Contact Information 78
Send an Email Notification to Users 79
Delete a System Administrator Who Lost Access to the System 79
Import an LDAP Group 79
Delete an LDAP Group 80
Change an LDAP Group Description 80
Roles and Rights 80
Create a Role 80
Copy a Role 81
Edit a Role 81
Delete a Role 81
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Managing System Settings 83
Modify General System Settings 83
General System Settings 83
Configure SMTP Settings 84
Configure System Notification Settings 85
Configuring the System LDAP Settings 85
Customize the Cloud Director Client UI 88
Configure the Public Web URL 89
Configure the Public Console Proxy Address 89
Configure the Public REST API Base URL 90
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Monitoring Cloud Director 91
Viewing Tasks and Events 91
View Usage Information for a Provider vDC 93
Cloud Director Administrator's Guide
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