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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 Cloud Resources 5
Provider vDCs, organization vDCs, external networks, organization networks, and network pools are all
considered Cloud resources. After you add Cloud resources to Cloud Director, you can modify them and view
information about their relationships with each other.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Managing Provider vDCs,” on page 41
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“Managing Organization vDCs,” on page 45
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“Managing External Networks,” on page 51
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“Managing Organization Networks,” on page 52
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“Managing Network Pools,” on page 59
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“Managing Cloud Cells,” on page 60
Managing Provider vDCs
After you create a provider vDC, you can modify its properties, disable or delete it, and manage its ESX/ESXi
hosts and datastores.
Enable or Disable a Provider vDC
You can disable a provider vDC to prevent the creation of organization vDCs that use its resources. The existing
organization vDCs of the provider vDC are not affected.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider vDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider vDC name and select Enable or Disable.
Delete a Provider vDC
Delete a provider vDC to remove its compute, memory, and storage resources from Cloud Director. The
resources remain unaffected in vSphere.
Prerequisites
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If you are deleting the only provider vDC in the installation, you must disable it and delete all of its
organization vDCs and organization networks.
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If there are other provider vDCs available and enabled, you must disable the provider vDC, delete all of
its organization vDCs, and then reset any organization networks that depend on the provider vDC.
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