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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
Table 5-6. Cloud Cell Commands
Command Description
service vmware-vcd start
Starts the cell
service vmware-vcd restart
Restarts the cell
service vmware-vcd stop
Stops the cell
When you stop a cell, you may want to display a maintenance message to users that attempt to access that cell
using a browser or the vCloud API. See “Turn On Cloud Cell Maintenance Message,” on page 61.
Adding Cloud Cells
To add cloud cells to a Cloud Director installation, install the Cloud Director software on additional Cloud
Director server hosts in the same Cloud Director cluster.
For more information, see the VMware Cloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide.
Delete a Cloud Cell
If you want to remove a cloud cell from your Cloud Director installation, in order to reinstall the software, or
for some other reason, you can delete the cell.
You can also delete a cell if it becomes unreachable.
Prerequisites
You must stop the cell using the service vmware-vcd stop command.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Cloud Cells in the left pane.
2 Right-click the cell name and select Delete.
Cloud Director removes information about the cell from its database.
Turn On Cloud Cell Maintenance Message
If you want to stop a cell and let users know that you are performing maintenance, you can turn on the
maintenance message.
When the maintenance message is turned on, users that attempt to log in to the cell from browser will see a
message stating that the cell is down for maintenance. Uses that attempt to reach the cell using the vCloud API
will receive a similar message.
Procedure
1 Stop the cell using the service vmware-vcd stop command.
2 Run the /opt/vmware/cloud-director/bin/vmware-vcd-cell maintenance command.
Users cannot access the cell using a browser or the vCloud API.
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