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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 Resources 6
After you add vSphere resources to the Cloud Director system, you can perform some management functions
from Cloud Director. You can also use the vSphere Client to manage these resources.
vSphere resources include vCenter servers, resource pools, ESX/ESXi hosts, datastores, and network switches
and ports.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Managing vSphere vCenter Servers,” on page 63
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“Managing vSphere ESX/ESXi Hosts,” on page 64
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“Managing vSphere Datastores,” on page 66
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“Managing Stranded Items,” on page 66
Managing vSphere vCenter Servers
After you attach a vCenter Server to Cloud Director, you can modify its settings, reconnect to the vCenter
Server, and enable or disable it.
Modify vCenter Server Settings
If the connection information for a vCenter Server changes, or if you want to change how its name or description
appears in Cloud Director, you can modify its settings.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click vCenters in the left pane.
2 Right-click the vCenter Server name and select Properties.
3 On the General tab, type the new settings and click OK.
Reconnect a vCenter Server
If Cloud Director loses it connection to a vCenter Server, or if you change the connection settings, you can try
to reconnect.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click vCenters in the left pane.
2 Right-click the vCenter Server name and select Reconnect vCenter.
3 Read the informational message and click Yes to confirm.
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