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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director Administrator's Guide
- Contents
- vCloud Director Administrator's Guide
- Getting Started with vCloud Director
- Adding Resources to vCloud 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
- Add a Resource Pool 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
- Configure DHCP for an Organization Network
- Enable the Firewall for an Organization Network
- Add a Firewall Rule for an Organization Network
- Reorder Firewall Rules for an Organization Network
- Enable IP Masquerading for an Organization Network
- Add External IP Addresses to an Organization Network
- Configure Port Forwarding for an Organization Network
- Configure IP Translation for an Organization Network
- Reorder NAT Mapping Rules for an Organization Network
- Enable Site-to-Site VPN for an Organization Network
- Create a VPN Tunnel Within an Organization
- Create a VPN Tunnel Between Organizations
- Create a VPN Tunnel to a Remote Network
- Enable Static Routing for an Organization Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to the Same Organization Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to Different Organization Networks
- Reset an Organization Network
- View vApps and vApp Templates That Use an Organization Network
- Delete an Organization Network
- View IP Use 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
- View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization Network
- Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization Network
- 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 and Virtual Machines
- 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
- Modify General System Settings
- General System Settings
- Configure SMTP Settings
- Configure System Notification Settings
- Configuring Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- Configuring the System LDAP Settings
- Customize the vCloud Director Client UI
- Configure the Public Web URL
- Configure the Public Console Proxy Address
- Configure the Public REST API Base URL
- Configure the Account Lockout Policy
- Monitoring vCloud Director
- Roles and Rights
- Index
Procedure
1
Log in to the vCloud Director system as a system administrator.
2 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Logs in the left pane.
3 Click the Tasks tab.
vCloud Director displays information about each system-level task.
4 Double-click a task for more information.
View Ongoing and Completed Organization Tasks
View the log for an organization to monitor organization-level tasks that are in progress, to find and
troubleshoot failed tasks, and to view tasks by owner.
To view information about system-level tasks, see “View Ongoing and Completed System Tasks,” on
page 101.
The log can also include debug information, depending on your vCloud Director settings. See “General System
Settings,” on page 90.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Organizations in the left pane.
2 Right-click the organization name and select Open.
3 Click the My Cloud tab and click Logs in the left pane.
4 Click the Tasks tab.
vCloud Director displays information about each organization-level task.
5 Double-click a task for more information.
Only system administrators can view the details about most tasks.
View System Events
View the system log to monitor system-level events. You can find and troubleshoot failed events and view
events by user.
To view information about organization-level events, see “View Organization Events,” on page 102.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vCloud Director system as a system administrator.
2 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Logs in the left pane.
3 Click the Events tab.
vCloud Director displays information about each system-level event.
4 Double-click an event for more information.
View Organization Events
You can view the log for an organization to monitor organization-level events. You can find and troubleshoot
failed events and view events by user.
To view information about system-level events, see “View System Events,” on page 102.
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