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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
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LDAP
configuring 93
customizing attributes 96
setting up the connection
94
support 93
synchronizing 96
testing the connection 95
LDAP groups, adding a description 86
leases, runtime and storage 23
licensing, vShield 17
linked clones 82
load balancer 97, 98
logging in 11
logs 104
Lost & Found 85
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MBeans 104
media, uploading 37
Microsoft Sysprep 12, 13
monitoring, tasks and events 101
monitoring vCloud Director 101
MTU 21
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NAT mapping rules, setting the order 57
network pools
adding Cloud isolated networks 66
adding port groups 66
adding VLAN IDs 67
cloud network isolation-backed 20
defined 19
deleting 67
name and description 66
port group-backed 20
setting the MTU 21
VLAN-backed 19
network quota 31, 47
network services 53
Nexus 1000V 20
notifications, about 92
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organization networks
adding 32
adding a firewall rule 54
adding a static route 61, 62
adding IP addresses 64
apply syslog server settings 65
configuring DHCP 53
configuring external IPs 56
configuring firewalls 54
configuring IP translation 57
configuring NAT 56, 57
configuring port forwarding 56
configuring services 53
connected vApp templates 64
connected vApps 64
create VPN tunnel 58–60
creating 50
deleting 64
enabling site-to-site VPN 58
enabling static routing 60
external direct 32, 51
external NAT-routed 33, 51
internal 34, 52
IP masquerade 55
managing 50
modifying DNS 65
modifying the name and description 65
ordering firewall rules 55
ordering NAT mapping rules 57
resetting 63
view syslog server settings 65
viewing IP usage 64
organization vDCs
allocating storage 30, 46
allocation model settings 48
allocation models 29, 45
changing description 48
changing name 48
confirm settings 31, 47
creating 28, 43, 44
deleting 47
enabling or disabling 47
monitoring usage 103
naming 31, 47
network pools 49
network quota 31, 47
selecting a network pool 31, 47
selecting a provider vDC 29, 44
selecting the organization 44
storage capacity 48
organizations
adding local users 26
allocating resources 28
catalog publishing 77
confirm settings 27
creating 24
deleting 75
email preferences 26, 78
enabling or disabling 75
full name and description 76
LDAP options 25, 76
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