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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
lease settings 27, 78
limit settings 27, 78
managing
75
managing resources 79
monitoring events 102
monitoring tasks 102
naming 25
publishing catalogs 26
quota settings 27, 78
renaming 76
SMTP server 26
SMTP settings 78
users and groups 80
vApps 80
OVF upload 36
P
password policy 98
pay-as-you-go allocation model 29, 45
provider vDCs
adding resource pools 42
adding storage capacity 41
changing name 40
creating 17
defined 17
deleting 39
enabling or disabling 39
managing 39
monitoring usage 103
publishing catalogs 35, 38
Q
quarantine service
accepting requests 106
enabling 105
overview 105
rejecting requests 106
viewing requests 105
quick start tasks 12
R
reservation pool allocation model 29, 45
roles
copying 87
creating 86
deleting 87
editing 87
roles and rights 107
runtime leases 23
S
shadow virtual machines 82
SMTP server 78
SMTP settings 91
storage leases 23
stranded items
deleting 73
force deleting 74
system
monitoring tasks 101
roles and rights 86
system administrators
creating accounts 83
deleting 84
disabling 84
editing accounts 84
from LDAP 84
LDAP groups 85, 86
system events 102
system notification settings 91
system settings 89
T
Technical Support, to obtain 7
thin provisioning 30, 46, 48
U
upgrade vCenter Server 70
uploading
media 37
vApps 36
user preferences 14
V
vApps
adding vSphere virtual machines 80
backing up 81
force stopping 81
importing from vSphere 80
placing in maintenance mode 81
VCD public console proxy address 98
VCD public REST API base URL 98
VCD public URL 97
vCenter Chargeback 104
vCenter Server, upgrade 70
vCenter Servers
assigning a vShield license 17
attaching 15, 16
confirming settings 16
connecting 16
connection settings 69
disabling 70
reconnecting 70
removing 70
vShield Manager settings 71
Index
VMware, Inc. 113