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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
Table 5-1. How Allocation Pool Settings Affect Resource Pool Settings
Allocation Pool
Setting
Allocation Pool
Value Resource Pool Setting Resource Pool Value
CPU Allocation 25 GHz CPU Limit 25 GHz
CPU % Guarantee 10% CPU Reservation 2.5 GHz
Memory Allocation 50 GB Memory Limit 50 GB
Memory % Guarantee 20% Memory Reservation 10 GB
Table 5-2. How Pay-As-You Go Settings Affect Resource Pool Settings
Pay-As-You-Go
Setting
Pay-As-You-Go
Value Resource Pool Setting Resource Pool Value
CPU % Guarantee 10% CPU Reservation, CPU Limit 0.00 GHz, Unlimited
Memory % Guarantee 100% Memory Reservation, Memory
Limit
0.00 GB, Unlimited
Resource pools created to support Pay-As-You-Go organization vDCs will always have no reservations or
limits.
Pay-As-You-Go settings only affect overcommitment. A 100% guarantee means no overcommitment is
possible. The lower the percentage, the more overcommitment is possible.
Table 5-3. How Reservation Pool Settings Affect Resource Pool Settings
Reservation Pool
Setting
Reservation Pool
Value Resource Pool Setting Resource Pool Value
CPU Allocation 25 GHz CPU Reservation, CPU Limit 25 GHz, 25 GHz
Memory Allocation 50 GB Memory Reservation, Memory
Limit
50 GB, 50 GB
Allocate Storage
An organization vDC requires storage space for vApps and vApp templates. You can allocate storage from
the space available on provider vDC datastores.
Thin provisioning can help avoid over-allocating storage and save storage space. For a virtual machine with
a thin virtual disk, ESX/ESXi provisions the entire space required for the disk's current and future activities.
ESX/ESXi commits only as much storage space as the disk needs for its initial operations.
Fast provisioning saves time by using vSphere linked clones for certain operations. See “Fast Provisioning of
Virtual Machines,” on page 82.
IMPORTANT Fast provisioning requires vCenter Server 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 hosts. If the provider vDC on which
the organization vDC is based contains any ESX/ESXi 4.x hosts, you must disable fast provisioning. If the
provider
vDC on which the organization vDC is based contains any VMFS datastores connected to more than
8 hosts, powering on virtual machines may fail. Make sure that datastores are connected to a maximum of 8
hosts.
Procedure
1
Enter the amount of storage to allocate.
2 (Optional) Select the Enable thin provisioning check box to enable thin provisioning for virtual machines
in the organization vDC.
3 (Optional) Deselect the Enable fast provisioning check box to disable fast provisioning for virtual
machines in the organization vDC.
4 Click Next.
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