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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
Prepare or Unprepare an ESX/ESXi Host
When you add an ESX/ESXi host to a vSphere cluster that vCloud Director uses, you must prepare the host
before a provider vDC can use its resources. You can unprepare a host to make it unavailable for use in the
vCloud Director environment.
For information about moving virtual machines from one host to another, see “Move Virtual Machines from
one ESX/ESXi Host to Another,” on page 71.
You
cannot prepare a host that is in lockdown mode. After you prepare a host, you can enable lockdown mode.
Prerequisites
Disable the host and ensure that no virtual machines are running on the host.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Hosts in the left pane.
2 Right-click the host name and select Prepare Host or Unprepare Host.
3 If you are preparing a host, type a user name and password and click OK.
vCloud Director prepares or unprepares the host for all provider vDCs that use its resources.
Upgrade an ESX/ESXi Host Agent
vCloud Director installs agent software on each ESX/ESXi host in the installation. If you upgrade your ESX/ESXi
hosts, you also need to upgrade your ESX/ESXi host agents.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Hosts in the left pane.
2 Right-click the host name and select Upgrade Host.
Repair an ESX/ESXi Host
If the vCloud Director agent on an ESX/ESXi host cannot be contacted, try to repair the host.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Hosts in the left pane.
2 Right-click the host name and select Repair Host.
Managing vSphere Datastores
You can enable or disable vSphere datastores in the vCloud Director system, configure low disk space warnings
for datastores, and remove datastores from the vCloud Director system.
The only way to add a datastore to vCloud Director is to add it to a provider vDC. See “Add Storage Capacity
to a Provider vDC,” on page 41.
Enable or Disable a Datastore
You can enable or disable a datastore that has been added to a provider vDC. You must disable a datastore
before you can remove it from vCloud Director.
When you disable a datastore, you cannot start vApps that are associated with the datastore or create vApps
on the datastore.
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