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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
Fast Provisioning of Virtual Machines
Fast provisioning saves time by using linked clones for virtual machine provisioning operations.
A linked clone is a duplicate of a virtual machine that uses the same base disk as the original, with a chain of
delta disks to track the differences between the original and the clone. If fast provisioning is disabled, all
provisioning operations result in full clones.
A linked clone cannot exist on a different vCenter datacenter or datastore than the original virtual machine.
vCloud
Director creates shadow virtual machines to support linked clone creation across vCenter datacenters
and datastores for virtual machines associated with a vApp template. A shadow virtual machine is an exact
copy of the original virtual machine. The shadow virtual machine is created on the datacenter and datastore
where the linked clone is created. You can view a list of shadow virtual machines associated with a template
virtual machine. See “View Shadow Virtual Machines Associated With a Virtual Machine,” on page 82.
Fast provisioning is enabled by default on organization vDCs. Fast provisioning requires vCenter 5.0 and ESXi
5.0 hosts. If the provider vDC on which the organization vDC is based contains ESX/ESXi 4.x hosts, you must
disable fast provisioning. See “Edit Organization vDC Storage Settings,” on page 48.
View Shadow Virtual Machines Associated With a Virtual Machine
Shadow virtual machines support linked clones of virtual machines that are associated with vApp templates
across vCenter datacenters and datastores.
A shadow virtual machine is an exact copy of the original virtual machine that vCloud Director creates on the
datacenter and datastore where a linked clone is created. See “Fast Provisioning of Virtual Machines,” on
page 82.
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 VMs in the left pane.
4 Right-click the virtual machine and select Properties.
5 Click the Shadow VMs tab.
This tab appears only for virtual machines that have associated shadow virtual machines.
vCloud Director shows a list of shadow virtual machines associated with the virtual machine. This list includes
the name in vCenter of each shadow virtual machine, the datastore that each shadow virtual machine exists
on, and the vCenter server that the shadow virtual machine belongs to.
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