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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 9-1. General System Settings (Continued)
Name Category Description
Enable upload quarantine with a
timeout of __ seconds
Miscellaneous Select the check box and enter a timeout number
representing the amount of time to quarantine uploaded
files.
For more information about working with quarantined
files, see “Monitoring Quarantined Files,” on page 105.
Verify vCenter certificates Miscellaneous Select the check box to allow vCloud Director to
communicate only with trusted vCenter servers. Click
Browse to locate the JCEKS keystore and type the keystore
password.
Configure SMTP Settings
vCloud Director requires an SMTP server to send user notifications and system alert emails to system users.
Organizations can use the system SMTP settings, or use custom SMTP settings.
Procedure
1
Click the Administration tab and click Email in the left pane.
2 Type the DNS host name or IP address of the SMTP mail server.
3 Type the SMTP server port number.
4 (Optional) If the SMTP server requires a user name, select the Requires authentication check box and
type the user name and password for the SMTP account.
5 Type an email address to appear as the sender for vCloud Director emails.
vCloud Director uses the sender's email address to send runtime and storage lease expiration alerts.
6 Type text to use as the subject prefix for vCloud Director emails.
7 (Optional) Type a destination email address to test the SMTP settings and click Test SMTP settings.
8 Click Apply.
Configure System Notification Settings
vCloud Director sends system alert emails when it has important information to report. For example, vCloud
Director sends an alert when a datastore is running out of space. You can configure vCloud Director to send
email alerts to all system administrators or to a specified list of email addresses.
Organizations can use the system notification settings, or use custom notification settings.
Prerequisites
A valid connection to an SMTP server.
Procedure
1 Click the Administration tab and click Email in the left pane.
2 Select the recipients of system alert emails and click Apply.
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