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Table 9-1. General System Settings (Continued)
Name Category Description
Activity log history to keep Activity Log Number of days of log history to keep before deleting it.
Type 0 to never delete logs.
Activity log history shown Activity Log Number of days of log history to display.
Type 0 to show all activity.
Display debug information Activity Log Enable this setting to display debug information in the
vCloud Director task log.
IP address release timeout Networking Number of seconds to keep released IP addresses on hold
before making them available for allocation again. This
default setting is 2 hours (7200 seconds) to allow old
entries to expire from client ARP tables.
Allow Overlapping External
Networks
Networking Select the check box to add external networks that run on
the same network segment.
Enable this setting only if you are using non-VLAN-based
methods (for example, VMware vShield Manager) to
isolate your external networks.
Default syslog server settings for
networks
Networking Type IP addresses for up to two Syslog servers for
networks to use. This setting does not apply to Syslog
servers used by cloud cells.
Provider Locale Localization Select a locale for provider activity, including log entries,
email alerts, and so on.
Idle session timeout Miscellaneous Amount of time the vCloud Director application remains
active without user interaction.
Maximum session timeout Miscellaneous Maximum amount of time the vCloud Director
application remains active.
Host refresh frequency Miscellaneous How often vCloud Director checks whether its ESX/ESXi
hosts are accessible or inaccessible.
Host hung timeout Miscellaneous Select the amount of time to wait before marking a host as
hung.
Transfer session timeout Miscellaneous Amount of time to wait before failing a paused or canceled
upload task, for example upload media or upload vApp
template. This timeout does not affect upload tasks that
are in progress.
Chargeback Event History to Keep Miscellaneous Number of days of chargeback event history to keep
before deleting it.
Chargeback Event Cleanup Start
Time
Miscellaneous Time of day to start chargeback event history cleanup.
Provide default vApp names Miscellaneous Select the check box to generate default names for vApps.
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 135.
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.
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