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Creating and Provisioning
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Organizations provide resources to a group of users and set policies that determine how users can consume
those resources. Create an organization for each group of users that requires its own resources, policies, or
both.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Understanding Leases,” on page 27
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“Create an Organization,” on page 28
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“Allocate Resources to an Organization,” on page 32
Understanding Leases
Creating an organization involves specifying leases. Leases provide a level of control over an organization's
storage and compute resources by specifying the maximum amount of time that vApps can be running and
that vApps and vApp templates can be stored.
The goal of a runtime lease is to prevent inactive vApps from consuming compute resources. For example, if
a user starts a vApp and goes on vacation without stopping it, the vApp continues to consume resources.
A runtime lease begins when a user starts a vApp. When a runtime lease expires, vCloud Director stops the
vApp.
The goal of a storage lease is to prevent unused vApps and vApp templates from consuming storage resources.
A vApp storage lease begins when a user stops the vApp. Storage leases do not affect running vApps. A vApp
template storage lease begins when a user adds the vApp template to a vApp, adds the vApp template to a
workspace, downloads, copies, or moves the vApp template.
When a storage lease expires, vCloud Director marks the vApp or vApp template as expired, or deletes the
vApp or vApp template, depending on the organization policy you set.
For more information about specifying lease settings, see “Configure Organization Lease, Quota, and Limit
Settings,” on page 31.
Users can configure email notification to receive a message before a runtime or storage lease expires. See “Set
User Preferences,” on page 17 for information about lease expiration preferences.
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