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Managing Cloud Resources 5
Provider vDCs, organization vDCs, external networks, organization vDC networks, and network pools are all
considered cloud resources. After you add cloud resources to vCloud Director, you can modify them and view
information about their relationships with each other.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Managing Provider vDCs,” on page 45
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“Managing Organization vDCs,” on page 52
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“Managing External Networks,” on page 64
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“Managing Edge Gateways,” on page 65
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“Managing Organization vDC Networks,” on page 81
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“Managing Network Pools,” on page 94
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“Managing Cloud Cells,” on page 96
Managing Provider vDCs
After you create a provider vDC, you can modify its properties, disable or delete it, and manage its ESX/ESXi
hosts and datastores.
Enable or Disable a Provider vDC
You can disable a provider vDC to prevent the creation of organization vDCs that use the provider vDC
resources.
When you disable a provider vDC, vCloud Director also disables the organization vDCs that use its resources.
Running vApps and powered on virtual machines continue to run, but you cannot create or start additional
vApps or virtual machines.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider vDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider vDC name and select Enable or Disable.
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