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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 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 Timeouts Amount of time the vCloud Director application remains
active without user interaction.
Maximum session timeout Timeouts Maximum amount of time the vCloud Director
application remains active.
Host refresh frequency Timeouts How often vCloud Director checks whether its ESX/ESXi
hosts are accessible or inaccessible.
Host hung timeout Timeouts Select the amount of time to wait before marking a host
as hung.
Transfer session timeout Timeouts 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.
Enable upload quarantine with a
timeout of __ seconds
Timeouts 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 145.
Verify vCenter and vSphere SSO
certificates
Certificates 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.
Verify vShield Manager certificates Certificates Select the check box to allow vCloud Director to
communicate only with trusted instances of vShield
Manager. Click Browse to locate the JCEKS keystore and
type the keystore password.
Provide default vApp names Miscellaneous Select the check box to configure vCloud Director to
provide default names for new vApps.
Enable Elastic Allocation Pool Miscellaneous Select the check box to enable elastic allocation pool,
making all allocation pool organization virtual
datacenters elastic. Before deselecting this option, ensure
all virtual machines for each organization virtual
datacenter have been migrated to a single cluster.
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