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vCloud Director attaches the new vCenter Server and registers its resources for provider virtual datacenters
to use.
What to do next
Assign a vShield for VMware vCloud Director license key in the vCenter Server.
Assign a vShield License Key in vCenter
After you attach a vCenter Server to vCloud Director, you must use the vSphere Client to assign a vShield
for VMware vCloud Director license key.
Prerequisites
The vSphere Client must be connected to the vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 From a vSphere Client host that is connected to the vCenter Server system, select Home > Licensing.
2 For the report view, select Asset.
3 Right-click the vShield Edge asset and select Change license key.
4 Select Assign a new license key and click Enter Key.
5 Enter the license key, enter an optional label for the key, and click OK.
Use the vShield for VMware vCloud Director license key you received when you purchased vCloud
Director. You can use this license key in multiple vCenter Servers.
6 Click OK.
Adding Cloud Resources
Cloud resources are an abstraction of their underlying vSphere resources and provide the compute and
memory resources for vCloud Director virtual machines and vApps, and access to storage and network
connectivity.
Cloud resources include provider and organization virtual datacenters, external networks, organization
virtual datacenter networks, and network pools. Before you can add cloud resources to vCloud Director,
you must add vSphere resources.
For more information about organization virtual datacenters, see “Allocate Resources to an Organization,”
on page 31.
For more information about organization virtual datacenter networks, see “Managing Organization Virtual
Datacenter Networks,” on page 83
Provider Virtual Datacenters
A provider virtual datacenter combines the compute and memory resources of a single vCenter Server
resource pool with the storage resources of one or more datastores connected to that resource pool.
A provider virtual datacenter is the source for organization virtual datacenters.
Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter
You can create a provider virtual datacenter to register vSphere compute, memory, and storage resources
for vCloud Director to use. You can create multiple provider virtual datacenters for users in different
geographic locations or business units, or for users with different performance requirements.
A provider virtual datacenter can include only a single resource pool from a single vCenter Server.
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