5.5

Set the Organization Catalog Sharing, Publishing, and Subscription Policies
Catalogs provide organization users with catalogs of vApp templates and media that they can use to create
vApps and install applications on virtual machines.
Catalogs can be shared between organizations in different instances of vCloud Director, between
organizations in the same instance of vCloud Director, or remain accessible only within the host
organization.
Procedure
1 Set the organization catalog policies.
Option Description
Allow sharing catalogs to other
organizations
Allows organization administrators to share this organization's catalogs
with other organizations in this instance of vCloud Director.
If you do not select this option, organization administrators are still able to
share catalogs within the organization.
Allow creation of catalog feeds for
consumption by external
organizations
Allows organization administrators to share this organization's catalogs
with organizations outside this instance of vCloud Director.
Allow subscription to external
catalog feeds
Allows organization administrators to subscribe this organization to
catalog feeds from outside this instance of vCloud Director.
2 Click Next.
Configure Email Preferences
vCloud Director requires an SMTP server to send user notification and system alert emails. An organization
can use the system email settings or use its own email settings.
Procedure
1 Select an SMTP server option.
Option Description
Use system default SMTP server
The organization uses the system SMTP server.
Set organization SMTP server
The organization uses its own SMTP server. Type the DNS host name or IP
address and port number of the SMTP server. (Optional) Select the
Requires authentication check box and type a user name and password.
2 Select a notification settings option.
Option Description
Use system default notification
settings
The organization uses the system notification settings.
Set organization notification
settings
The organization uses its own notification settings. Type an email address
that appears as the sender for organization emails, type text to use as the
subject prefix for organization emails, and select the recipients for
organization emails.
3 (Optional) Type a destination email address and click Test Email Settings to verify that all SMTP server
settings are configured as expected.
4 Click Next.
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