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3 Click Catalog.
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.
Create a Catalog
You can create a catalog to contain uploaded and imported vApp templates, media files, and other files to
make available to all organizations. An organization can have multiple catalogs and control access to each
catalog individually.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Organizations in the left pane.
2 Right-click the organization name and select Open.
3 Click Catalogs and select My Organization's Catalogs in the left pane.
4 On the Catalogs tab, click Add Catalog.
5 Type a catalog name and optional description and click Next.
6 Select the type of storage to use for vApp templates and ISOs in this catalog and click Next.
Option Description
Use any available storage in the
organization
This catalog uses any available storage in the organization.
Pre-provision storage on specific
storage policy
Select a virtual datacenter storage policy to use for this catalog's vApp
templates and ISOs and click Add. The selected storage policy causes the
vApp template size to count against your catalog storage quota.
7 Click Add Members.
a Select which users and groups in the organization can access this catalog.
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Select Everyone in this organization to grant catalog access to all users and groups in the
organization.
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Select Specific users and groups to select users or groups to which to grant catalog access.
b Select the access level for users with access to this catalog from the drop-down menu and click OK.
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Select Read Only to grant read access to the catalog's vApp templates and ISOs.
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Select Read/Write to grant read access to the catalog's vApp templates and ISOs, and to allow
users to add vApp templates and ISOs to the catalog.
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Select Full Control to grant full control of the catalog's contents and settings.
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