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5 Select the disk space thresholds for the datastore.
You can set two thresholds, yellow and red. When you set thresholds on a stand-alone datastore, they
apply only to that datastore. If you set thresholds on a storage POD, they apply to all datastores in the
storage POD. By default, vCloud Director sets the red threshold to 15% of the stand-alone datastore's or
POD's total capacity and the yellow threshold to 25% of the stand-alone datastore or POD's total
capacity.
When vCloud Director sends an email alert, the message indicates which threshold was crossed. When
a datastore reaches its red threshold, the virtual machine placement engine stops placing virtual
machines on the datastore.
Because the default thresholds on a storage POD are based on the total POD capacity, the thresholds
might exceed the capacity of individual datastores within the POD. When setting thresholds on a
storage POD, take into account the capacity of each datastore in the POD and set thresholds manually
rather than accepting the default threshold configurations.
6 Click OK.
vCloud Director sets the thresholds for all provider virtual datacenters that use the datastore. vCloud
Director sends an email alert when the datastore crosses the threshold.
Send an Email Notification to Provider Virtual Datacenter Users
You can send an email notification to all users who own objects in the provider virtual datacenter, for
example, vApps or media files. You can send an email notification to let users know about upcoming system
maintenance, for example.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have a valid connection to an SMTP server.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider VDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider virtual datacenter name and select Notify.
3 Type the email subject and message and click Send Email.
Managing Organization Virtual Datacenters
After you create an organization virtual datacenter, you can modify its properties, disable or delete it, and
manage its allocation model, storage, and network settings.
Create an Organization Virtual Datacenter
Create an organization virtual datacenter to allocate resources to an organization. An organization virtual
datacenter is partitioned from a provider virtual datacenter. A single organization can have multiple
organization virtual datacenters.
Prerequisites
You must have a provider virtual datacenter before you can allocate resources to an organization.
Procedure
1 Open the New Organization Virtual Datacenter Wizard on page 55
Open the New Organization virtual datacenter wizard to start the process of creating an organization
virtual datacenter.
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