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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Overview of vCloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade
- vCloud Director Architecture
- Configuration Planning
- vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements
- Browsers That vCloud Director Supports
- Summary of Network Configuration Requirements for vCloud Director
- Installing and Configuring a vCloud Director Database
- Create SSL Certificates
- Installing and Configuring vShield Manager
- Installing and Configuring an AMQP Broker
- Download and Install the VMware Public Key
- Creating a vCloud Director Server Group
- Install and Configure vCloud Director Software on the First Member of a Server Group
- Configure Network and Database Connections
- Install vCloud Director Software on Additional Members of a Server Group
- Install Microsoft Sysprep Files on the Servers
- Start or Stop vCloud Director Services
- Uninstall vCloud Director Software
- Upgrading vCloud Director
- vCloud Director Setup
- Cell Management Tool Reference
- Index
Review the License Agreement
Before you can configure a vCloud Director server group, you must review and accept the end user license
agreement.
Procedure
1 Review the license agreement.
2 Accept or reject the agreement.
Option Action
To accept the license agreement.
Click Yes, I accept the terms in the license agreement.
To reject the license agreement
No, I do not accept the terms in the license agreement.
If you reject the license agreement, you cannot proceed with vCloud Director configuration.
Enter the License Key
Each vCloud Director cluster requires a license to run. The license is specified as a product serial number.
The product serial number is stored in the vCloud Director database.
The vCloud Director product serial number is not the same as the vCenter server license key. To operate a
vCloud, you must have a vCloud Director product serial number and a vCenter server license key. You can
obtain both types of license keys from the VMware License Portal.
Procedure
1 Obtain a vCloud Director product serial number from the VMware License Portal.
2 Type the product serial number in the Product serial number text box.
Create the System Administrator Account
Specify the user name, password, and contact information for the vCloud Director system administrator.
The vCloud Director system administrator has superuser privileges throughout the cloud. You create the
initial system administrator account during vCloud Director setup. After installation and configuration is
complete, this system administrator can create additional system administrator accounts as needed.
Procedure
1 Type the system administrator's user name.
2 Type the system administrator's password and confirm it.
3 Type the system administrator's full name.
4 Type the system administrator's email address.
Specify System Settings
You can specify the system settings that control how vCloud Director interacts with vSphere and vShield
Manager.
The configuration process creates a folder in vCenter for vCloud Director to use and specifies an installation
ID to use when you create MAC addresses for virtual NICs.
Procedure
1 Type a name for the vCloud Director vCenter folder in the System name field.
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