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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
Figure 1‑1. vCloud Director Architecture Diagram
vCloud Director Installation
vCloud Director
Server
Cell
vCloud Director
Database
VMware vCloud Director
VMware vSphere
vCenter
Database
vShield
Manager
vCenter
ESX/ESXi
ESX/ESXi
The vCloud Director installation and configuration process creates the cells, connects them to the shared
database, and establishes the first connections to a vCenter server, vShield Manager, and hosts. A system
administrator can then use the vCloud Director Web console to add vCenter servers, vShield Manager, and
hosts to the vCloud Director server group at any time.
Configuration Planning
vSphere provides storage, compute, and networking capacity to vCloud Director. Before you begin
installation, consider how much vSphere and vCloud Director capacity you need, and plan a configuration
that can support it.
Configuration requirements depend on many factors, including the number of organizations in the cloud,
the number of users in each organization, and the activity level of those users. The following guidelines can
serve as a starting point for most configurations:
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Allocate one vCloud Director server (cell) for each vCenter server that you want to make accessible in
your cloud.
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Be sure that all vCloud Director servers meet at least the minimum requirements for memory, CPU, and
storage detailed in “vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements,” on page 8.
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Configure the vCloud Director database as described in “Installing and Configuring a vCloud Director
Database,” on page 14.
vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements
Each server in a vCloud Director server group must meet certain hardware and software requirements. In
addition, a supported database must be accessible to all members of the group. Each server group requires
access to a vCenter server, vShield Manager, and one or more ESXi hosts.
Supported Platforms
Current information about the VMware platforms supported by this release of vCloud Director is available
from the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes at
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide/sim/interop_matrix.php.
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