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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
vSphere Configuration Requirements
Servers and hosts intended for use with vCloud Director must meet specific configuration requirements.
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vCenter networks intended for use as vCloud Director external networks or network pools must be
available to all hosts in any cluster intended for vCloud Director to use. Making these networks
available to all hosts in a datacenter simplifies the task of adding new vCenter servers to
vCloud Director.
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vSphere Distributed Switches must be used for cross-host fencing and network pool allocation.
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vCenter clusters used with vCloud Director must configure storage DRS with an automation level of
Fully Automated. This configuration requires shared storage attached to all ESXi hosts in a DRS cluster.
vCloud Director can take full advantage of Storage DRS, including support for fast provisioning, with
vCenter 5.1 or later.
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vCenter servers must trust their hosts. All hosts in all clusters managed by vCloud Director must be
configured to require verified host certificates. In particular, you must determine, compare, and select
matching thumbprints for all hosts. See Configure SSL Settings in the vCenter Server and Host
Management documentation.
vSphere Licensing Requirements
vCloud Director requires the following vSphere licenses:
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VMware DRS, licensed by vSphere Enterprise and Enterprise Plus.
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VMware Distributed Switch and dvFilter, licensed by vSphere Enterprise Plus. This license enables
creation and use of vCloud Director isolated networks.
Supported vCloud Director Server Operating Systems
Table 1‑1. Supported vCloud Director Server Operating Systems
Operating System (64-bit only) Updates
CentOS 6 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4-9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 1-4
Disk Space
Requirements
Each vCloud Director server requires approximately 1350MB of free space
for the installation and log files.
Memory Requirements
Each vCloud Director server must be provisioned with at least 4GB of
memory.
Linux Software
Packages
Each vCloud Director server must include installations of several common
Linux software packages. These packages are typically installed by default
with the operating system software. If any are missing, the installer fails with
a diagnostic message.
Table 1‑2. Required Software Packages
Package Name Package Name Package Name
alsa-lib libICE module-init-tools
bash libSM net-tools
chkconfig libstdc pciutils
coreutils libX11 procps
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