7.2

Create a vCloud Director Endpoint
You can create a vCloud Director endpoint to manage all of the vCloud Director virtual data centers
(vDCs) in your environment, or you can create separate endpoints to manage each vCloud Director
organization.
For information about Organization vDCs, see vCloud Director documentation.
Do not create a single endpoint and individual organization endpoints for the same vCloud Director
instance.
vRealize Automation uses a proxy agent to manage vSphere resources.
Note Reservations defined for vCloud Air endpoints and vCloud Director endpoints do not support the
use of network profiles for provisioning machines.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as an IaaS administrator.
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Store User Credentials.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Endpoints > Endpoints.
2 Select New > Cloud > vCloud Director.
3 Enter a name and, optionally, a description.
4 Enter the URL of the vCloud Director server in the Address text box.
The URL must be of the type FQDN or IP_address.
For example, https://mycompany.com.
5 Click Credentials and select the administrative-level credentials you stored for this endpoint.
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To connect to the vCloud Director server and specify the organization for which the user has the
administrator role, use organization administrator credentials. With these credentials, the
endpoint can access only the associated organization vDCs. You can add endpoints for each
additional organization in the vCloud Director instance to integrate with vRealize Automation.
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To allow access to all Organization vDCs in the vCloud Director instance, use system
administrator credentials for a vCloud Director and leave the Organization text box empty.
Configuring vRealize Automation
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