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6 Enter the organization name for your vCD region in the Organization text box.
The organization name is a unique ID, used to identify your specific environment in your OnDemand
region. It is a randomly generated key, similar to a license key format. The organization value is
displayed as the end portion of the URL when you log in to vCloud Air OnDemand.
a Log in to vCloud Air OnDemand using administrator credentials.
b Select the Organization vDC.
c Click the vCloud Director API URL link to display a link such as https://region-
name.vchs.mycompany.com:443/api/compute/ui?orgname=organization-
name_for_vCD_in_region&serviceInstanceId=instance-id….. .
d Enter the last part of the resultant link text, for this example
organization-name_for_vCD_in_region, in the Organization text box.
If you set up multiple organizations, either as separate endpoints or as a single endpoint, create
reservation policies for each organization. This configuration ensures that vApps are provisioned to
the appropriate virtual datacenters. Do this if vApps must be put on a specific resource. For example,
if the resources must be controlled this strictly or if the templates to be used are only for a specific
organization. However, if the template is public and the requester knows that they want a Pay As You
Go or Allocated resource, you can use one reservation policy to group both of those goals.
7 (Optional) Click the Use proxy server check mark box to configure additional security and force
connections to vCloud Air to pass through a proxy server.
a Enter the host name of your proxy server in the Hostname text box.
b Enter the port number to use for connecting to the proxy server in the Port text box.
c (Optional) Click the Browse icon next to the Credentials text box.
Select or create credentials that represent the user name and password for the proxy server, if
required by the proxy configuration.
8 (Optional) Add any custom properties.
9 Click OK.
10 Right-click the new endpoint name on the Endpoints page.
11 Select Data Collection > Start.
12 Allow data collection to finish.
What to do next
Create a Fabric Group.
Create a vCloud Endpoint for a vCloud Air Subscription Gen 1
An IaaS administrator can create a vCloud endpoint for a vCloud Air subscription Gen 1.
You can specify a vRealize Automation endpoint connection to a vCloud Air subscription and enable
additional security by using the Use proxy server checkbox.
IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
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