VMware CLOUD DIRECTOR 1.0 Manuale
Cloud Director Administrator's Guide
Cloud Director 1.0
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Contents
About This Book 7
1Getting Started with Cloud Director 9
Overview of Cloud Director Administration 9
Log In to the Web Console 11
Preparing the System 12
Create a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package 12
Replace a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package 13
Set User Preferences 14
Change a System Administrator Password 14
2Adding Resources to Cloud Director 15
Adding vSphere Resources 15
Adding Cloud Resources 17
3Creating and Provisioning Organizations 23
Understanding Leases 23
Create an Organization 24
Allocate Resources to an Organization 28
Adding Networks to an Organization 32
4Creating a Published Catalog 37
Enable Catalog Publishing 37
Create a Catalog 37
Upload a vApp Template 38
Import a vApp Template from vSphere 38
Upload a Media File 39
Import a Media File from vSphere 39
Publish a Catalog 40
5Managing Cloud Resources 41
Managing Provider vDCs 41
Managing Organization vDCs 45
Managing External Networks 51
Managing Organization Networks 52
Managing Network Pools 59
Managing Cloud Cells 60
6Managing vSphere Resources 63
Managing vSphere vCenter Servers 63
Managing vSphere ESX/ESXi Hosts 64
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Managing vSphere Datastores 66
Managing Stranded Items 66
7Managing Organizations 69
Enable or Disable an Organization 69
Delete an Organization 69
Modify an Organization Name 70
Modify an Organization Full Name and Description 70
Modify Organization LDAP Options 70
Modify Organization Catalog Publishing Policy 71
Modify Organization Email Preferences 72
Modify Organization Lease, Quota, and Limit Settings 72
Add a Catalog to an Organization 73
Managing Organization Resources 73
Managing Organization Users and Groups 74
Managing Organization vApps 74
8Managing System Administrators and Roles 77
Add a System Administrator 77
Import a System Administrator 78
Enable or Disable a System Administrator 78
Delete a System Administrator 78
Edit System Administrator Profile and Contact Information 78
Send an Email Notification to Users 79
Delete a System Administrator Who Lost Access to the System 79
Import an LDAP Group 79
Delete an LDAP Group 80
Change an LDAP Group Description 80
Roles and Rights 80
Create a Role 80
Copy a Role 81
Edit a Role 81
Delete a Role 81
9Managing System Settings 83
Modify General System Settings 83
General System Settings 83
Configure SMTP Settings 84
Configure System Notification Settings 85
Configuring the System LDAP Settings 85
Customize the Cloud Director Client UI 88
Configure the Public Web URL 89
Configure the Public Console Proxy Address 89
Configure the Public REST API Base URL 90
10 Monitoring Cloud Director 91
Viewing Tasks and Events 91
View Usage Information for a Provider vDC 93
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View Usage Information for an Organization vDC 93
Using Cloud Director's JMX Service 93
Viewing the Cloud Director Logs 94
Cloud Director and Cost Reporting 94
Monitoring Quarantined Files 94
11 Roles and Rights 97
Predefined Roles and Their Rights 97
Index 101
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About This Book
The VMware Cloud Director Administrator's Guide provides information to the Cloud Director system
administrator about how to add resources to the system, create and provision organizations, manage resources
and organizations, and monitor the system.
Intended Audience
This book is intended for anyone who wants to configure and manage a Cloud Director installation. The
information in this book is written for experienced system administrators who are familiar with Linux,
Windows, IP networks, and VMware vSphere.
VMware Technical Publications Glossary
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of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation, go to
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Getting Started with Cloud Director 1
The first time you log in to the Cloud Director Web console, the Home tab guides you through the steps to
configure your installation.
You can also set your user preferences and create a Microsoft Sysprep deployment package to support guest
customization in Cloud Director virtual machines.
This chapter includes the following topics:
n“Overview of Cloud Director Administration,” on page 9
n“Log In to the Web Console,” on page 11
n“Preparing the System,” on page 12
n“Create a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package,” on page 12
n“Replace a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package,” on page 13
n“Set User Preferences,” on page 14
n“Change a System Administrator Password,” on page 14
Overview of Cloud Director Administration
VMware Cloud Director is a software product that provides the ability to build secure, multi-tenant clouds by
pooling virtual infrastructure resources into virtual datacenters and exposing them to users through Web-
based portals and programmatic interfaces as a fully-automated, catalog-based service.
The VMware Cloud Director Administrator's Guide provides information about adding resources to the system,
creating and provisioning organizations, managing resources and organizations, and monitoring the system.
vSphere Resources
Cloud Director relies on vSphere resources to provide CPU and memory to run virtual machines. In addition,
vSphere datastores provide storage for virtual machine files and other files necessary for virtual machine
operations. Cloud Director also utilizes vNetwork Distributed Switches and vSphere port groups to support
virtual machine networking.
You can use these underlying vSphere resources to create cloud resources.
Cloud Resources
Cloud resources are an abstraction of their underlying vSphere resources. They provide the compute and
memory resources for Cloud Director virtual machines and vApps. A vApp is a virtual system that contains
one or more individual virtual machines, along with parameters that define operational details. Cloud
resources also provide access to storage and network connectivity.
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Cloud resources include provider and organization virtual datacenters, external networks, organization
networks, and network pools. Before you can add cloud resources to Cloud Director, you must add vSphere
resources.
Provider Virtual Datacenters
A provider virtual datacenter (vDC) combines the compute and memory resources of a single vCenter Server
resource pool with the storage resources of one or more datastores available to that resource pool.
You can create multiple provider vDCs for users in different geographic locations or business units, or for users
with different performance requirements.
Organization Virtual Datacenters
An organization virtual datacenter (vDC) provides resources to an organization and is partitioned from a
provider vDC. Organization vDCs provide an environment where virtual systems can be stored, deployed,
and operated. They also provide storage for virtual media, such as floppy disks and CD ROMs.
A single organization can have multiple organization vDCs.
Cloud Director Networking
Cloud Director supports three types of networks.
nExternal networks
nOrganization networks
nvApp networks
Some organization networks and all vApp networks are backed by network pools.
External Networks
An external network is a logical, differentiated network based on a vSphere port group. Organization networks
can connect to external networks to provide Internet connectivity to virtual machines inside of a vApp.
Only system administrators create and manage external networks.
Organization Networks
An organization network is contained within a Cloud Director organization and is available to all the vApps
in the organization. An organization network allows vApps within an organization to communicate with each
other. You can connect an organization network to an external network to provide external connectivity. You
can also create an isolated organization network that is internal to the organization. Certain types of
organization networks are backed by network pools.
Only system administrators can create organization networks. System administrators and organization
administrators can manage organization networks, although there are some limits to what an organization
administrator can do.
vApp Networks
A vApp network is contained within a vApp and allows virtual machines in the vApp to communicate with
each other. You can connect a vApp network to an organization network to allow the vApp to communicate
with other vApps in the organization and outside of the organization, if the organization network is connected
to an external network. vApp networks are backed by network pools.
Most users with access to a vApp can create and manage their own vApp networks. Working with vApp
networks is described in the VMware Cloud Director User's Guide.
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