VMware CLOUD DIRECTOR 1.0 Manual

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

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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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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