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Cloud Director Administrator's Guide
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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.
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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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Network Pools
A network pool is a group of undifferentiated networks that is available for use within an organization vDC.
A network pool is backed by vSphere network resources such as VLAN IDs, port groups, or Cloud isolated
networks. Cloud Director uses network pools to create NAT-routed and internal organization networks and
all vApp networks. Network traffic on each network in a pool is isolated at layer 2 from all other networks.
Each organization vDC in Cloud Director can have one network pool. Multiple organization vDCs can share
the same network pool. The network pool for an organization vDC provides the networks created to satisfy
the network quota for an organization vDC.
Only system administrators can create and manage network pools.
Organizations
Cloud Director supports multi-tenancy through the use of organizations. An organization is a unit of
administration for a collection of users, groups, and computing resources. Users authenticate at the
organization level, supplying credentials established by an organization administrator when the user was
created or imported. System administrators create and provision organizations, while organization
administrators manage organization users, groups, and catalogs. Organization administrator tasks are
described in the VMware Cloud Director User's Guide.
Users and Groups
An organization can contain an arbitrary number of users and groups. Users can be created by the organization
administrator or imported from a directory service such as LDAP. Groups must be imported from the directory
service. Permissions within an organization are controlled through the assignment of rights and roles to users
and groups.
Catalogs
Organizations use catalogs to store vApp templates and media files. The members of an organization that have
access to a catalog can use the catalog's vApp templates and media files to create their own vApps. A system
administrator can allow an organization to publish a catalog to make it available to other organizations.
Organizations administrators can then choose which catalog items to provide to their users.
Log In to the Web Console
You can access the Cloud Director user interface by using a Web browser.
For a list of supported browsers, see the VMware Cloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide.
Prerequisites
You must have the system administrator user name and password that you created during the system setup.
Procedure
1 Open a Web browser and navigate to https:// hostname.domain.tld /cloud.
For hostname.domain.tld, provide the fully qualified domain name associated with the primary IP address
of the Cloud Director server host. For example, https://cloud.example.com/cloud.
2 Type the system administrator user name and password and click Login.
Cloud Director displays a list of the next tasks you should perform.
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Preparing the System
The Home tab in the Cloud Director Web console provides links to the tasks required to prepare the system
for use. Links become active after you complete prerequisite tasks.
For more information about each task, see Table 1-1.
Table 1-1. Quick Start Tasks
Task For More Information
Attach a vCenter “Attach a vCenter Server,” on page 15
Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter “Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter,” on page 17
Create an External Network “Add an External Network,” on page 18
Create a Network Pool “Network Pools,” on page 19
Create an Organization “Create an Organization,” on page 24
Allocate Resources to an Organization “Create an Organization vDC,” on page 45
Add a Network to an Organization “Creating Organization Networks,” on page 52
Add a Catalog to an Organization “Add a Catalog to an Organization,” on page 73
Create a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package
Before Cloud Director can perform guest customization on virtual machines with certain Windows guest
operating systems, you must create a Microsoft Sysprep deployment package on each Cloud cell in your
installation.
During installation, Cloud Director places some files in the sysprep folder on the Cloud Director server host.
Do not overwrite these files when you create the Sysprep package.
Prerequisites
Access to the Sysprep binary files for Windows 2000, Windows 2003 (32- and 64-bit), and Windows XP (32-
and 64-bit).
Procedure
1 Copy the Sysprep binary files for each operating system to a convenient location on a Cloud Director
server host.
Each operating system requires its own folder.
NOTE Folder names are case-sensitive.
Guest OS Copy Destination
Windows 2000 SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2000
Windows 2003 (32-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3
Windows 2003 (64-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3_64
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Guest OS Copy Destination
Windows XP (32-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /winxp
Windows XP (64-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /winxp_64
SysprepBinariesDirectory represents a location you choose to which to copy the binaries.
2 Run the /opt/vmware/cloud-director/deploymentPackageCreator/createSysprepPackage.sh
SysprepBinariesDirectory command.
For example, /opt/vmware/cloud-director/deploymentPackageCreator/createSysprepPackage.sh /
root/MySysprepFiles.
3 Use the service vmware-vcd restart command to restart the Cloud cell.
4 If you have multiple Cloud cells, copy the package and properties file to all Cloud cells.
scp /opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization/vcloud_sysprep.properties
/opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization/windows_deployment_package_sysprep.cab
root@ next_cell_IP :/opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization
5 Restart each Cloud cell to which you copy the files.
Replace a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package
If you already created a Microsoft Sysprep deployment package and you need to generate a new one, you must
replace the existing Sysprep package on each Cloud cell in your installation.
Prerequisites
Access to the Sysprep binary files for Windows 2000, Windows 2003 (32- and 64-bit), and Windows XP (32-
and 64-bit).
Procedure
1 Use the service vmware-vcd stop command to stop the first Cloud cell.
2 Copy the new Sysprep binary files for each operating system to a convenient location on a Cloud Director
server host.
Each operating system requires its own folder.
NOTE Folder names are case-sensitive.
Guest OS Copy Destination
Windows 2000 SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2000
Windows 2003 (32-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3
Windows 2003 (64-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3_64
Windows XP (32-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /winxp
Windows XP (64-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /winxp_64
SysprepBinariesDirectory represents a location you choose to which to copy the binaries.
3 Run the /opt/vmware/cloud-director/deploymentPackageCreator/createSysprepPackage.sh
SysprepBinariesDirectory command.
For example, /opt/vmware/cloud-director/deploymentPackageCreator/createSysprepPackage.sh /
root/MySysprepFiles.
4 Use the service vmware-vcd restart command to restart the Cloud cell.
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5 If you have multiple Cloud cells, stop each cell and copy the package and properties file to each cell.
scp /opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization/vcloud_sysprep.properties
/opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization/windows_deployment_package_sysprep.cab
root@ next_cell_IP :/opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization
6 Restart each Cloud cell to which you copy the files.
Set User Preferences
You can set certain display and system alerts preferences that take effect every time you log in to the system.
Procedure
1 In the title bar of the Web console, click Preferences.
2 Click the Defaults tab.
3 Select the page to display when you log in.
4 Select the number of days or hours before a runtime lease expires that you want to receive an email
notification.
5 Select the number of days or hours before a storage lease expires that you want to receive an email
notification.
6 Click OK.
What to do next
Configure an SMTP server and specify the system notification settings. See “Configure SMTP Settings,” on
page 84 and “Configure System Notification Settings,” on page 85.
Change a System Administrator Password
You can change the password for your system administrator account.
You can change the password of local (non-LDAP) users only.
Procedure
1 Click Preferences in the title bar of the Web console.
2 Click the Change Password tab.
3 Type your current password and then type your new password twice and click OK.
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Adding Resources to Cloud Director 2
Cloud Director derives its resources from an underlying vSphere virtual infrastructure. After you register
vSphere resources in Cloud Director, you can allocate these resources for organizations within the Cloud
Director installation to use.
This chapter includes the following topics:
n“Adding vSphere Resources,” on page 15
n“Adding Cloud Resources,” on page 17
Adding 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.
For information about Cloud Director system requirements and supported versions of vCenter Server and
ESX/ESXi see the VMware Cloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide.
Attach a vCenter Server
Attach a vCenter Server to make its resources available for use with Cloud Director. After you attach a vCenter
Server, you can assign its resource pools, datastores, and networks to a provider virtual datacenter.
Prerequisites
An instance of vShield Manager is installed and configured for Cloud Director. For more information, see the
VMware Cloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide.
Procedure
1Open the Attach New vCenter Wizard on page 16
Open the Attach New vCenter wizard to start the process of attaching a vCenter Server to Cloud Director.
2Provide vCenter Server Connection and Display Information on page 16
To attach a vCenter Server to Cloud Director, you must provide connection information and a display
name for the vCenter Server.
3Connect to vShield Manager on page 16
Cloud Director requires vShield Manager to provide network services. Each vCenter Server you attach
to Cloud Director requires its own vShield Manager.
4Confirm Settings and Attach the vCenter Server on page 16
Before you attach the new vCenter Server, review the settings you entered.
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Open the Attach New vCenter Wizard
Open the Attach New vCenter wizard to start the process of attaching a vCenter Server to Cloud Director.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and then click vCenters in the left pane.
2 Click the Attach New vCenter button.
The Attach New vCenter wizard launches.
Provide vCenter Server Connection and Display Information
To attach a vCenter Server to Cloud Director, you must provide connection information and a display name
for the vCenter Server.
Procedure
1 Type the host name or IP address of the vCenter Server.
2 Select the port number that vCenter Server uses.
The default port number is 443.
3 Type the user name and password of a vCenter Server administrator.
The user account must have the Administrator role in vCenter.
4 Type a name for the vCenter Server.
The name you type becomes the display name for the vCenter Server in Cloud Director.
5 (Optional) Type a description for the vCenter Server.
6 Click Next to save your choices and go to the next page.
Connect to vShield Manager
Cloud Director requires vShield Manager to provide network services. Each vCenter Server you attach to Cloud
Director requires its own vShield Manager.
Procedure
1 Type the host name or IP address of the vShield Manager to use with the vCenter Server that you are
attaching.
2 Type the user name and password to connect to vShield Manager.
The default user name is admin and the default password is default. You can change these defaults in the
vShield Manager user interface.
3 Click Next to save your choices and go to the next page.
Confirm Settings and Attach the vCenter Server
Before you attach the new vCenter Server, review the settings you entered.
Procedure
1 Review the settings for the vCenter Server and vShield Manager.
2 (Optional) Click Back to modify the settings.
3 Click Finish to accept the settings and attach the vCenter Server.
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Cloud Director attaches the new vCenter Server and registers its resources for provider virtual datacenters to
use.
What to do next
Assign a vShield for VMware Cloud Director license key in the vCenter Server.
Assign a vShield License Key in vCenter
After you attach a vCenter Server to Cloud Director, you must use the vSphere Client to assign a vShield for
VMware Cloud Director license key.
Prerequisites
The vSphere Client must be connected to the vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 From a vSphere Client host that is connected to the vCenter Server system, select Home > Licensing.
2 For the report view, select Asset.
3 Right-click the vShield-edge asset and select Change license key.
4 Select Assign a new license key and click Enter Key.
5 Enter the license key, enter an optional label for the key, and click OK.
Use the vShield for VMware Cloud Director license key you received when you purchased Cloud Director.
You can use this license key in multiple vCenter Servers.
6 Click OK.
Adding Cloud Resources
Cloud resources are an abstraction of their underlying vSphere resources and provide the compute and
memory resources for Cloud Director virtual machines and vApps, and access to storage and network
connectivity.
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.
For more information about organization virtual datacenters, see “Allocate Resources to an Organization,” on
page 28.
For more information about organization networks, see “Adding Networks to an Organization,” on
page 32.
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 connected to that resource pool.
A provider vDC is the source for organization vDCs.
Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter
Create a provider vDC to register vSphere compute, memory, and storage resources for Cloud Director to use.
You can create multiple provider vDCs for users in different geographic locations or business units, or for users
with different performance requirements.
A provider vDC can only include a single resource pool from a single vCenter Server.
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If you plan to add a resource pool that is part of a cluster that uses VMware HA, you should make sure you
are familiar with how VMware HA calculates slot size. For more information about slot sizes and customizing
VMware HA behavior, see the VMware vSphere Availability Guide.
Prerequisites
Before you can create a provider vDC, you must attach at least one vCenter Server with an available resource
pool to Cloud Director. The resource pool must be in a vCenter cluster that is configured to use automated
DRS. The vCenter Server must have the vShield for VMware Cloud Director license key.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider vDCs in the left pane.
2 Click the New Provider vDC button.
3 Type a name and optional description and click Next.
You can use the name and description fields to indicate the vSphere functionality available to the provider
vDC, for example, VMware HA.
4 Select a vCenter Server and resource pool and click Next.
If the vCenter Server has no available resource pools, then no resource pools appear in the list.
5 Select one or more datastores, click Add, and click Next.
Cloud Director does not support the use of read-only datastores with provider vDCs. In most cases, read-
only datastores do not appear in the list, but some read-only NFS datastores may appear. Do not add these
datastores to your provider vDC.
VMware recommends that you use only shared storage. VMware DRS cannot migrate virtual machines
on local storage.
6 Click Finish to create the provider vDC.
External Networks
An external network is a logical, differentiated network based on a vSphere port group. An external network
provides the interface to the Internet for virtual machines connected to external organization networks.
For more information about organization networks, see “Understanding Organization Networks,” on
page 32.
Add an External Network
Add an external network to register vSphere network resources for Cloud Director to use. You can create
organization networks that connect to an external network.
Prerequisites
A vSphere port group is available.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click External Networks in the left pane.
2 Click the Add Network button.
3 Select a vCenter Server and a vSphere port group and click Next.
4 Type the network settings and click Next.
5 Type a name and optional description for the network and click Next.
6 Review the network settings and click Finish.
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What to do next
You can now create an organization network that connects to the external network.
Network Pools
A network pool is a group of undifferentiated networks that is available for use within an organization vDC
to create vApp networks and certain types of organization networks.
A network pool is backed by vSphere network resources such as VLAN IDs, port groups, or Cloud isolated
networks. Cloud Director uses network pools to create NAT-routed and internal organization networks and
all vApp networks. Network traffic on each network in a pool is isolated at layer 2 from all other networks.
Each organization vDC in Cloud Director can have one network pool. Multiple organization vDCs can share
the same network pool. The network pool for an organization vDC provides the networks created to satisfy
the network quota for an organization vDC.
Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by VLAN IDs
Add a VLAN-backed network pool to register vSphere VLAN IDs for Cloud Director to use. A VLAN-backed
network pool provides the best security, scalability, and performance for organization networks.
Prerequisites
A range of VLAN IDs and a vNetwork distributed switch are available in vSphere. The VLAN IDs must be
valid IDs that are configured in the physical switch to which the ESX/ESXi servers are connected.
CAUTION The VLANs must be isolated at the layer 2 level. Failure to properly isolate the VLANs can cause a
disruption on the network.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Network Pools in the left pane.
2 Click the Add Network Pool button.
3 Select VLAN-backed and click Next.
4 Type a range of VLAN IDs and click Add.
You can create one network for each VLAN ID.
5 Select a vCenter Server and vNetwork distributed switch and click Next.
6 Type a name and optional description for the network and click Next.
7 Review the network pool settings and click Finish.
What to do next
You can now create an organization network that is backed by the network pool or associate the network pool
with an organization vDC and create vApp networks.
Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks
You can create a network pool that is backed by Cloud isolated networks. A Cloud isolated network spans
hosts, provides traffic isolation from other networks, and is the best source for vApp networks.
An isolation-backed network pool does not require pre-existing port groups in vSphere.
Prerequisites
An available vSphere vNetwork distributed switch.
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Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Network Pools in the left pane.
2 Click the Add Network Pool button.
3 Select VCD Network Isolation-backed and click Next.
4 Type the number of networks to create from the network pool.
5 (Optional) Type a VLAN ID.
6 Select a vCenter Server and a vNetwork distributed switch and click Next.
7 Type a name and optional description for the network and click Next.
8 Review the network pool settings and click Finish.
Cloud Director creates Cloud isolated networks in vSphere as they are needed.
What to do next
You can now create an organization network that is backed by the network pool or associate the network pool
with an organization vDC and create vApp networks. You can also increase the network pool MTU. See “Set
the MTU for a Network Pool Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks,” on page 21.
Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by vSphere Port Groups
Add a network pool that is backed by port groups to register vSphere port groups for Cloud Director to use.
Unlike other types of network pools, a network pool that is backed by port groups does not require a vNetwork
distributed switch.
CAUTION The port groups must be isolated at the layer 2 level from all other port groups. The port groups
must be physically isolated or must be isolated by using VLAN tags. Failure to properly isolate the port groups
can cause a disruption on the network.
This is the only type of network pool that works with Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switches.
Prerequisites
One or more port groups are available in vSphere. The port groups must be available on each ESX/ESXi host
in the cluster.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Network Pools in the left pane.
2 Click the Add Network Pool button.
3 Select vSphere Port Group-backed and click Next.
4 Select a vCenter Server and click Next.
5 Select one or more port groups, click Add, and click Next.
You can create one network for each port group.
6 Type a name and optional description for the network and click Next.
7 Review the network pool settings and click Finish.
What to do next
You can now create an organization network that is backed by the network pool or associate the network pool
with an organization vDC and create vApp networks.
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