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vCloud Director User's Guide - vCloud Director 1.5

1. Catalogs vApp Templates Media If you are an organization administrator you can access published catalogs in the left pane Using vApp Templates in a Catalog You can access vApp templates in a catalog in your organization or if you are an organization administrator from a published catalog To access a vApp template in a catalog in your organization in the left pane click My Organization s Catalogs and click on the vApp Templates tab Select a vApp template and right click to see the operations you can complete VMware Inc Chapter 5 Working with Catalogs Using Media Files in a Catalog You can access media files in a catalog in your organization or if you are a organization administrator a published catalog To access a media file in a catalog in your organization in the left pane click My Organization s Catalogs and click on the Media tab Select a media file and right click to see the operations you can complete Working in Published Catalogs Organization administrators can access a published catalog and copy its vApp templates and media files to a catalog in their organization They can then share the organization catalog with other members of their organization so they can use the vApp templates and media files Accessing vApp Templates from a Public Catalog You can access vApp templates from published catalogs and copy them to your catalog You are an organization administrator Procedure 1
2. vCloud Director User s Guide Configuring Virtual Machine Resource Allocation Settings Reservation pool virtual datacenters support the ability to control resource allocation at the virtual machine level Users with the necessary rights can customize the amount of resources that are allocated to their virtual machines Use the resource allocation settings shares reservation and limit to determine the amount of CPU memory and storage resources provided for a virtual machine Users have several options for allocating resources Em Ensure that a certain amount of memory for a virtual machine is provided by the virtual datacenter m Guarantee that a particular virtual machine is always allocated a higher percentage of the virtual datacenter resources than other virtual machines Em Set an upper bound on the resources that can be allocated to a virtual machine Resource Allocation Shares Shares specify the relative importance of a virtual machine within a vDC If a virtual machine has twice as many shares of a resource as another virtual machine it is entitled to consume twice as much of that resource when these two virtual machines are competing for resources Shares are typically specified as High Normal or Low and these values specify share values with a 4 2 1 ratio respectively You can also select Custom to assign a specific number of shares which expresses a proportional weight to each virtual machine When you assign
3. 2 Inthe left pane select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Select an organization network right click and select Connected vApps 4 Click OK View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization Network You can view the syslog server settings for a routed organization network You are an organization administrator vCloud Director supports logging events related to firewall rules to a syslog server specified by a system administrator If an organization network does not have any syslog server settings and you think it should or if the settings are not what you expected then you can synchronize the network with the most current syslog server settings See Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization Network on page 35 If there is still a problem after you synchronize contact your system administrator Prerequisites An external NAT routed organization network Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Select an organization network right click and select Properties 4 Click the Syslog Server Settings tab Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization Network You apply syslog server settings to a routed organization network to enable firewall rule logging You are an organization administrator Syslog server settings can only be specified by a system administrator You should apply those settings to any organization network that was created before the system admini
4. Configuring Network Services for an Organization Network An organization administrator can configure network services such as DHCP firewalls network address translation NAT VPN and static routing for certain organization networks The network services available depend on the type of organization network Table 3 2 Network Services Available by Network Type Organization Network Type DHCP Firewall NAT VPN Static Routing Direct Routed X X X X X Internal Configure DHCP for an Organization Network Organization administrators can configure certain organization networks to provide DHCP services to virtual machines in the organization When you enable DHCP for an organization network connect a NIC on virtual machine in the organization to that network and select DHCP as the IP mode for that NIC vCloud Director assigns a DHCP IP address to the virtual machine when you power it on Prerequisites An routed organization network or an internal organization network Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 4 Click the DHCP tab and select Enable DHCP VMware Inc 23 vCloud Director User s Guide 24 5 Type a range of IP addresses or use the default range vCloud Director uses these addresses to satisfy DHCP requests The range of DHCP IP addresses cannot overlap with the static IP pool for the organ
5. Installing VMware Tools on page 94 Guest Operating Systems on page 104 Open a Virtual Machine Console Accessing your virtual machine console allows you to view information about a virtual machine work with the guest operating system and perform operations that affect the guest operating system You might be required to install VMware Remote Console Plug In Click Install in the dialog box that appears Prerequisites The virtual machine is powered on Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Popout Console If you close or refresh a virtual machine console while you have one or more client devices connected those devices are disconnected Power On a Virtual Machine Powering on a virtual machine is the equivalent of powering on a physical machine You cannot power on a virtual machine that has guest customization enabled unless the virtual machine has a current version of VMware Tools installed Prerequisites A virtual machine that is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Power On Power Off a Virtual Machine 84 Powering off a virtual machine is the equivalent of powering off a physical machine Prerequisites A virtual machine that is powered on Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right
6. Copy Media Files to a Catalog on page 52 Move Media Files to Another Catalog on page 52 Delete Media Files on page 53 Modify Media File Properties on page 53 Upload Media Files You can upload media files to a catalog Users with access to the catalog can use the media files to install applications on their virtual machines You are at least a catalog author Prerequisites The computer from which you are uploading must have Java Plug in 1 6 0_10 or later installed Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the Media tab click the Upload button 3 Type the path to the media file path or click Browse locate the file and click Upload 4 Type aname and optional description for the media file This is the name that appears in vCloud Director 5 Select the destination vDC and catalog 6 Click Upload The media file is uploaded to the specified location You can click the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window button to track the progress VMware Inc 51 vCloud Director User s Guide Resume the Upload of a Media File If you paused cancelled or interrupted the upload of a media file you can resume it m You are at least a catalog author m If you log out of vCloud Director and log in transfer history is lost You cannot resume the upload m The default timeout for pending transfer sessions is one hour You can configure this value E During pending or stopped trans
7. Organization Administers the organization Administrator Catalog Author Creates and publishes new catalogs vApp Author Creates vApps and uses catalogs vApp User Uses vApps created by others Console Access Only Uses virtual machine guest operating systems and siews virtual machine state and properties Contact your system administrator to create custom roles This chapter includes the following topics m Managing Users on page 15 m Working with Groups on page 18 Managing Users The Users page displays a list of users your organization You can see whether the users are active their role and whether they are local or LDAP As an organization administrator you can complete these operations E Add anew user m Import users from LDAP E Send email notifications m Deactivate a user Modify a user s properties E Delete a user VMware Inc 15 vCloud Director User s Guide 16 Add a Local User Adding local users allows organization administrators to provide access to users who do not exist on an LDAP server You can also add local users if you do not plan to use an LDAP server Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Users 3 Click the New User button 4 Type the user name and password 5 Select a role To create a custom role contact your system administrator 6 Optional Type the contact information 7 Select the stored and running virtual machine quota limits for
8. 5 Click OK The user is deleted from your organization Send User Notifications An organization administrator can send an email notification to users to notify them of events or issues in the organization Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Users 3 Click the Notify button If you select a user and then click this button the user s name appears as the recipient 4 Select the recipients and type a subject 5 Type the message 6 Click Send Email The notification is sent to the selected recipients Delete Users in Lost and Found If a user in your organization is removed from a group if their group is disabled removed in LDAP or if the user is deleted disabled in LDAP the user appears on the Lost amp Found page An organization administrator can delete the user from the system and assume ownership of the user s objects for example vApps and vApp templates Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Lost amp Found 3 Right click a user in the list and click Delete 4 Click OK vCloud Director transfers ownership of the user s objects to you unless you deselect the Transfer user s objects to me check box VMware Inc 17 vCloud Director User s Guide Disable or Enable User Accounts An organization administrator can disable a user account to log the user out of the Web console and prevent the user from logging in again You can enable a user to al
9. Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Select an organization network right click and select Reset Network 4 Click Yes View IP Usage for an Organization Network You can view a list of the IP addresses from an organization network IP pool that are currently in use You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Select an organization network right click and select IP Allocations Add IP Addresses to an Organization Network IP Pool If an organization network is running out of IP addresses you can add more addresses to its IP Pool You are an organization administrator You cannot add IP addresses to external organization networks that have a direct connection Procedure 1 Select Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Select an organization network right click and select Properties 4 On the Network Specification tab type an IP address or a range of IP addresses in the text box and click Add 5 Click OK 34 VMware Inc Chapter 3 Managing Cloud Resources View vApps and vApp Templates That Use an Organization Network You can view a list of the all the vApps and vApp templates that include virtual machines with a NIC connected to an organization network Prerequisites You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration
10. Click Apply Add a Port Forwarding Rule to a vApp Network You can configure certain vApp networks to provide port forwarding by adding a NAT mapping rule Port forwarding provides external access to services running on virtual machines on the vApp network When you configure port forwarding vCloud Director maps an external port to a service running on a port on a virtual machine for inbound traffic VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps When you add a new port forwarding rule to a vApp network it appears at the bottom of the NAT mapping rule list For information about how to set the order in which port forwarding rules are enforced see Reorder Port Forwarding Rules for a vApp Network on page 74 Prerequisites A routed vApp network Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane 2 Right click a vApp and select Open 3 On the Networking tab select Show networking details 4 Right click the vApp network and select Configure Services 5 Click the NAT tab select Port Forwarding and click Add 6 Configure the port forwarding rule a Select an external port b Select an internal port c Select a protocol for the type of traffic to forward d Select a VM interface e Click OK 7 Click OK 8 Click Apply Add an IP Translation Rule to a vApp Network You can configure certain vApp networks to provide IP translation by adding a NAT mapping rule When you create an IP translation rule for a ne
11. Disable Guest Customization To install VMware Tools in a virtual machine in a vApp you must disable guest customization Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane select VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 On the Guest OS Customization tab deselect the Enable guest customization check box Start the vApp After you install VMware Tools you must start the vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps The virtual machines in the vApp will customize when you power on The guest OS will be rebooted during customization if necessary 3 Select the vApp right click and select Start Install VMware Tools You must install VMware Tools in your virtual machines to customize the guest operation system You are at least a vApp User Prerequisites Guest customization is disabled on the relevant virtual machines Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Open 4 On the Virtual Machines tab select a virtual machine right click and select Power On 5 Select the virtual machine right click and select Install VMware Tools VMware tools installation is triggered or Tools CD is mounted You need to open the virtual machine console to complete the installation VMware Tools is installed Stop the vApp To enable guest customization on a virtual machine you must stop the vApp You are at least a vApp
12. Resources A vCloud Director system administrator creates and assigns virtual datacenters and networks to an organization An organization administrator can view information about these resources and perform a limited set of management tasks Contact your system administrator if you need more organization virtual datacenters or organization networks This chapter includes the following topics m Managing Virtual Datacenters on page 21 m Managing Organization Networks on page 22 m Managing Expired Items on page 36 Managing Virtual Datacenters Virtual datacenters vDCs provide processor memory and storage resources to your organization They are assigned to your organization by your system administrator An organization can have multiple vDCs Display Virtual Datacenters When you display the vDCs in your organization you can monitor the resources users and policy settings that you manage You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Cloud Resources gt Virtual Datacenters A list of vDCs in your organization appears in the right pane 3 For details about a vDC right click and select Open The vApps vApp templates media and networks attached to this vDC are displayed When you click through each tab you can right click on an object to see the operations you can complete Review Virtual Datacenter Properties You can review the properties of the v
13. Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties In the NICs section on the Hardware tab click Add 93 vCloud Director User s Guide 5 Optional Modify the NIC settings 6 Click OK Remove a Network Interface You can remove NICs from a virtual machines Prerequisites The virtual machine is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 Inthe NICs section on the Hardware tab click Delete 5 Click OK Installing VMware Tools 94 VMware Tools supports shared folders and cut and paste operations between the guest operating system and the machine from which you launch the vCloud Director Web console vCloud Director depends on VMware Tools to customize the guest OS Using VMware Tools you can move the pointer in and out of the virtual machine console window A virtual machine must be powered on to install VMware Tools Install VMware Tools in a New Virtual Machine with No Guest Operating System If your newly created virtual machine has no guest operating system you must install it before you can install VMware Tools You must be at least a vApp User Prerequisites You have created a vApp in which you have a blank virtual machine Procedure 1 Click My Cloud In the left pane selectvApps gt Open On the Virtual Machinestab select a virtual machine right click and select Power On Log into the virtua
14. Server Settings tab Apply Syslog Server Settings to a vApp Network You apply syslog server settings to a routed vApp network to enable firewall rule logging Syslog server settings can only be specified by a system administrator You should apply those settings to any vApp network that was created before the system administrator specified them You should also apply the syslog server settings to a vApp network any time a system administrator changes the settings Prerequisites A routed vApp network Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Open 4 On the Networking tab select a vApp network right click and select Synchronize syslog server settings 5 Click Yes Display a vApp Diagram A vApp diagram provides a graphical view of the virtual machines and networks in a vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 On the vApps page select a vApp right click and select Open 3 Click the vApp Diagram tab The vApp diagram is displayed What to do next You can perform most of the same operations from this tab that you can from the Virtual Machines and Networking tabs Modify a vApp Name and Description 78 You can change the name and description associated with a vApp to make it more meaningful You are at least a vApp user Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Properties 4 On the General
15. Show networking details to display details about each network Add a vApp Network to a vApp Add a vApp network to a vApp to make the network available to virtual machines in the vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud In the left pane click vApps right click and select Open On the Networking tab select the Show networking details check box Click the Add Network button 2 3 4 5 Select vApp Network and click Next 6 Type the network specifications and click Next 7 Type anetwork name and optional description and click Next 8 Review your vApp network settings and click Finish vCloud Director creates an isolated vApp network and displays it in the network list 9 Optional Select an organization network in the Connection drop down menu This routes the vApp network to the organization network VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps 10 Click Apply What to do next Connect a virtual machine in the vApp to the network Add an Organization Network to a vApp Add an organization network to a vApp to make the network available to virtual machines in the vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click vApps right click and select Open 3 On the Networking tab select the Show networking details check box 4 Click the Add Network button 5 Select Organization Network and click Next 6 Select an organization network and click Finish vCloud Director adds the organization network and displays it in the network
16. User VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines Prerequisites Your vApp is started Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Power off your virtual machines 3 Select a vApp right click and select Stop The vApp is stopped Enable Guest Customization After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines you must enable guest customization Procedure 1 On the Guest OS Customization tab select the Enable guest customization check box 2 Select the other check boxes in the dialog box as relevant Start the vApp After you install VMware Tools you must start the vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps The virtual machines in the vApp will customize when you power on The guest OS will be rebooted during customization if necessary 3 Select the vApp right click and select Start Install VMware Tools in a vApp Template You can install VMware Tools on a virtual machine for which guest customization is enabled Prerequisites Guest customization is enabled on the virtual machine s Properties page Procedure 1 Save the vApp Template as a vApp on page 98 To install VMware Tools in a vApp you must save it as a VApp 2 Disable Guest Customization on page 98 Before you can install VMware Tools on a virtual machine you must disable guest customization 3 Install VMware Tools on page 98 You must install VMware Tools in your virtual machines to customize the guest op
17. Web console 10 bypass the proxy in Internet Explorer 12 change your password 13 Firefox options 11 Internet Explorer options 12 understanding 9 vCloud Director bypass the proxy in Firefox 11 vDC determine when to add capacity 22 display 21 manage in an organization 22 modify properties 21 working with 21 virtual machines adding hard disks 91 adding NICs 93 configuring resource allocation 91 connecting remotely 87 copy or move toa vApp 87 CPUs 89 delete 88 deleting hard disks 92 VMware Inc Index discard suspended state 85 eject a floppy 86 eject CD DVD 86 guest OS 104 hard disks 91 insert a floppy 86 insert CD DVD 86 install guest OS 104 memory 89 modifying hard disks 92 modifying OVF environment properties 79 89 modifying properties 88 network interface settings 92 NICs 92 open console 84 powering off 84 powering on 84 removing NICs 94 reset 66 85 resetting MAC address 93 resource allocation limit 91 resource allocation reservations 90 resource allocation settings 90 resource allocation shares 90 resuming 85 suspending 85 upgrading virtual hardware version 87 working with 83 VMware Tools add vApp to catalog 99 100 disable guest customization 96 98 enable guest customization 97 99 101 install in a vApp 95 install with guest customization disabled 99 install with guest customization enabled 97 installing 96 98 installing in a new virtual machine 94 installing or upgr
18. administrator An organization administrator can view information about his networks configure network services and more There are three type of organization networks 22 VMware Inc Chapter 3 Managing Cloud Resources Table 3 1 Types of Organization Networks Organization Network Type Description Direct Accessible by multiple organizations Virtual machines belonging to different organizations can connect to and see traffic on this network This network provides direct layer 2 connectivity to machines outside of the organization Machines outside of this organization can connect to machines within the organization directly Routed Accessible only by this organization Only virtual machines within this organization can connect to this network This network also provides controlled access to an external network System administrators and organization administrators can configure network address translation NAT firewall and VPN settings to make specific virtual machines accessible from the external network Internal Accessible only by this organization Only virtual machines within this organization can connect to and see traffic on this network This network provides an organization with an isolated private network that multiple vApps can connect to This network provides no connectivity to machines outside this organization Machines outside of this organization have no connectivity to machines within the organization
19. and select Configure Services 2 3 4 Click the Firewall tab and select Enable firewall 5 Select the default firewall action 6 Optional Select the Log check box to log events related to the default firewall action 7 Click OK Add a Firewall Rule to an Organization Network An organization administrator can add firewall rules to an organization network that supports a firewall You can create rules to allow or deny traffic that matches the rules to pass through the firewall For a firewall rule to be enforced you must enable the firewall for the organization network See Enable the Firewall for an Organization Network on page 24 When you add a new firewall rule to an organization network it appears at the bottom of the firewall rule list For information about how to set the order in which firewall rules are enforced see Reorder Firewall Rules for an Organization Network on page 25 If a system administrator specified syslog server settings and those settings have been applied to the organization network then you can log firewall rule events For information about applying syslog server settings see Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization Network on page 35 To view the current syslog server settings see View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization Network on page 35 VMware Inc Chapter 3 Managing Cloud Resources Prerequisites A routed organization network Procedure 1 Click A
20. be created locally 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 VMware Inc 9 vCloud Director User s Guide Virtual Datacenters An organization virtual datacenter vDC provides resources to an 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 An organization can have multiple vDCs Organization Networks An organization network is contained within a vCloud 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 An organization network can be connected to an external network or isolated and internal to the organization Only system administrators can create organization networks but organization administrators can manage organization networks including the network services they provide 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
21. catalog or the reverse You are an organization administrator or catalog author Prerequisites You must have access to at least two catalogs and a vDC with available space Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab right click a vApp template and select Move To Catalog 3 Select a destination catalog and vDC If you select a published catalog the vApp template will be available to all organizations in the vCloud Director installation 4 Click OK vCloud Director copies the source vApp template to the destination catalog and then deletes the source vApp template Delete a vApp Template You can delete a vApp template from an organization catalog If the catalog is published the vApp template is also deleted from Public Catalogs You are at least a vApp author Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select Delete 3 Click Yes The selected vApp is deleted Save a vApp as a vApp Template You can save a vApp to a catalog as a vApp template You are at least a vApp author Prerequisites m Your organization has a catalog and a vDC with available space m The vApp must be stopped Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Right click a vApp and select Add to Catalog VMware Inc 59 vCloud Director User s Guide 4 7 Type a name and optional descripti
22. click and select Power Off VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine Resetting a virtual machine clears state memory cache and so on but the vApps and virtual machines continue to run Prerequisites Your vApp is started and virtual machine is powered on Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane select vApps or VMs 3 Select a vApp or virtual machine right click and select Reset Suspend a Virtual Machine Suspending a virtual machine preserves its current state Prerequisites A virtual machine that is powered on Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Suspend 4 Click Yes Resume a Suspended Virtual Machine You can resume a suspended virtual machine to power it on and return it to the state it was in when you suspended it Prerequisites A suspended virtual machine Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Resume Discard the Suspended State of a Virtual Machine If a virtual machine is in a suspended state you can discard this state for example to free storage space Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Discard Suspended State VMware Inc 85 vCloud Director User s Guide 4 Click Yes Insert a CD DVD You can access CD DV
23. delete the catalog You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the Catalogs tab right click a catalog and select Change Owner 3 Select a user from the list or search for one You can search for a user by full name or their user name 4 Click OK VMware Inc 47 vCloud Director User s Guide Delete a Catalog You can delete a catalog from your organization You are at least a catalog author Prerequisites The catalog must not contain any vApp templates or media files You can move these items to a different catalog or delete them Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Inthe left pane click My Organization s Catalogs 3 Select a catalog right click and select Delete 4 Click Yes The empty catalog is deleted from your organization Modify the Properties of Your Catalog You can review and modify your catalog properties You are at least a catalog author Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Inthe left pane click My Organization s Catalogs 3 Select a catalog right click and select Properties 4 Review the properties in the General Sharing and Publishing tabs 5 Modify the relevant properties and click OK Your catalog properties are updated Understanding Catalogs and Their Contents 48 A catalog consists of a list of catalogs vApp templates and media files in your organization When you click the Catalogs button in the menu bar these tabs appear
24. is connected to an external network 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 Organizations administrators can copy items from public catlogs to their organization catalog Log In to the Web Console Use the organization URL to log in to your organization and access the Web console Contact your organization administrator if you do not know the organization URL Procedure 1 Ina browser type the URL of your organization and press Enter For example type https cloud example com cloud org myOrg 2 Type your user name and password and click Login What to do next The Web console displays a list of the common tasks and resources available to you based on your role An organization administrator can click the Set up this organization link on the Home tab to finish setting up a newly created organization See Set Up an Organization on page 38 for more information Using vCloud Director 10 When you log into vCloud Director the first page you see is the Home page The information that appears on this page are the most common tasks for your role Organization administrators see the Set up this organization link as their first task They also see tasks under these headings m Organizations and resources Content E Users amp Groups VMware In
25. list 7 Optional Select the Fence vApp check box This changes the connection from Direct to Fenced for all organization networks in the vApp Fencing allows identical virtual machines in different vApps to be powered on without conflict by isolating the MAC and IP addresses of the virtual machines 8 Click Apply What to do next Connect a virtual machine in the vApp to the network Configuring Network Services for a vApp Network You can configure network services such as DHCP firewalls network address translation NAT and static routing for certain vApp networks The network services available depend on the type of vApp network Table 8 1 Network Services Available by Network Type vApp Network Type DHCP Firewall NAT Static Routing Direct Routed X X X X Isolated Configure DHCP for an vApp Network You can configure certain vApp networks to provide DHCP services to virtual machines in the vApp When you enable DHCP for a vApp network connect a NIC on virtual machine in the vApp to that network and select DHCP as the IP mode for that NIC vCloud Director assigns a DHCP IP address to the virtual machine when you power it on Prerequisites A routed vApp network or an isolated vApp network VMware Inc 69 vCloud Director User s Guide Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane Right click a vApp and select Open On the Networking tab select Show networking details Right c
26. machines those properties are passed to the vApp If any of those properties are user configurable you can specify the values Procedure 1 Click My Cloud gt vApps Click the Add vApp from Catalog button Select My organization s catalogs or Public catalogs from the drop down menu Select a vApp template and click Next Type a name and optional description for the vApp Select a runtime and storage lease and click Next Select a virtual datacenter configure the virtual machines in the vApp and click Next Configure the custom properties if any and click Next Oo oo N DD oO A WO N Configure the networking options for the vApp and click Next 10 Review the vApp summary information and click Finish vCloud Director creates a vApp in My Cloud Create a New vApp 62 If you don t want to create avApp based on a vApp template you can create anew vApp using virtual machines from vApp templates new virtual machines or a combination of both You are at least a vApp author Procedure 1 Complete the vApp Profile on page 63 When you create a new vApp you must provide some basic information 2 Add Virtual Machines to the vApp on page 63 You can search your catalogs for virtual machines to add to the vApp or add new blank virtual machines 3 Configure the Virtual Machines on page 63 Select the virtual datacenter VDC in which this vApp is stored and runs when it s started Name each virtual machine and select the network t
27. page 64 m Stop avApp on page 65 m Suspend a vApp on page 65 m Discard the Suspended State of a vApp on page 65 m Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine on page 66 m View vApp Virtual Machines on page 66 m Add Virtual Machines to a vApp on page 66 m Remove Virtual Machines from a vApp on page 67 m Set vApp Start and Stop Options on page 67 m Working with Networks in a vApp on page 68 m Display a vApp Diagram on page 78 m Modify avApp Name and Description on page 78 m Modify vApp OVF Environment Properties on page 79 m Reset vApp Leases on page 79 m Share a vApp on page 79 m Change the Owner of a vApp on page 80 m Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a vApp on page 80 m Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog on page 81 m Copy avApp to Another vDC on page 81 m Move a vApp to Another vDC on page 81 VMware Inc 61 vCloud Director User s Guide m Delete a vApp on page 82 Create a vApp From a vApp Template You can create a new vApp based on a vApp template stored in a catalog to which you have access m Only organization administrators and vApp authors can access vApp templates in public catalogs E vApp users and above can access vApp templates in organization catalogs shared to them If the vApp template is based on an OVF file that includes OVF properties for customizing its virtual
28. s Guide 9 10 11 12 In the virtual machine log in as root and if necessary mount the VMware Tools virtual CD ROM image The Solaris volume manager vold mounts the CD ROM under cdrom vmwaretool1s If the CD ROM is not mounted restart the volume manager by running these commands E etc init d volmgt stop E etc init d volmgt start After the CD ROM is mounted change to a working directory for example tmp and extract VMware Tools E cd tmp E gunzip c cdrom vmwaretools vmware solaris tools tar gz tar xf Run the VMware Tools tar installer E cd vmware tools distrib E vmware install1 pL Press Enter to accept the default value Type exit Start your graphical environment In an X terminal enter vmware toolbox amp Guest Operating Systems 104 A guest operating system is an operating system that runs inside a virtual machine You can install a guest operating system in a virtual machine and control guest operating system customization for virtual machines created from vApp templates In Guest Operating System Support on page 111 you can see a list of the supported guest operating systems and whether customization is automatic or manual Install a Guest Operating System With a guest OS you can manage virtual machines that are based on the available operating systems Prerequisites The appropriate media file must be in your catalog Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane clic
29. tab modify the vApp name and description and click OK VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps Modify vApp OVF Environment Properties If a vApp includes user configurable OVF environment properties you can review and modify those properties If a virtual machine in the vApp includes a value for a user configurable property of the same name the virtual machine value takes precedence Prerequisites The vApp is stopped and its OVF environment includes user configurable properties Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Properties 4 On the Custom Properties tab modify the properties and click OK Reset vApp Leases You can reset the runtime and storage leases for a vApp You are at least a vApp user Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Properties 4 On the General tab select the Reset leases check box select a runtime and storage lease and click OK Share a vApp You can share your vApps with other groups or users in your organization The access controls you set determine the operations that can be completed on the shared vApps Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Share 4 Click Add Members 5 Select the users with whom you want to share the vApp Option Action Everyone in the organization Select t
30. to install VMware Tools on a powered off virtual machine Procedure 1 Click My Cloud In the left pane click VMs Select a virtual machine right click and select Install VMware Tools AeA WO N Follow the prompts to complete the installation wizard VMware Inc 101 vCloud Director User s Guide 102 5 6 Click Finish Restart your virtual machine Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest in X with the RPM Installer You can use an RPM installer to install VMware Tools on a Linux guest operating system Prerequisites The VMware Remote Console plug in is installed Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a Linux virtual machine right click and select Popout Console 4 Inthe guest operating system start the RPM installer 10 11 m Double click the VMware Tools CD icon on your desktop and double click the RPM installer in the root of the CD ROM Double click the RPM installer in the file manager window Type the root password and click OK Click Continue when the package is ready When VMware Tools is installed no confirmation or Finish button appears In an X terminal as root run the vmware config tools p1 script to configure VMware Tools Press Enter to accept the default value After the upgrade is complete enter etc init d network to restart the network Type exit To start the VMware Tools control panel enter vmware toolbox amp Install VMware Tools on
31. to other organizations in the organizations vCloud Director installation Publish to all organizations This catalog will be visible to all other organizations in the vCloud Director installation Users with the necessary rights by default organization administrators can view catalog items and copy them to a local organization catalog Note This option might be unavailable depending on your organizational settings 6 Review the summary and click Finish Access a Catalog Depending on your role in the organization you can access catalogs in your organization and public catalogs that were published by other organizations m To access a public catalog you must be an organization administrator m To access a catalog in your organization you must be at least a vApp author Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Inthe left pane click on a catalog option m My Organization s Catalogs Public Catalogs 3 Inthe right pane select a catalog right click and select Open Publish a Catalog 46 When you publish a catalog all organizations in vCloud Director can see the catalog You are at least a catalog author Prerequisites The system administrator has enabled catalog publishing for the organization Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Select a catalog right click and select Publish 3 Select Publish to all organizations VMware Inc 4 Chapter 5 Working with Catalogs Click OK Your catalog is available to
32. App m The Enable guest customization check box is selected for the virtual machines m For Windows guest VMs the Change SID check box is selected for the virtual machines m The Password reset setting is selected by default for the virtual machines If you are a vApp template owner and you import or upload to a catalog you must check the VMware Tools version installed on the virtual machines in the vApp To do this select the vApp template right click and select Open Tools version is shown in the VMware Tools column If you select Customize VM Settings VMware Tools should be installed on all virtual machines See Installing VMware Tools on page 94 for more information Enable or Disable Guest Customization You can disable guest customization for a virtual machine or a vApp template Prerequisites VMware Tools is installed Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApp or VMs 3 Select a vApp or virtual machine right click and select Properties VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines 4 On the Guest OS Customization tab select or deselect the Enable guest customization check box 5 Click OK Guest customization in the selected virtual machine is enabled or disabled Change Guest Customization Settings for Virtual Machines in a vApp Template You can change the guest customize settings on virtual machines in a vApp template when the virtual machines are used as building blocks to create a n
33. Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines 2 Enable Guest Customization on page 101 After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines you must enable guest customization 3 Start the vApp on page 101 After you install VMware Tools you must start the vApp Install a New Version of VMware Tools After you disable guest customization you can upgrade VMware Tools Procedure 1 Select the vApp right click and select Start 2 Select the virtual machine right click and select Install VMware Tools The process is different based on the operating system Enable Guest Customization After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines you must enable guest customization Procedure 1 On the Guest OS Customization tab select the Enable guest customization check box 2 Select the other check boxes in the dialog box as relevant Start the vApp After you install VMware Tools you must start the vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps The virtual machines in the vApp will customize when you power on The guest OS will be rebooted during customization if necessary 3 Select the vApp right click and select Start Install VMware Tools on a Windows Guest vCloud Director uses VMware Tools to customize the Windows guest operating system Prerequisites m The VMware Remote Console plug in is installed m Your virtual machine is powered off m You have disabled the option
34. Click Catalogs 2 Inthe left pane click Public Catalogs 3 On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select an operation Open Add to My Cloud Download Copy to Catalog Properties You cannot modify properties until you copy the vApp template to your catalog If you select Add to My Cloud the vApp template is saved and added as a vApp 4 Click OK The vApp template you selected is added to the specified catalog your organization Accessing a Media File from a Public Catalog You can access a media file from a published catalog and add it to your organization You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Inthe left pane click Public Catalogs Media files are available for use if they reside in the same vDC as your Cloud vApp 3 On the Media tab select a media file right click and select Copy to Catalog 4 Click OK The media file is copied to your catalog VMware Inc 49 vCloud Director User s Guide What to do next You can select the media file and complete a variety of operations on it such as move it to another catalog in your organization delete it or modify its properties 50 VMware Inc Working with Media Files The catalog allows you to upload copy move and edit the properties of media files This chapter includes the following topics Upload Media Files on page 51 Resume the Upload of a Media File on page 52
35. Components d Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration Bypass the Proxy in Internet Explorer You can configure the Internet Explorer proxy server to bypass certain Web addresses If all of these conditions exist you can configure Internet Explorer to bypass specific Web addresses 12 The internal network is configured with a proxy server to access the external network VMware Inc Chapter 1 Getting Started with vCloud Director m The browser s proxy server connection has no local exceptions m The proxy is not configured to look in the internal network after not finding or connecting to the target on the external network m The user looks for a target on the internal network using Internet Explorer Procedure 1 Type the IP address of the cell or load balancer so that VMware Remote Console VMRC can bypass the proxy setting 2 Select Tools gt Internet Options 3 On the Connections tab click LAN Settings in the bottom panel 4 Inthe Proxy Server panel click Advanced 5 In the Exception panel in the Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with text box type the IP address of the cell or load balancer If the configuration management vehicle supports the use of regular expressions you must type the DNS name of the cell or load balancer 6 Click OK The specified Web addresses are bypassed by the Internet Explorer proxy server Set User Preferences You can set certain display and system
36. D images from catalogs to use in a virtual machine guest operating system You can install operating systems applications drivers and so on Prerequisites You have access to a catalog with media files Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Inthe right pane select a virtual machine right click and select Insert CD DVD from Catalog 4 Select a media file and click Insert The selected CD or DVD is inserted Eject a CD DVD After you have finished using a CD or DVD in your virtual machine you can eject it Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane select VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Eject CD DVD The media file is removed from the virtual machine Insert a Floppy You can access floppy disk images from catalogs to use in a guest operating system When you insert a floppy disk you can install operating systems applications drivers and so on Prerequisites You have media files in your catalog Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Insert Floppy from Catalog 4 Using the drop down menu select a floppy disk image or select one from the list and click Insert The selected floppy disk is inserted Eject a Floppy After you have finished using a floppy disk in your virtual machine you can eject it Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 86 VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual M
37. DCs that are assigned to your organization Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Virtual Datacenters VMware Inc 21 vCloud Director User s Guide 3 Select a vDC right click and select Properties 4 Review the properties and click OK What to do next To modify your organizational vDCs contact your system administrator Monitor Your Virtual Datacenter You can monitor the vDC assigned to your organization and determine when to request additional capacity You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Virtual Datacenters 3 Click the Monitor button Details about the processor memory storage and allocation model appear What to do next Contact your system administrator for more capacity Manage Your Virtual Datacenters You can review information such as the status allocation model and the number of vApps in a vDC in your organization You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Cloud Resources gt Virtual Datacenters 3 Click the Manage button 4 Review the information What to do next You can open the vDC to see the objects in it notify users about issues or changes or review the vDCs properties Contact your system administrator to make changes to your vDC Managing Organization Networks Organization networks are created and assigned to your organization by a system
38. Le com cloud org myOrg type myOrg Username User name of an organization administrator or system administrator that has access to the organization Password Password associated with the user name 8 Select a peer network 9 Review the tunnel settings and click Connect vCloud Director configures both peer network endpoints Create a VPN Tunnel to a Remote Network An organization administrator can create a VPN tunnel between an organization network and a remote network If the tunnel endpoints have a firewall between them you must configure it to allow the following IP protocols and UDP ports m IP Protocol ID 50 ESP m IP Protocol ID 51 AH m UDP Port 500 IKE m UDP Port 4500 Prerequisites E A routed organization network and a routed remote network that uses IPSec m vShield Manager 5 0 Procedure 1 Click Administration Select Cloud Resources gt Networks Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services Click the Site to Site VPN tab and click Add Type a name and optional description Select a remote network from the drop down menu Type the peer settings oN A oO A Q N Review the tunnel settings and click OK vCloud Director configures the organization peer network endpoint What to do next Manually configure the remote peer network endpoint VMware Inc Chapter 3 Managing Cloud Resources Enable Static Routing for an Organization Network An organizat
39. Mware Tools in a vApp template when guest customization is disabled Prerequisites Guest customization is disabled on the virtual machine Properties page Procedure 1 Save the vApp Template as a vApp on page 99 To install VMware Tools in a vApp you must save it as a VApp 2 Install or Upgrade VMware Tools on page 100 You can either install VMware Tools or upgrade the current version in your virtual machine 3 Enable Guest Customization on page 100 After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines you must enable guest customization 4 Add vApp to Catalog on page 100 After you install or upgrade VMware Tools you can add the updated vApp to your catalog Save the vApp Template as a vApp To install VMware Tools in a vApp you must save it as a VApp Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select Properties 3 Select Make Identical Copy 4 Select the vApp template right click and select Add to My Cloud The vApp template has been saved as a vApp VMware Inc 99 vCloud Director User s Guide 100 What to do next You need to install VMware Tools Install or Upgrade VMware Tools You can either install VMware Tools or upgrade the current version in your virtual machine Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane select vApps 3 On the vApps page select a vApp right click and select Open 4 Select a virtual machine right
40. Organization Log Tasks and Events You can view tasks and events in your organization to monitor and audit vCloud Directory activities vCloud Director tasks are long running operations and their status changes as the task progresses For example a task s status generally starts as Running When the task finishes its status changes to Successful or Error vCloud Director events are one time occurrence that indicate an important part of an operation or a significant state change for a vCloud Director object vCloud Director also logs an event every time a user logs in and notes whether the attempt was successful or not View Organization Events You can view the log for an organization to monitor organization level events Failed events and view events are listed by user You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click Logs 3 Click the Events tab vCloud Director displays information about each organization level event 4 Double click an event for more information Only system administrators can view the details about most events VMware Inc 43 vCloud Director User s Guide 44 View Organization Tasks You can view the tasks in an organization which helps you monitor and troubleshoot more effectively You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click Logs 3 On the Tasks tab you can examine the tasks in the organization 4 Selec
41. Sun Solaris 9 experimental Version 7 Manual Sun Solaris 8 experimental Version 7 Manual Solaris Guest Operating System 64 Bit Support For 64 bit Solaris guest OS Table 9 9 provides the virtual machine version and whether guest customization is automatic or manual Table 9 9 Solaris Guest Operating System 64 Bit Support Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support Sun Solaris 10 Version 7 Manual Unsupported Guest Operating Systems For unsupported guest OSs Table 9 10 provides the virtual machine version Customization support is unavailable for these guest OSs Table 9 10 Unsupported Guest Operating Systems Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support Microsoft Windows 98 Version 7 No Microsoft Windows 95 Version 7 No Microsoft Windows 3 1 Version 7 No Novell NetWare 6 x Version 7 No Novell NetWare 5 1 Version 7 No VMware Inc 113 vCloud Director User s Guide Table 9 10 Unsupported Guest Operating Systems Continued Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support FreeBSD 32 bit Version 7 No FreeBSD 64 bit Version 7 No OS 2 Version 7 No SCO OpenServer 5 Version 7 No SCO UnixWare 7 Version 7 No DOS Version 7 No Other 32 bit Version 7 No Other 64 bit Version 7 No 114 VMware Inc Index 03 catalog access contents 46 add new 45 change owner 47 delete 48 media file from public catalog 49
42. a Linux Guest with the Tar Installer or RPM Installer You can use a Tar command or RPM installer to install VMware tools on a Linux guest OS with a Tar or RPM Prerequisites m The VMware Remote Console plug in is installed m The virtual machine is powered on m With an existing installation delete the vnware tools distrib directory before you install The location of this directory depends on where you placed it during the previous installation such as tmp vmware tools distrib Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a Linux virtual machine right click and select Install VMware Tools 4 Right click the virtual machine again and click Popout Console VMware Inc 8 9 Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines In the guest operating system log in as root su mount the VMware Tools virtual CD ROM image and change to a working directory for example tmp Some Linux distributions automatically mount CD ROMs If your distribution uses automounting do not use the mount and unmount commands You still must untar the VMware Tools installer to tmp Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize the dev directory differently If your CD ROM drive is not dev cdrom or if the mount point for a CD ROM is not mnt cdrom modify these commands to reflect the conventions used by your distribution mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cd tmp Uncompress the installer and unmount the CD ROM i
43. a physical machine Suspend where the CPU of a deployed virtual machine is frozen You can suspend a machine when you need to leave a virtual machine but do not want to lose its current state Reset which power cycles the virtual machine This chapter includes the following topics VMware Inc Open a Virtual Machine Console on page 84 Power On a Virtual Machine on page 84 Power Off a Virtual Machine on page 84 Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine on page 85 Suspend a Virtual Machine on page 85 Resume a Suspended Virtual Machine on page 85 Discard the Suspended State of a Virtual Machine on page 85 Insert a CD DVD on page 86 Eject a CD DVD on page 86 Insert a Floppy on page 86 Eject a Floppy on page 86 Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a Virtual Machine on page 87 Connect Remotely to a Virtual Machine on page 87 Copy or Move a Virtual Machine to a vApp on page 87 Delete a Virtual Machine on page 88 Modify Virtual Machine General Properties on page 88 Modify Virtual Machine CPUs and Memory on page 89 Modify Virtual Machine OVF Environment Properties on page 89 83 vCloud Director User s Guide Configuring Virtual Machine Resource Allocation Settings on page 90 m Modifying Virtual Machine Hard Disks on page 91 m Modifying Virtual Machine Network Interfaces on page 92 m
44. a vApp template storage lease expires is set to Move to Expired Items See Configure Organization Lease Quota and Limit Settings on page 40 Procedure 1 Select My Cloud gt Expired Items 2 Click the Expired vApp Templates tab 3 Right click on a vApp template select Delete or Renew and click Yes If you selected Delete the vApp template is deleted from the list If you selected Renew the vApp template is restored to its catalog VMware Inc Working in an Organization Most operations in vCloud Director occur in an organization The system administrator creates the organization and assigns an organization administrator to it The system administrator emails the URL of the organization to the organization administrator who can log in to the organization and set it up In the Home page the organization administrator clicks the Set up the Organization link to assign resources and manage a variety of operations on the organization This chapter includes the following topics m Understanding Leases on page 37 m Set Up an Organization on page 38 m Review Your Organization Profile on page 40 m Modify Your Email Settings on page 41 Modify Your Organization s Policies on page 41 m Set Default Domain for Organization Virtual Machines on page 42 m Manage Users and Groups in Your Organization on page 42 m Manage Resources in Your Organization on page 42 m Mana
45. achines 2 Inthe left pane select VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Eject Floppy The floppy disk is removed from the virtual machine Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a Virtual Machine You can upgrade the virtual hardware version for a virtual machine Higher virtual hardware versions support more features vCloud Director supports hardware version 4 hardware version 7 and hardware version 8 virtual machines depending on the resources backing the organization s virtual datacenters You cannot downgrade the hardware version of a virtual machine Prerequisites The virtual machine must be powered off and it must have the latest version of VMware Tools installed Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Upgrade Virtual Hardware Version 4 Click Yes Connect Remotely to a Virtual Machine You can use the Remote Desktop Connection file to connect to a deployed virtual machine from your desktop Prerequisites m The virtual machine must be powered on running a Windows guest OS and have Remote Desktop enabled in the guest OS m The virtual machine must have an IP assigned on its network that is accessible by the client m The RDP port 3389 must be open on the guest OS Procedure 1 Click My Cloud In the left pane click VMs Select a virtual machine right click and select Download Windows Remote Desktop Shortcut File I
46. ading 100 Linux Tar or RPM installer 102 X with RPM installer 102 save vApp template to My Cloud 98 99 Solaris 103 start the vApp after installation 96 97 101 understanding 94 upgrade 101 upgrading 100 Windows 101 VMware Tools in a vApp 95 VPN 28 117 vCloud Director User s Guide 118 VMware Inc
47. age 10 m Using vCloud Director on page 10 m Set Mozilla Firefox Options on page 11 m Set Microsoft Internet Explorer Options on page 12 m Set User Preferences on page 13 m Change Your Password on page 13 Understanding VMware vCloud Director VMware vCloud Director provides role based access to a Web console that allows the members of an organization to interact with the organization s resources to create and work with vApps and virtual machines Before you can access your organization a vCloud Director system administrator must create the organization assign it resources and provide the URL to access the Web console Each organization includes one or more organization administrators who finishes setting up the organization by adding members and setting policies and preferences After the organization is set up non administrator users can log in to create use and manage virtual machines and vApps 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 Users and Groups An organization can contain an arbitrary number of users and groups Users can
48. 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 Change Your Password If you have a local non LDAP user account you can change your password Procedure 1 Login to your organization 2 Inthe title bar of the Web console click Preferences 3 On the Change Password tab type your current password type your new password and retype your new password 4 ClickOK VMware Inc vCloud Director logs you out 13 vCloud Director User s Guide What to do next Log in using your new password 14 VMware Inc Managing Users and Groups An organization administrator is the only one who can add users and groups to an organization The organization administrator assigns each user or group a role within the organization Your role controls what you can see and do in vCloud Director An organization administrator can create local user accounts within an organization or import users and groups from an LDAP server Contact your system administrator to set up an LDAP connection These default roles exist in vCloud Director
49. alog creator m Ifyou log out of vCloud Director and log in transfer history is lost You cannot resume the upload m The default timeout for pending transfer sessions is one hour You can configure this value up to one hour During pending or stopped transfers the session keep alive heartbeat kicks in every 15 minutes To ensure that the session does not time out while tasks are paused make sure the session timeout value is more than 15 minutes Prerequisites You have initiated the upload or download of a vApp template VMware Inc 57 vCloud Director User s Guide Procedure 1 Inthe Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window click Pauseor Cancel The status changes to Stopped in the progress window and Waiting in the vApp Template page 2 Inthe Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window click Resume The upload or download process resumes 3 Monitor the progress in the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window Copy a vApp Template from a Public Catalog to an Organization Catalog You can copy a vApp template from a public catalog to your organization catalog to make it available to users in your organization You are a vApp author or organization administrator Prerequisites You have a catalog and vDC Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Inthe left pane click Public Catalogs 3 On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select Copy To Catalog 4 Type a name and optional description for
50. an Organization s Catalogs on page 58 Move a vApp Template Between an Organization s Catalogs on page 59 Delete a vApp Template on page 59 Save a vApp as a vApp Template on page 59 Modify vApp Template Properties on page 60 Open a vApp Template You can open a vApp template to learn more about the virtual machines that it contains You are at least a vApp user Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 In the left pane click on a catalog option VMware Inc m My Organization s Catalogs Public Catalogs You can open vApp templates in your organization s catalogs or if you are an organization administrator from a public catalog On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select Open 55 vCloud Director User s Guide Add a vApp Template to My Cloud You can add a vApp template as a vApp from your catalog to My Cloud You are at least a vApp author If the vApp template is based on an OVF file that includes OVF properties for customizing its virtual machines those properties are passed to the vApp If any of those properties are user configurable you can specify the values Prerequisites A vApp template is available in a published or a locally shared catalog Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Inthe left pane click on a catalog option m My Organization s Catalogs Public Catalogs You can access vApp templates in your organization s shared catalogs or if you are
51. an organization administrator from a public catalog On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select Add to My Cloud Type a name and optional description for the vApp Select a runtime and storage lease and click Next Select a virtual datacenter configure the virtual machines in the vApp and click Next Configure the custom properties if any and click Next Configure the networking options for the vApp and click Next Oo oo N DH oO A Q Review the vApp summary information and click Finish vCloud Director creates a vApp on the My Cloud gt vApps page Download a vApp Template 56 You can download a vApp template from a catalog locally as an OVF file You are at least a catalog author Prerequisites The computer from which you are downloading must have Java Plug in 1 6 0_10 or later installed Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Inthe left pane click on a catalog option m My Organization s Catalogs Public Catalogs You can download vApp templates from your organization s catalogs or if you are an organization administrator from a public catalog 3 On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select Download VMware Inc Chapter 7 Working with vApp Templates 4 Navigate to the local folder where you want to save the OVF file and click Save You can click the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window button from My Organization s Catalogs to track the pr
52. anually Prerequisites vShield 5 0 E A routed organization network E Static routing is enabled on the organization network Two vApp networks routed to the organization network The vApp networks are in vApps that were started at least once Procedure 1 Click Administration Select Cloud Resources gt Networks Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services On the Static Routing tab click Add a F WwW N Type a name network address and next hop IP The network address is for the first vApp network to which you want to add a static route The next hop IP is the external IP address of that vApp network s router VMware Inc 31 vCloud Director User s Guide 32 6 Select Within this network and click OK 7 Click OK 8 Repeat Step 4 through Step 7 to add a route to the second vApp network Example Static Routing Example vApp Network 1 and vApp Network 2 are both routed to Org Network Shared You can create static routes on the organization network to allow traffic between the vApp networks You can use information about the vApp networks to create the static routes Table 3 3 Network Information Network Name Network Specification Router External IP Address vApp Network 1 192 168 1 0 24 192 168 0 100 vApp Network 2 192 168 2 0 24 192 168 0 101 Org Network Shared 192 168 0 0 24 NA On Org Network Shared create a static route to vApp Network 1 and another static rou
53. are Tools 64 If a virtual machine in a vApp has an older version of VMware Tools installed and is enabled for guest customization you might not be able to start it Procedure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Click My Cloud In the left pane select vApps Select a vApp right click and select Open Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties On the Guest OS Customization tab deselect the Enable Guest Customization check box and click OK Optional Repeat this step for all your virtual machines Select the vApp right click and select Start VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps Stop a vApp Stopping a vApp powers off or shuts down all the virtual machines in the vApp You must stop a vApp before you can perform certain actions For example adding it to a catalog copying it moving it and so on You can specify whether stopping a vApp powers off or shuts down its virtual machines in the vApp properties page Prerequisites The vApp must be started Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Stop 4 Click OK Suspend a vApp You can suspend a vApp to save its current state Prerequisites The vApp is running Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Suspend The vApp is stopped and is labeled as Stopped Discard the Suspended State of a vApp You can discard the susp
54. are in vApps that were started at least once VMware Inc Chapter 3 Managing Cloud Resources Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 4 On the Static Routing tab click Add 5 Type a name network address and next hop IP address The network address is for the vApp network to which you want to add a static route The next hop IP address is the external IP address of the router for the organization network to which that vApp network is routed 6 Select To external network and click OK 7 Click Add 8 Type aname network address and next hop IP address The network address is for the vApp network that is routed to this organization network The next hop IP address is the external IP address of the router for that vApp network 9 Select Within this network and click OK 10 Repeat Step 3 through Step 9 to add static routes to the second organization network Example Static Routing Example vApp Network 1 is routed to Org Network 1 vApp Network 2 is routed to Org Network 2 You can create static routes on the organization networks to allow traffic between the vApp networks You can use information about the vApp networks and organization networks to create the static routes Table 3 5 Network Information Network Name Network Specification Router External IP Address vApp Network 1 192 168 1 0 24 192 168 0 100 vA
55. ate anew vApp and then add a virtual machine the vApp templates act as building blocks When you add virtual machines from the catalog to a new vApp the virtual machines are enabled for guest customization by default When you save a vApp template from a catalog as a vApp virtual machines are enabled for guest customization only if the Enable guest customization check box is selected These are the default values of guest customization settings m The Enable guest customization check box is the same as the source virtual machine in your Catalog m For Windows guest virtual machines Change SID is the same as the source virtual machine in your catalog m The password reset setting is same as the source virtual machine in your catalog You can deselect the Enable guest customization check box if required before you start the VApp If blank virtual machines which are pending guest OS installation are added to a vApp the Enable guest customization check box is deselected by default because these virtual machines are not yet ready for customization VMware Inc 105 vCloud Director User s Guide 106 After you install the guest OS and VMware Tools you can power off the virtual machines stop vApp and select the Enable guest customization check box and start the vApp and virtual machines to perform guest customization If the virtual machine name and network settings are updated on a virtual machine that has been customized the next tim
56. ation about the vApp networks to create the static routes Table 8 2 Network Information Network Name Network Specification Router External IP Address vApp Network 1 192 168 1 0 24 192 168 0 100 vApp Network 2 192 168 2 0 24 192 168 0 101 Org Network Shared 192 168 0 0 24 NA On vApp Network 1 create a static route to vApp Network 2 On vApp Network 2 create a static route to vApp Network 1 Table 8 3 Static Routing Settings vApp Network Route Name Network Next Hop IP Address vApp Network 1 tovapp2 192 168 2 0 24 192 168 0 101 vApp Network 2 tovappl 192 168 1 0 24 192 168 0 100 What to do next Create firewall rules for the vApp networks to allow traffic on the static routes VMware Inc 75 vCloud Director User s Guide 76 Reset Your vApp Network If the network services such as DHCP settings firewall settings and so on that are associated with a vApp network are not working as expected an organization administrator can reset the network Network services are not available during the reset Prerequisites The vApp is running Procedure 1 Click My Cloud In the left pane click vApps Select a vApp right click and select Open 2 3 4 On the Networking tab select the Show networking details check box 5 Select a vApp network right click and select Reset Network 6 Click Yes Delete a vApp Network If you no longer need a network in your vApp you can delete the network Prerequisit
57. b select a virtual machine right click and select Delete Set vApp Start and Stop Options You can specify certain options that affect what happens to the virtual machines when a vApp is started and stopped You are at least a vApp user Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 3 4 VMware Inc In the left pane click vApps Select a vApp right click and select Properties On the Starting and Stopping VMs tab specify the options Option Description Order For vApps with multiple virtual machines you can specify the order in which the machines start and stop by typing numbers in the text box Virtual machines with lower numbers start first You cannot enter negative numbers Start Action Determines what happens to virtual machines when you start the vApp that contains them By default this option is set to Power On Start Delay How many seconds to wait between when you start a vApp and when vCloud Director powers on each virtual machine Stop Action Determines what happens to virtual machines when you stop the vApp that contains them By default this option is set to Power Off but you can also set it to Shutdown Stop Delay How many seconds to wait between when you stop a vApp and when vCloud Director powers off or shuts down each virtual machine 67 vCloud Director User s Guide 5 Click OK Working with Networks in a vApp 68 The virtual machines in a vApp can connect to vApp networks isolated o
58. bout Enable Guest Customization Check Box This check box is found on the Guest OS customization tab on the virtual machine Properties page The goal of guest customization is to configure based on the options selected in the Properties page If this check box is selected guest customization and re customization is performed when required This process is required for all guest customization features such as the computer name network settings setting and expiring the administrator root password SID change for Windows Operating systems and so on to work This option should be selected for Power on and Force re customization to work If the check box is selected and the virtual machine s configuration parameters in vCloud Director are out of synch with the settings in the guest OS the Profile tab on the virtual machines Properties page displays that the settings out of synch with the guest OS and the virtual machine needs guest customization Guest customization Behavior for vApps and Virtual Machines The check boxes are deselected m Enable guest customization Em In Windows guest OSs Change SID E Password reset If you want to perform customization or you made changes to network settings that need to be reflected in the guest OS you can select the Enable guest customizationcheck box and set the options on the Guest OS Customization tab of the virtual machine Properties page When virtual machines from vApp templates are used to cre
59. c Chapter 1 Getting Started with vCloud Director The vApps in your organization are displayed for easy access Catalog authors see links to these tasks Add Cloud Computer System Build new vApp Manage Catalogs m New Catalog vApp authors see links to these tasks Add Cloud Computer System Build new vApp vApp users see links to these tasks Add Cloud Computer System The vApps in your organization are displayed for easy access Console Access Only users have a read only access to vCloud Director Set Mozilla Firefox Options These options and settings help you display and use the vCloud Director Web console in Mozilla Firefox Prerequisites You have the following m At least Firefox 3 x m SSL 3 0 Encryption m TLS 1 0 Encryption Procedure 1 In Firefox select Tools gt Options Click Content and select the JavaScript check box Click Privacy In the Firefox will drop down menu select Use custom settings for history a F WwW N Select the Accept cookies from sites This selection also selects the Accept third party cookies check box 6 Click OK Bypass the Proxy in Mozilla Firefox You can configure the Firefox proxy server to bypass certain Web addresses If all of these conditions exist you can configure Firefox to bypass specific Web addresses Em The internal network is configured with a proxy server to access the external network m The browser s proxy server connection has no local except
60. centers You cannot downgrade the hardware version of the virtual machines in a vApp Prerequisites The vApp must be stopped and its virtual machines must have the latest version of VMware Tools installed Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Upgrade Virtual Hardware Version 4 Click Yes 80 VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog You can save a vApp as a vApp template and add it to the catalog Procedure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Click My Cloud In the left pane click vApps Select a vApp right click and select Add to Catalog Optional Modify the name and description Select the destination vDC and catalog In the Storage lease drop down menu select when you would like the vApp template to expire Select an option Option Description Make Identical Copy vApps that are created from this vApp template must follow the guest operating system settings of the vApp template If you select this option and guest customization is enabled the guest operating system is personalized Customize VM Settings Guest operating system is personalized regardless of the vApp template settings and the guest operating system is personalized when the vApp is deployed Click OK The vApp is saved as a vApp template in the selected catalog Copy a vApp to Another vDC When you copy a vApp to another vDC t
61. ces Change the Organization Full Name You can change the full name of an organization This name appears in the Cloud Director application header when users log in You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 On Name this Organization page in the Organization full name type the new full name 2 Optional Type a description of the organization 3 Click Next Import LDAP Users and Groups You can add users and groups from an LDAP server to the organization and assign them a role within the organization Prerequisites Verify that your organization has a valid connection to an LDAP server VMware Inc Chapter 4 Working in an Organization Procedure 1 Click Import 2 Type a full or partial name of an LDAP user or group and click Search 3 Select the users or groups to import and click Add 4 Select a role for the users and groups and click OK 5 Click Next Add Local Users to the Organization Every organization should have at least one local non LDAP organization administrator account so that users can log in even if the LDAP service is unavailable Procedure 1 Click Add 2 Type a user name and password 3 Assign a role to the user 4 Optional Type the contact information for the user 5 Select Unlimited or type a user quota for stored and running virtual machines and click OK These quotas limit the user s ability to consume storage and compute resources in the organization Click Next Co
62. click and select Properties 5 In the Guest OS Customization tab deselect the Enable guest customization and other check boxes as desired 6 Right click the virtual machine and select Install VMware Tools Enable Guest Customization After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines you must enable guest customization Procedure 1 On the Guest OS Customization tab select the Enable guest customization check box 2 Select the other check boxes in the dialog box as relevant Add vApp to Catalog After you install or upgrade VMware Tools you can add the updated vApp to your catalog Procedure 1 Select a vApp right click and select Stop 2 Select the vApp right click and select Add vApp to Catalog 3 Select the vApp template right click and select Properties 4 Select Customize VM Settings or Make Identical Copy 5 Optional Delete the previous version of the vApp template if necessary Upgrade VMware Tools If the version of VMware Tools is earlier than 7299 in a virtual machine in your vApp you must upgrade it Upgrading VMware Tools might involve uninstalling your existing VMware Tools versions and installing a new one from a CD mounted in the operating system This process can also be done automatically Prerequisites You must stop the vApp Procedure 1 Install a New Version of VMware Tools on page 101 After you disable guest customization you can upgrade VMware Tools VMware Inc
63. dministration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 4 Click the Firewall tab and click Add 5 Type a name for the rule 6 Select the traffic direction 7 Type the source IP address and select the source port For incoming traffic the source is the external network For outgoing traffic the source is the organization network 8 Type the destination IP and select the destination port For incoming traffic the destination is the organization network For outgoing traffic the destination is the external network 9 Select the protocol 10 Select the action A firewall rule can allow or deny traffic that matches the rule 11 Select the Enabled check box 12 Optional Select the Log network traffic for firewall rule check box If you enable this option vCloud Director sends log events to the syslog server for connections affected by this rule 13 Click OK and OK Reorder Firewall Rules for an Organization Network Firewall rules are enforced in the order in which they appear in the firewall list An organization administrator can change the order of the rules in the list When you add a new firewall rule to an organization network it appears at the bottom of the firewall rule list To enforce the new rule before an existing rule reorder the rules Prerequisites A routed organization network with two or more firewall rules Procedure 1 Click Admini
64. dministrators to change the password at the initial log in select the Require administrator to change password on first login check box Administrators must know the old password 7 Determine whether you want an automatically generated password To use a specific password select Specify password and type it 8 Optional To use a specific password select Specify password and type the password 9 Click OK The password for your virtual machine is reset Domain Join Requirements for Windows The automatic domain join feature has several requirements During the customization process for Windows 2000 Microsoft Sysprep attempts to join the domain before network customization occurs Therefore the network properties of the source virtual machine are used to attempt to join the domain m If the source virtual machine network properties are such that the domain controller is not resolvable domain join fails m If the source virtual machine was configured with a manually configured DNS that DNS is contacted to resolve the domain controller even if the manually configured DNS is not on the network In the case where the DNS cannot be found domain join fails m If the source Windows 2000 virtual machine was configured with DHCP the new network DHCP is used to attempt to resolve the domain controller In this case if the DNS that is configured to the DHCP can resolve the domain controller domain join succeeds During customization f
65. e set up and working Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Groups 3 Click the Import Groups from LDAP button 4 Type the full or partial group name and click Search VMware Inc 7 Chapter 2 Managing Users and Groups Select a group and click Add Select a role for the group All the users in the group will be assigned this role Click OK The group is imported into your organization Delete a Group An organization administrator can delete a group to remove it from the organization Deleting a group from an organization affects users who are members of the organization based solely on their membership in the deleted group These users will not be able to log in to the organization When you delete a group from an organization the group still exists in LDAP Procedure 1 2 3 4 Click Administration In the left pane select Members gt Groups Select a group right click and select Delete Click Yes Modify the Role of a Group An organization administrator can review and modify the role assigned to a group in your organization Procedure 1 2 3 4 Click Administration In the left pane select Members gt Groups Select a group right click and select Properties Select another role for this group Click OK The new role for this group appears in the Groups page VMware Inc 19 vCloud Director User s Guide 20 VMware Inc Managing Cloud
66. e you power on the virtual machine it is re customized which resynchronizes the guest virtual machine with vCloud Director Customizing a Guest OS When Saving a vApp Template as a vApp Before you customize a guest OS in a vApp template you need to understand the settings you need to make On the vApp Templates Propertiespage if you select Customize VM Settings for the When creating a vApp from this template option and you select Add to My Cloud or Add from Catalog the Enable guest customization check box is selected by default and guest customization is performed These are the default values of guest customization settings m The Enable guest customization check box is selected m For Windows guest VMs the Change SID option is the same as the source virtual machine in your catalog m Password reset setting is the same as the source virtual machine in your catalog If you select Make Identical Copy on the vApp template Properties page and select Add to My Cloud the settings in the vApp Template are applied to the new vApp regardless of whether customization is enabled These are the default values of guest customization settings m The Enable guest customization check box is deselected m In Windows guest virtual machines the Change SIDcheck box is deselected m The password reset setting is deselected After you import or upload to a catalog these are the default values m The Customize VM Settings check box is selected in the v
67. ee View Syslog Server Settings for a vApp Network on page 77 Prerequisites A routed vApp network Procedure ji Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane Right click a vApp and select Open On the Networking tab select Show networking details Right click the vApp network and select Configure Services Click the Firewall tab and select Enable firewall Select the default firewall action Optional Select the Log check box to log events related to the default firewall action Click OK OO oo N OA oO A WD N Click Apply 70 VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps Add a Firewall Rule to a vApp Network You can add firewall rules to a vApp network that supports a firewall You can create rules to allow or deny traffic that matches the rules to pass through the firewall In order for a firewall rule to be enforced you must enable the firewall for the vApp network See Enable the Firewall for a vApp Network on page 70 When you add a new firewall rule to a vApp network it appears at the bottom of the firewall rule list See Reorder Firewall Rules for a vApp Network on page 72 for information about setting the order in which firewall rules are enforced If a system administrator specified syslog server settings and those settings have been applied to the vApp network then you can log firewall rule events For information about applying syslog server settings see Apply Syslog Ser
68. ended state of a vApp Prerequisites The vApp must be stopped and in a suspended state Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Discard Suspended State 4 Click Yes VMware Inc 65 vCloud Director User s Guide Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine Resetting a virtual machine clears state memory cache and so on but the vApps and virtual machines continue to run Prerequisites Your vApp is started and virtual machine is powered on Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane select vApps or VMs 3 Select a vApp or virtual machine right click and select Reset View vApp Virtual Machines You can access and display the virtual machines in a vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Open 4 Click on the Virtual Machines tab Add Virtual Machines to a vApp 66 You can add virtual machines to a vApp You must be an organization administrator or vApp author to access virtual machines in public catalogs If the virtual machine is based on an OVF file that includes OVF properties for customization those properties are retained in the vApp If any of those properties are user configurable you can specify the values in the virtual machine s properties pane after you add it to the vApp For information about supported network adapter types see http kb vmware com kb 1001805 Procedure 1 Cl
69. eration system 4 Enable Guest Customization on page 99 After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines you must enable guest customization 5 Add vApp to Catalog on page 99 After you install or upgrade VMware Tools you can add the updated vApp to your catalog VMware Inc 97 vCloud Director User s Guide 98 Save the vApp Template as a vApp To install VMware Tools in a vApp you must save it as a VApp Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select Properties 3 Select Make Identical Copy 4 Select the vApp template right click and select Add to My Cloud The vApp template has been saved as a vApp What to do next You need to install VMware Tools Disable Guest Customization Before you can install VMware Tools on a virtual machine you must disable guest customization Procedure 1 On thevApps page select a vApp right click and select Open 2 Select My Cloud gt vApps 3 InavApp select a virtual machine right click and select Open 4 On the Guest OS Customization tab deselect the Enable guest customization and other check boxes as desired ol Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 6 On the Guest OS Customization tab deselect the Enable guest customization check box 7 Select the vApp right click and select Start Install VMware Tools You must install VMware Tools in your virtual machines to c
70. es The vApp is stopped and no virtual machines in the vApp are connected to the network Procedure 1 Click My Cloud In the left pane selectvApps Select a vApp right click and select Open 2 3 4 On the Networking tab select the Show networking details check box 5 Right click a network in the list and select Delete 6 Click Apply Modify Network Properties You can modify the properties of the networks in a vApp Procedure 1 Select Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Select a network right click and select Properties You can modify the name description and portions of the network specification 4 Modify the relevant properties and click OK 5 Click Apply VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps Display the IP Allocations for Your vApp Network You can review the IP allocations for the networks in your vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud In the left pane selectvApps Select a vApp right click and select Open 2 3 4 On the Networking tab select the Show networking detailscheck box 5 Select a network right click and select IP Allocations 6 Review your allocations and click OK Configure IP Address Persistence By default when you stop a running vApp or power off a virtual machine vCloud Director releases any IP and MAC addresses the virtual machines were using You can configure a vApp to retain the network addresses of its virtual machines until the vApp VM or network
71. ew vApp Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab select a vApp template right click and select Add to My Cloud The vApp template is saved as a vApp 3 Select the vApp right click and select Open 4 On the Virtual Machines tab select the virtual machine right click and select Properties 5 On the Guest Customization OS tab select or deselect the Enable guest customization check box and click OK 6 Select the vApp right click and select Add to Catalog The vApp is saved as a vApp template in the selected catalog Power on and Force Recustomization of a Virtual Machine If the settings on a guest virtual machine are not in synch with vCloud Director or an attempt to perform guest customization has failed you can power on and force the recustomization of the virtual machine You are at least a vApp user Norte If you select the Change SID check box a SID change will occur on the guest virtual machine Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 InvApps select a vApp right click and select Open 3 On the Virtual Machines tab select a virtual machine right click and select Power On and Force Re customization The virtual machine is now recustomized Customize Your Windows NT vApp Template You must manually customize Windows NT vApp templates Prerequisites Ensure minimum NT SP6 is installed m Ensure VMware Tools are installed Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab selec
72. fers the session keep alive heartbeat kicks in every 15 minutes To ensure that the session does not time out while tasks are paused make sure the session timeout value is more than 15 minutes Prerequisites You have initiated the upload or download of a media file Procedure 1 Inthe Launch the Uploads and Downloads Progress Window click Pauseor Cancel The status changes to Stopped in the progress window and Waiting in the Media Files page 2 Inthe Launch the Uploads and Downloads Progress Window click Resume The upload or download process resumes 3 Monitor the progress in the Launch the Uploads and Downloads Progress window Copy Media Files to a Catalog You can copy media files to another catalog You are at least a catalog author Prerequisites You have access to multiple vDCs Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 On the Media tab select a media file right click and select Copy To Catalog 3 Type aname and description 4 Select the destination catalog and vDC 5 Click OK The media file is copied to and stored in the selected catalog Move Media Files to Another Catalog 52 You can move media files to another catalog in your organization You are at least a catalog author Prerequisites You have access to multiple catalogs and vDCs VMware Inc Chapter 6 Working with Media Files Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 On the Media tab select a media file right click and select Move To Catalog 3 Se
73. for example copy and move are more resource intensive than others Limits prevent resource intensive operations from affecting all the users in an organization and also provide a defense against denial of service attacks Select the number of simultaneous VMware Remote Console connections for each virtual machine You may want to limit the number of simultaneous connections for performance or security reasons Note This setting does not affect Virtual Network Computing VNC or Remote Desktop Protocol RDP connections Optional Select the Account lockout enabled check box select the number of invalid logins to accept before locking a user account and select the lockout interval Click Apply Set Default Domain for Organization Virtual Machines You can set a default domain which virtual machines created in your organization can join Virtual machines can always join a domain for which they have credentials regardless of whether or not you specify a default domain You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Settings gt Guest Personalization 3 Select the Enable domain join for virtual machines in this organization 4 Type the domain name domain user name domain password These credentials apply to a regular domain user not a domain administrator 5 Click Apply Manage Users and Groups in Your Organization You can manage the roles and rights that users and group
74. ge Virtual Machines in Your Organization on page 43 m Viewing Organization Log Tasks and Events on page 43 Understanding Leases Creating an organization involves specifying leases Leases provide a level of control over an organization s storage and compute resources by specifying the maximum amount of time that vApps can be running and that vApps and vApp templates can be stored The goal of a runtime lease is to prevent inactive vApps from consuming compute resources For example if a user starts a vApp and goes on vacation without stopping it the vApp continues to consume resources A runtime lease begins when a user starts a vApp When a runtime lease expires vCloud Director stops the vApp The goal of a storage lease is to prevent unused vApps and vApp templates from consuming storage resources A vApp storage lease begins when a user stops the vApp Storage leases do not affect running vApps A vApp template storage lease begins when a user adds the vApp template to a vApp adds the vApp template to a workspace downloads copies or moves the vApp template When a storage lease expires vCloud Director marks the vApp or vApp template as expired or deletes the vApp or vApp template depending on the organization policy you set VMware Inc 37 vCloud Director User s Guide For more information about specifying lease settings see Configure Organization Lease Quota and Limit Settings on page 40 Users can co
75. he original vApp remains in the source vDC Procedure 1 2 3 4 5 6 Click My Cloud In the left pane click vApps Select a vApp right click and select Copy to Type a name and description Select a vDC Click OK The new vDC for this vApp appears in the vDC column on the vAppspage Move a vApp to Another vDC When you move a vApp to another vDC the vApp is removed from the source vDC You are at least a vApp author Prerequisites Your vApp is stopped VMware Inc 81 vCloud Director User s Guide Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Move to 4 Select a vDC 5 Click OK Delete a vApp 82 You can delete a vApp which removes it from your organization You must be at least a vApp author Prerequisites Your vApp must be stopped Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Delete 4 Click Yes VMware Inc Working with Virtual Machines Virtual machines have a guest operating system on which you can install and run any software supported by that operating system In vCloud Director you can install VMware Tools insert DVDs and floppy disks and remotely connect to virtual machines These are the most basic operations that you can do on a virtual machine Power On which is equal to powering on a physical machine Power Off which is equal to powering off
76. his option Specific users and group Select this option select the users and groups and click Add VMware Inc 79 vCloud Director User s Guide 6 Select an access level for the users and groups Option Description Full control Users can open start save a vApp as a vApp template Add to Catalog change the owner copy to a catalog and modify properties Read write Users can open start save a vApp as a vApp template Add to Catalog copy to catalog and modify properties Read only Users only have read access to a vApp 7 Click OK Your vApp is shared with the specified users or groups Change the Owner of a vApp You can change the owner of the vApp for example if a vApp owner leaves the company or changes roles within the company You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Change Owner 4 Search for a user or select one from the list You can search by user name or full name 5 Click OK The new owner s name appears in the Owner column on the vApp page Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a vApp You can upgrade the virtual hardware version for all the virtual machines in a vApp Higher virtual hardware versions support more features vCloud Director supports hardware version 4 hardware version 7 and hardware version 8 virtual machines depending on the resources backing the organization s virtual data
77. ick the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane 2 Right click the vApp and select Open 3 On the Virtual Machines tab click the Add VM button 4 To add virtual machines from vApp templates select My organization s catalogs or Public catalogs from the drop down menu select one or more virtual machines and click Add 5 To add anew virtual machine click New Virtual Machine provide the required information about the virtual machine and click OK After you finish creating the new vApp you can power on the new virtual machine and install an operating system 6 Click Next 7 Optional Modify the full name and computer name of each virtual machine 8 Select a primary NIC and network for each virtual machine VMware Inc 10 11 12 13 Chapter 8 Working with vApps Optional Select Show network adapter type and select a type for each NIC Select an IP assignment method for each NIC If you select Static Manual type the IP address Click Next Select Show networking details review the network information and click Next Review the summary for the vApp and click Finish Remove Virtual Machines from a vApp You can remove virtual machines from a vApp You are at least a vApp author Prerequisites The virtual machine is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 3 4 5 Click Yes In the left pane click vApps Select a vApp right click and select Open On the Virtual Machines ta
78. ies and click OK Option Full name Description The display name of the virtual machine in vCloud Director Computer name The computer host name set in the guest operating system that identifies the virtual machine on a network This field is restricted to 15 characters because of a Windows OS limitation on computer names Description An optional description of the virtual machines Operating System Family Drop down list containing supported operating system families Operating System Drop down list containing supported operating systems Virtual hardware version The virtual hardware version of the virtual machine Select the Upgrade to and select a hardware version to upgrade the virtual machine hardware Virtual CPU hot add Select the check box to enable virtual CPU hot add This allows you to add virtual CPUs to a powered on virtual machine This feature is only supported on certain guest operating systems and virtual machine hardware versions VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines Option Description Memory hot add Select the check box to enable memory hot add This allows you to add memory to a powered on virtual machine This feature is only supported on certain guest operating systems and virtual machine hardware versions Synchronize time Select the check box to enable time synchronization between the virtual machine guest operating system and the virtual datace
79. ing or monopolizing an organization s resources For more information about leases see Understanding Leases on page 37 Procedure 1 Select the lease options for vApps and vApp templates Leases provide a level of control over an organization s storage and compute resources by specifying the maximum amount of time that vApps can run and that vApps and vApp templates can be stored You can also specify what happens to vApps and vApp templates when their storage lease expires Select the quotas for running and stored virtual machines Quotas determine how many virtual machines each user in the organization can store and power on in the organization s virtual datacenters The quotas that you specify act as the default for all new users added to the organization Select the limits for resource intensive operations Certain vCloud Director operations for example copy and move are more resource intensive than others Limits prevent resource intensive operations from affecting all the users in an organization and also provide a defense against denial of service attacks Select the number of simultaneous VMware Remote Console connections for each virtual machine You might want to limit the number of simultaneous connections for performance or security reasons Note This setting does not affect Virtual Network Computing VNC or Remote Desktop Protocol RDP connections Optional Select the Account lockout enabled check b
80. ion administrator can configure certain organization networks to provide static routing services After you enable static routing on an organization network you can add static routes to allow traffic between different vApp networks routed to the organization network Prerequisites A routed organization network Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 4 On the Static Routing tab select Enable static routing and click OK What to do next Create static routes Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to the Same Organization Network An organization administrator can add static routes between two vApp networks that are routed to the same organization network Static routes allow traffic between the networks You cannot add static routes between overlapping networks or fenced vApps After you add a static route to an organization network make sure to configure the network firewall rules to allow traffic on the static route For vApps with static routes you should select the Always use assigned IP addresses until this vApp or associated networks are deleted check box Static routes only function when the vApps included in the routes are running If you change the parent network of a vApp delete a vApp or delete a vApp network and the vApp includes static routes those routes cannot function and you must remove them m
81. ions Em The proxy is not configured to look in the internal network after not finding or connecting to the target on the external network m The user looks for a target on the internal network using Firefox VMware Inc 11 vCloud Director User s Guide Procedure 1 2 3 4 Select an option Operating System Action Windows Tools gt Options Linux Edit gt Preferences Click the Advanced button On the Network tab click the Settings button Enter the IP of the cell or load balancer in the No Proxy for field The specified Web addresses are bypassed by the Firefox proxy server Set Microsoft Internet Explorer Options These options help you display and use the vCloud Director Web console in Microsoft Internet Explorer You have the following m At least Internet Explorer 7 m SSL 3 0 Encryption m TLS 1 0 Encryption Procedure 1 In Internet Explorer select Tools gt Internet Options 2 Click the Security tab 3 Select the Internet content zone for the vCloud Director server 4 Click Custom Level and select Enable or Prompt for these options m Download signed ActiveX controls E Run ActiveX controls and plug ins m Allow META REFRESH m Active scripting of Microsoft web browser control 5 Click OK 6 Click the Advanced tab 7 Ifyou are using Internet Explorer on Windows 2003 complete these tasks a Select Start gt Settings gt Control Panel b Select Add or Remove Programs c Click Add Remove Windows
82. irtual Machine 87 Connect Remotely to a Virtual Machine 87 Copy or Move a Virtual Machine toavApp 87 Delete a Virtual Machine 88 Modify Virtual Machine General Properties 88 Modify Virtual Machine CPUs and Memory 89 Modify Virtual Machine OVF Environment Properties 89 Configuring Virtual Machine Resource Allocation Settings 90 Modifying Virtual Machine Hard Disks 91 Modifying Virtual Machine Network Interfaces 92 Installing VMware Tools 94 Guest Operating Systems 104 Index 115 VMware Inc vCloud Director User s Guide 6 VMware Inc vCloud Director User s Guide The VMware vCloud Director User s Guide provides information about managing organizations catalogs vApps and virtual machines Intended Audience This book is intended for anyone who wants to set up and configure organizations in VMware vCloud Director The information in this book is written for non system administrators including organization administrators who will create and set up vApps catalogs and virtual machines VMware Inc 7 vCloud Director User s Guide 8 VMware Inc Getting Started with vCloud Director When you log in to the vCloud Director Web console the Home tab provides access to your resources and links to common tasks You can also set your user preferences and view the product help This chapter includes the following topics m Understanding VMware vCloud Director on page 9 m Log In to the Web Console on p
83. is deleted Static routing relies on the IP addresses of the virtual machines and virtual routers in a vApp For vApps that use static routing enable IP persistence to make sure that static routes to and from the vApp remain valid Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane selectvApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Open 4 On the Networking tab select the Always use assigned IP addresses check box and click Apply The virtual machines in the vApp keep their assigned IP and MAC addresses even when they are powered off View Syslog Server Settings for a vApp Network You can view the syslog server settings for a routed vApp network vCloud Director supports logging events related to firewall rules to a syslog server specified by a system administrator If a vApp network does not have any syslog server settings and you think it should or if the settings are not what you expected then you can synchronize the network with the most current syslog server settings See Apply Syslog Server Settings to a vApp Network on page 78 If there is still a problem after you synchronize contact your system administrator Prerequisites A routed vApp network Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Open 4 On the Networking tab select a vApp network right click and select Properties VMware Inc 77 vCloud Director User s Guide 5 Click the Syslog
84. istrator can create a VPN tunnel between two organization networks in different organizations The organizations can be part of the same vCloud Director installation or a different installation If the tunnel endpoints have a firewall between them you must configure it to allow the following IP protocols and UDP ports m IP Protocol ID 50 ESP m IP Protocol ID 51 AH m UDP Port 500 IKE m UDP Port 4500 Prerequisites m A routed organization network in each of the organizations The organization networks must have nonoverlapping IP subnets and site to site VPN enabled m vShield Manager 5 0 Procedure 1 Click Administration Select Cloud Resources gt Networks Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services Click the Site to Site VPN tab and click Add Type a name and optional description nH oO FF WO N Select a network in another organization from the drop down menu VMware Inc 29 vCloud Director User s Guide 30 7 Click Connect to another organization type the login information for the peer organization and click Continue Option Description vCloud URL Base URL of the vCloud instance that contains the peer organization For example https www example com Do not include cloud or cloud org orgname in the URL Organization Organization name that is used as the unique identifier in the organization URL For example if the organization URL is https www examp
85. ization network 6 Set the default lease time and maximum lease time or use the default values 7 Click OK vCloud Director updates the network to provide DHCP services Enable the Firewall for an Organization Network An organization administrator can configure certain organization networks to provide firewall services Enable the firewall on an organization network to enforce firewall rules on incoming traffic outgoing traffic or both When you enable the firewall you can specify a default firewall action to deny all incoming and outgoing traffic or to allow all incoming and outgoing traffic You can also add specific firewall rules to allow or deny traffic that matches the rules to pass through the firewall These rules take precedence over the default firewall action See Add a Firewall Rule to an Organization Network on page 24 If a system administrator specified syslog server settings and those settings have been applied to the organization network then you can log events related to the default firewall action For information about applying syslog server settings see Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization Network on page 35 To view the current syslog server settings see View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization Network on page 35 Prerequisites A routed organization network Procedure 1 Click Administration Select Cloud Resources gt Networks Right click the organization network name
86. k VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Insert CD DVD 4 Select an available media file in the top panel or select one and add it to your vDC in the bottom panel 5 Click OK 6 Point to the virtual machine name and press Ctrl Alt Del to boot from the ISO image and start the operating system installer 7 In the virtual machine console type the required information to complete the installation 8 Click Finish VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines Customizing Your Guest Operating System When you customize your guest OS you can set up a virtual machine with the operating system that you want vCloud Director can customize the network settings of the guest operating system of a virtual machine created from a vApp template When you customize your guest operating system you can create and deploy multiple unique virtual machines based on the same vApp template without machine name or network conflicts When you configure a vApp template with the prerequisites for guest customization and add a virtual machine to a vApp based on that template vCloud Director creates a package with guest customization tools When you deploy and power on the virtual machine for the first time vCloud Director copies the package runs the tools and deletes the package from the virtual machine Understanding Guest Customization When you customize your guest operating system there are some settings and options you should know a
87. l machine console and install the guest operating system Install VMware Tools Select the virtual machine right click and select Properties 2 3 4 5 6 Power off the virtual machine 7 8 On the Guest OS Customization tab select the Enable guest customization check box 9 Power the virtual machine on The guest OS in your newly created virtual machine has been customized VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines Installing VMware Tools in a vApp When you install VMware Tools in a virtual machine in a vApp you need to understand the process You can trigger VMware Tools installation on a powered on guest virtual machine in a vApp by selecting the virtual machine right click and selecting Install VMware Tools Open the virtual machine console to continue with the installation For information on installing in a variety of guest OSs see Table 9 3 Table 9 3 Installing VMware Tools Action Reference To install on a Windows Guest Install VMware Tools on a Windows Guest on page 101 To install on a Linux Guest Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest in X with the RPM Installer on page 102 Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the Tar Installer or RPM Installer on page 102 To install on a Solaris Guest Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest on page 103 If the settings on a guest virtual machine are not in synch with vCloud Director or an attempt to perform gues
88. l machine for inbound traffic When you add a new port forwarding rule to an organization network it appears at the bottom of the NAT mapping rule list For information about how to set the order in which NAT mapping rules are enforced see Reorder NAT Mapping Rules for an Organization Network on page 27 Only system administrators can assign external IP addresses to a network Contact your system administrator if your organization network lacks external IP addresses Prerequisites A routed organization network and an external IP address Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 4 Click the NAT Mapping tab and click Add 5 Select Port Forwarding and configure the port forwarding rule a Select an external IP address b Select an external port c Type the IP address of the destination virtual machine m If the virtual machine is fenced type its external IP address m If the virtual machine is not fenced type its internal IP address VMware Inc Chapter 3 Managing Cloud Resources d Select an internal port e Select a protocol for the type of traffic to forward f Click OK 6 Click OK Add an IP Translation Rule to an Organization Network An organization administrator can configure certain organization networks to provide IP translation by adding a NAT mapping rule When you add a new IP translation rule t
89. lect a catalog and a vDC The catalog you select must be in your organization 4 Click OK The media file is moved to the selected catalog Delete Media Files You can delete media files from your catalog You are at least a catalog author Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the Media tab select a media file right click select Delete 3 Click Yes The media file is deleted Modify Media File Properties You can review and modify some properties of a media file You are at least a catalog author Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the Media tab select a media file right click and select Properties 3 Modify the name or description 4 Click OK VMware Inc 53 vCloud Director User s Guide 54 VMware Inc Working with vApp Templates A vApp template is a virtual machine image that is loaded with an operating system applications and data These templates ensure that virtual machines are consistently configured across an entire organization This chapter includes the following topics Open a vApp Template on page 55 Add avApp Template to My Cloud on page 56 Download a vApp Template on page 56 Upload an OVF Package as a vApp Template on page 57 Resume the Upload of a vApp Template on page 57 Copy a vApp Template from a Public Catalog to an Organization Catalog on page 58 Copy a vApp Template Between
90. lick the Site to Site VPN tab and select Enable site to site VPN a F WwW N Optional Type a public IP address If the external network to which the organization network is routed is behind a NAT device you must provide a publicly accessible IP address that faces the Internet 6 Click OK What to do next Create a VPN tunnel to another network Create a VPN Tunnel Within an Organization An organization administrator can create a VPN tunnel between two organizations networks in the same organization If the tunnel endpoints have a firewall between them you must configure it to allow the following IP protocols and UDP ports m IP Protocol ID 50 ESP m IP Protocol ID 51 AH m UDP Port 500 IKE m UDP Port 4500 VMware Inc Chapter 3 Managing Cloud Resources Prerequisites m Atleast two routed organization networks with nonoverlapping IP subnets and site to site VPN enabled on both networks m vShield Manager 5 0 Procedure 1 Click Administration Select Cloud Resources gt Networks Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 2 3 4 Click the Site to Site VPN tab and click Add 5 Type a name and optional description 6 Select a network in this organization from the drop down menu and select a peer network 7 Review the tunnel settings and click OK vCloud Director configures both peer network endpoints Create a VPN Tunnel Between Organizations An organization admin
91. lick the vApp network and select Configure Services Click the DHCP tab and select Enable DHCP nH oO FF WO N Type a range of IP addresses or use the default range vCloud Director uses these addresses to satisfy DHCP requests The range of DHCP IP addresses cannot overlap with the static IP pool for the vApp network 7 Set the default lease time and maximum lease time or use the default values and click OK 8 Click Apply vCloud Director updates the network to provide DHCP services Enable the Firewall for a vApp Network You can configure certain vApp networks to provide firewall services Enable the firewall on a vApp network to enforce firewall rules on incoming traffic outgoing traffic or both When you enable the firewall you can specify a default firewall action to deny all incoming and outgoing traffic or to allow all incoming and outgoing traffic You can also add specific firewall rules to allow or deny traffic that matches the rules to pass through the firewall These rules take precedence over the default firewall action See Add a Firewall Rule to a vApp Network on page 71 If a system administrator specified syslog server settings and those settings have been applied to the vApp network then you can log events related to the default firewall action For information about applying syslog server settings see Apply Syslog Server Settings to a vApp Network on page 78 To view the current syslog server settings s
92. low them to log in Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Users 3 Select a user right click and select Disable Account or Enable Account Disable user accounts have a red circle in the Enabled column and enabled user accounts have a green check mark What to do next After you disable a user s account you can delete that user See Delete a User on page 17 View and Change a User s Role An organization administrator assigns a role when adding a user to the organization The organization administrator can change the user s role later to give the user more rights or fewer rights Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Users 3 Select a user right click and select Properties 4 Inthe User role in organization drop down menu select a new role for the user The definition of each role appears as a tool tip 5 Click OK Working with Groups 18 On the Groups page you can review the list of groups in your organization You can see group names and their assigned roles As an organization administrator you can import groups into your organization delete groups from your organization and modify the role of a group Import a Group An organization administrator can import LDAP groups into an organization Contact a system administrator to configure LDAP settings for your organization Prerequisites The LDAP settings for the organization must b
93. mage If you install an RPM installation over a tar installation or the reverse the installer detects the previous installation and must convert the installer database format before continuing Option Action In the tar installer At the command prompt type tar zxpf mnt cdrom VMwareTools 8 5 1 lt xxxxxx gt tar gz unmount dev cdrom where lt xxxxxx gt is the build or revision number of the release In the RPM installer At the command prompt type tar zxpf mnt cdrom VMwareTools 8 5 1 lt xxxxxx gt i386 gz unmount dev cdrom where lt xxxxxx gt is the build revision number of the release Run the installer Option Action In the tar installer Type cd vmware tools distrib vmware install1 p1 Press Enter to accept the default values In the RPM installer Configure VMware Tools type vmware config tool1s p1 Press Enter to accept the default values After the upgrade is complete restart the network by running etc init d network restart Type exit 10 Start your graphical environment 11 Inan X terminal run vmware tooLbox amp Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest You can install VMware Tools on a Solaris guest OS Prerequisites The VMware Remote Console plug in is installed Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a Solaris virtual machine right click and select Install VMware Tools 4 Click Popout Console VMware Inc 103 vCloud Director User
94. matic UNIX Linux Guest Operating System Support 64 Bit Support For 64 bit UNIX and Linux guest OS support Table 9 7 provides the virtual machine version and whether guest customization is automatic or manual Table 9 7 UNIX Linux Guest Operating System Support 64 Bit Support Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Version 7 Automatic Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Version 7 Automatic 112 VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines Table 9 7 UNIX Linux Guest Operating System Support 64 Bit Support Continued Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Version 7 Automatic SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 Version 7 Automatic SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 Version 7 Automatic SUSE Enterprise Linux 8 9 Version 7 Automatic Asianux 3 Version 7 Automatic Debian GNU UNIX 5 Version 7 Automatic Debian GNU Linux 4 Version 7 Automatic Ubuntu Linux Version 7 Automatic Other 2 6x Linux Version 7 Automatic Other 2 4x Linux Version 7 Automatic Other Linux Version 7 Automatic Solaris Guest Operating System 32 Bit Support For 32 bit Solaris guest OS Table 9 8 provides the virtual machine version and whether guest customization is automatic or manual Table 9 8 Solaris Guest Operating System 32 Bit Support Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support Sun Solaris 10 Version 7 Manual
95. n 3 On the Networking tab select Show networking details and click Details 4 On the NAT tab click and drag the rules to establish the order in which the rules are applied and click OK 5 Click Apply Enable Static Routing for a vApp Network You can configure certain vApp networks to provide static routing services After you enable static routing on two or more vApp networks you can add static routes to allow virtual machines on different vApp networks to communicate To route traffic between two vApp networks you must enable static routing on both networks Prerequisites A routed vApp network Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane 2 Right click a vApp and select Open 3 On the Networking tab select Show networking details 4 Right click the vApp network and select Configure Services 5 On the Static Routing tab select Enable static routing and click OK 6 Click Apply What to do next Enable static routing on another vApp network and create static routes between the two vApp networks Add Static Routes to vApp Networks You can add static routes between two vApp networks that are routed to the same organization network Static routes allow traffic between the networks You cannot add static routes to a fenced vApp or between overlapping networks After you add a static route to a vApp network configure the network firewall rules to allow traffic on the static route For vApps with sta
96. n the Download RDP Shortcut File dialog box click Yes Navigate to the location where you want to save the file and click Save nH oO FF WO N Double click the file and select Connect Copy or Move a Virtual Machine to a vApp You can copy or move a virtual machine to another vApp When you copy a virtual machine the original virtual machine remains in the source vApp If you move a virtual machine it is removed from the source vApp Prerequisites The virtual machine must be powered off VMware Inc 87 vCloud Director User s Guide Delete a Virtual Machine Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 4 5 Click Finish Select a virtual machine right click and select Copy to or Move to Follow the prompts to complete the wizard You can delete a virtual machine from your organization Prerequisites Your virtual machine must be powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 4 Click Yes Select a virtual machine right click and select Delete Modify Virtual Machine General Properties You can review and modify the name description and other general properties of a virtual machine 88 Prerequisites The virtual machine must be powered off to modify some general properties Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click VMs 3 4 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties On the General tab modify the propert
97. nected vApps 35 create VPN tunnel 28 30 enabling site to site VPN 28 enabling static routing 31 IP masquerade 26 managing 22 115 vCloud Director User s Guide ordering firewall rules 25 ordering NAT mapping rules 27 resetting 34 view syslog server settings 35 viewing IP usage 34 organizations adding LDAP users and groups 38 adding local users 39 change full name 38 cloud resources 21 email preferences 39 enable domain join 42 lease settings 40 limit settings 40 manage resources 42 manage users and groups 42 manage virtual machines 43 modify email settings 41 modify policies 41 monitoring events 43 monitoring tasks 44 monitoring the log 43 quota settings 40 review the profile 40 setup 38 SMTP server 39 working in 37 P port forwarding rules setting the order 74 R reservation 90 resource allocation settings limit 91 reservation 90 shares 90 roles modify 18 runtime leases 37 S shares 90 storage leases 37 T Technical Support to obtain 7 U user and groups managing 15 user preferences 13 users activate or deactivate 18 add local 16 116 default roles 18 delete from organization 17 edit 16 import LDAP 16 manage stranded 17 send notifications 17 working with 15 vApp retaining IP addresses 77 vApp networks adding a firewall rule 71 adding a static route 74 apply syslog server settings 78 configuring DHCP 69 configuring firewalls 70 configuring IP
98. nfigure Email Preferences vCloud Director requires an SMTP server to send user notification and system alert emails An organization can use the system email settings or use its own email settings Procedure 1 VMware Inc Select an SMTP server option Option Description Use system default SMTP server The organization uses the system SMTP server Set organization SMTP server The organization uses its own SMTP server Type the DNS host name or IP address and port number of the SMTP server Optional Select the Requires authentication check box and type a user name and password Select a notification settings option Option Description Use system default notification The organization uses the system notification settings settings Set organization notification The organization uses its own notification settings Type an email address settings that appears as the sender for organization emails type text to use as the subject prefix for organization emails and select the recipients for organization emails Optional Type a destination email address and click Test Email Settings to verify that all SMTP server settings are configured as expected Click Next 39 vCloud Director User s Guide Configure Organization Lease Quota and Limit Settings Leases quotas and limits constrain the ability of organization users to consume storage and processing resources Use these settings to prevent users from deplet
99. nfigure email notification to receive a message before a runtime or storage lease expires See Set User Preferences on page 13 for information about lease expiration preferences Set Up an Organization 38 After you receive the URL of your organization from the system administrator you must set it up On the vCloud Director Home page click Set up this organization You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Change the Organization Full Name on page 38 You can change the full name of an organization This name appears in the Cloud Director application header when users log in 2 Import LDAP Users and Groups on page 38 You can add users and groups from an LDAP server to the organization and assign them a role within the organization 3 Add Local Users to the Organization on page 39 Every organization should have at least one local non LDAP organization administrator account so that users can log in even if the LDAP service is unavailable 4 Configure Email Preferences on page 39 vCloud Director requires an SMTP server to send user notification and system alert emails An organization can use the system email settings or use its own email settings 5 Configure Organization Lease Quota and Limit Settings on page 40 Leases quotas and limits constrain the ability of organization users to consume storage and processing resources Use these settings to prevent users from depleting or monopolizing an organization s resour
100. ng a vApp based on this template It is ignored when building a vApp using individual virtual machines from this template Option Description Make identical copy vApps that are created from this vApp template must follow the guest operating system settings of the vApp template If you select this option and guest customization is enabled the guest operating system is personalized Customize VM settings Guest operating system is personalized regardless of the vApp template settings and the guest operating system is personalized when the vApp is deployed This option requires that a supported version of VMware Tools be installed on all virtual machines in the vApp 5 Choose whether or not to mark the vApp template as a Gold Master in the catalog If you mark a vApp template as a Gold Master this information appears in the list of vApp templates 6 To reset the vApp template storage lease select the Reset lease check box and select a new storage lease 7 Click OK 60 VMware Inc Working with vApps A vApp consists of one or more virtual machines that communicate over a network and use resources and services in a deployed environment A vApp can contain multiple virtual machines This chapter includes the following topics m Create a vApp From avApp Template on page 62 m Create a New vApp on page 62 m Copy avApp on page 64 Start a vApp on page 64 m Start avApp with an Older Version of VMware Tools on
101. nization Catalog 58 Copy a vApp Template Between an Organization s Catalogs 58 Move a vApp Template Between an Organization s Catalogs 59 Delete a vApp Template 59 Save a vApp as a vApp Template 59 Modify vApp Template Properties 60 8 Working withvApps 61 Create avApp From a vApp Template 62 Create a New vApp 62 CopyavApp 64 StartavApp 64 Start a vApp with an Older Version of VMware Tools 64 StopavApp 65 SuspendavApp 65 Discard the Suspended State of avApp 65 Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine 66 View vApp Virtual Machines 66 Add Virtual Machines toavApp 66 Remove Virtual Machines from avApp 67 Set vApp Start and Stop Options 67 Working with Networks inavApp 68 Display avApp Diagram 78 Modify a vApp Name and Description 78 Modify vApp OVF Environment Properties 79 Reset vApp Leases 79 ShareavApp 79 Change the Owner of a vApp 80 Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version foravApp 80 Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog 81 Copy avApp to Another vDC 81 Move a vApp to Another vDC 81 4 VMware Inc Contents DeleteavApp 82 9 Working with Virtual Machines 83 Open a Virtual Machine Console 84 Power Ona Virtual Machine 84 Power Off a Virtual Machine 84 Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine 85 Suspend a Virtual Machine 85 Resume a Suspended Virtual Machine 85 Discard the Suspended State of a Virtual Machine 85 Insert a CD DVD 86 Eject a CD DVD 86 Insert a Floppy 86 Ejecta Floppy 86 Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a V
102. nter in which it is running Modify Virtual Machine CPUs and Memory You can modify the number of virtual CPUs and memory for a virtual machine The number of virtual CPUs and memory that a virtual machine supports depends on its virtual hardware version Table 9 1 Virtual Hardware Versions and CPU Memory Support Virtual Hardware Version Maximum CPUs Maximum Memory HW4 4 64GB HW7 8 255GB HW8 32 1011GB You must power off the virtual machine before adding CPUs or memory unless the virtual machine supports memory hot add and virtual CPU hot add Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 On the Hardware tab select the number of CPUs and total memory for the virtual machine 5 Click OK Modify Virtual Machine OVF Environment Properties If a virtual machine includes user configurable OVF environment properties you can review and modify those properties If the vApp containing the virtual machine includes a value for a user configurable property of the same name the virtual machine value takes precedence Prerequisites The virtual machine is powered off and its OVF environment includes user configurable properties Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 On the Custom Properties tab modify the properties and click OK VMware Inc 89
103. o an organization network it appears at the bottom of the NAT mapping rule list For information about how to set the order in which NAT mapping rules are enforced see Reorder NAT Mapping Rules for an Organization Network on page 27 When you create an IP translation rule for a network vCloud Director adds a DNAT and SNAT rule to the vShield Edge associated with the network s port group The DNAT rule translates an external IP address to an internal IP address for inbound traffic The SNAT rule translates an internal IP address to an external IP address for outbound traffic If the network is also using IP masquerade the SNAT rule takes precedence Only system administrators can assign external IP addresses to a network Contact your system administrator if your organization network does not have external IP addresses Prerequisites A routed organization network and an external IP address Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 4 Click the NAT Mapping tab and click Add 5 Select IP Translation and configure the rule a Select an external IP address b Type the IP address of the destination virtual machine m Ifthe virtual machine is fenced type its external IP address m If the virtual machine is not fenced type its IP address c Click OK 6 Click OK Reorder NAT Mapping Rules for an Organization Network NAT mapping r
104. o which you want it to connect You can configure additional properties for virtual machines after you complete the wizard 4 Configure Networks on page 63 You can determine how the vApp its virtual machines and its networks connect to the organization s networks VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps Complete the vApp Profile When you create a new vApp you must provide some basic information Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps and click the Build New vApp button 3 Type aname and optional description 4 Select a runtime and storage lease and click Next Add Virtual Machines to the vApp You can search your catalogs for virtual machines to add to the vApp or add new blank virtual machines You must be an organization administrator or vApp author to access public catalogs Procedure 1 To add virtual machines from vApp templates select My organization s catalogs or Public catalogs from the drop down menu select one or more virtual machines and click Add 2 To add anew virtual machine click New Virtual Machine provide the required information about the virtual machine and click OK After you finish creating the new vApp you can power on the new virtual machine and install an operating system 3 Click Next Configure the Virtual Machines Select the virtual datacenter vDC in which this vApp is stored and runs when it s started Name each virtual machine and select the network to which y
105. ogress Upload an OVF Package as a vApp Template You can upload an OVF package from remote shares and your local directory to vCloud Director as a vApp template You are at least a catalog creator vCloud Director supports OVFs based on the Open Virtualization Format OVF Specification If you upload an OVF file that includes OVF properties for customizing its virtual machines those properties are preserved in the vApp template Prerequisites The computer from which you are uploading must have Java Plug in 1 6 0_10 or later installed m For information about creating OVFs see the OVF Tool User Guide and VMware vCenter Converter 4 0 1 User s Guide m vCloud Director does not support uploading compressed OVF files Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab click the Upload button 3 Type the name and path of the OVF file to upload or click Browse select the OVF file and click Upload 4 Type aname and optional description for the vApp template 5 Select a destination vDC and catalog 6 Click Upload You can click the Launch Uploads and Downloads Progress Window button to track the progress What to do next Verify that VMware Tools is installed in each virtual machine in the vApp See Installing VMware Tools in a vApp on page 95 Resume the Upload of a vApp Template If the upload process is interrupted paused or cancelled you can resume it m You are at least a cat
106. on about shares reservations and limits see Resource Allocation Shares on page 90 Resource Allocation Reservation on page 90 and Resource Allocation Limit on page 91 Prerequisites A reservation pool vDC Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 Click the Resource Allocation tab and set the priority reservation and limit for CPU and memory 5 Click OK Modifying Virtual Machine Hard Disks You can add hard disks edit hard disks and delete hard disk from a virtual machine Add a Virtual Machine Hard Disk You can add a virtual hard disk to a virtual machine The virtual machine is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties VMware Inc 91 vCloud Director User s Guide 4 On the Hardware tab click Add in the Hard Disks section 5 Select the disk size bus type bus number and unit number and click OK What to do next Power on the virtual machine and use the guest operating system tools to partition and format the new disk Edit a Virtual Machine Hard Disk You can modify the bus number and unit number of a virtual machine hard disk The virtual machine is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 On the Hard
107. on for the vApp template Select a vDC a catalog and a storage lease Select a vApp creation option This option applies when creating a vApp based on this template It is ignored when building a vApp using individual virtual machines from this template Option Description Make identical copy vApps that are created from this vApp template must follow the guest operating system settings of the vApp template If you select this option and guest customization is enabled the guest operating system is personalized Customize VM settings Guest operating system is personalized regardless of the vApp template settings and the guest operating system is personalized when the vApp is deployed This option requires that a supported version of VMware Tools be installed on all virtual machines in the vApp Click OK The vApp is saved as a vApp template and appears in the destination catalog Modify vApp Template Properties You can modify some basic properties of a vApp template To make more advanced changes to a vApp template add it to My Cloud make the changes then add it back to the catalog as a new vApp template You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab right click a vApp template and select Properties 3 On the General tab modify the vApp template name and description 4 Select a vApp creation option This option applies when creati
108. operating systems Table 9 4 provides the virtual machine version and whether guest customization is automatic or manual on 32 bit Windows guest OS systems Table 9 4 Microsoft Windows Guest Operating System Support 32 Bit Support Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support Microsoft Windows 7 Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Version 7 Automatic Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Version 7 Automatic Datacenter Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Version 7 Automatic Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Version 7 Automatic Edition Microsoft Windows Small Business Version 7 Automatic Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Version 7 Automatic Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows NT4 Version 7 Manual Microsoft Windows Guest Operating System Support 64 Bit Support For 64 bit Windows guest OS Table 9 5 provides the virtual machine version and whether guest customization is automatic or manual VMware Inc 111 vCloud Director User s Guide Table 9 5 Microsoft Windows Guest Operating System Support 64 Bit Support Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customiza
109. or Microsoft Windows XP or later Microsoft Sysprep resets the guest to configure the network settings to DHCP before attempting to join the domain regardless of the source virtual machine or network settings For automatic domain join to succeed the DHCP on the network must be able to resolve the domain controller Join a Windows Guest Domain During Guest Operating System Personalization A virtual machine can join a Windows guest domain when you personalize your guest OS Prerequisites In a virtual machine s Properties page the Enable guest customization check box is selected Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 110 VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines 4 On the Guest OS Customization tab select the Enable this VM to join a domain check box Override organization settings is selected by default 5 Type adomain name user name and password 6 Under Customization Script click Browse to upload a locally saved file 7 Click OK The selected virtual machine joins the Windows guest domain Guest Operating System Support vCloud Director supports a wide variety of 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems in its virtual machine templates and virtual machines VMware recommends that you use version 7 but you can import version 4 virtual machines Microsoft Windows Guest Operating System Support 32 Bit Support For 32 bit Windows
110. ord 13 2 Managing Users and Groups 15 Managing Users 15 Working with Groups 18 3 Managing Cloud Resources 21 Managing Virtual Datacenters 21 Managing Organization Networks 22 Managing Expired Items 36 4 Working in an Organization 37 Understanding Leases 37 Set Up an Organization 38 Review Your Organization Profile 40 Modify Your Email Settings 41 Modify Your Organization s Policies 41 Set Default Domain for Organization Virtual Machines 42 Manage Users and Groups in Your Organization 42 Manage Resources in Your Organization 42 Manage Virtual Machines in Your Organization 43 Viewing Organization Log Tasks and Events 43 5 Working with Catalogs 45 VMware Inc Add a New Catalog 45 Access a Catalog 46 Publish a Catalog 46 Share A Catalog 47 Change the Owner of a Catalog 47 Delete a Catalog 48 Modify the Properties of Your Catalog 48 Understanding Catalogs and Their Contents 48 vCloud Director User s Guide Working in Published Catalogs 49 6 Working with Media Files 51 Upload Media Files 51 Resume the Upload of a Media File 52 Copy Media Files to a Catalog 52 Move Media Files to Another Catalog 52 Delete Media Files 53 Modify Media File Properties 53 7 Working with vApp Templates 55 OpenavApp Template 55 Add avApp Template to My Cloud 56 Download avApp Template 56 Upload an OVF Package asa vApp Template 57 Resume the Upload of avApp Template 57 Copy a vApp Template from a Public Catalog to an Orga
111. organization administrators in all organizations Share A Catalog Share a catalog to make its contents available to users in your organization Users with the proper rights and access level can use vApp templates and media from the shared catalog to create their own vApps You are at least a catalog author Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 Select a catalog right click and select Share 3 Click Add Members 4 Select the users and groups with whom you want to share the catalog Option Action Everyone in the organization Select this option to share the catalog with everyone Specific users and groups Select this option click specific users and groups and click Add 5 Select an access level and click OK Option Supported Actions Read Only Open Add to My Cloud Download Copy to Catalog Read Write Open Add to My Cloud Download Copy to Catalog Publish Move to Catalog Delete Full control Open Add to My Cloud Download Copy to Catalog Publish Move to Catalog Delete Share The actual actions a user can perform on a catalog and its contents depends on the intersection of the rights of the user and their access level to the catalog Sharing a catalog with full control does not grant a user rights that the user does not already have 6 Click OK Change the Owner of a Catalog You can change the owner of a catalog Before you can delete a user who owns a catalog you must change the owner or
112. ou can change the order of the rules in the list When you add a new firewall rule to a vApp network it appears at the bottom of the firewall rule list If you want to enforce the new rule before an existing rule reorder the rules Prerequisites A routed vApp network with two or more firewall rules Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane Right click a vApp and select Open On the Networking tab select Show networking details Right click the vApp network and select Configure Services 2 3 4 5 Click the Firewall tab 6 Drag and drop the firewall rules to establish the order in which the rules are applied 7 Click OK 8 Click Apply Enable IP Masquerading for a vApp Network You can configure certain vApp networks to provide IP masquerade services Enable IP masquerading on a vApp network to hide the internal IP addresses of virtual machines from the organization network When you enable IP masquerade vCloud Director translates a virtual machine s private internal IP address into a public IP address for outbound traffic Prerequisites A routed vApp network Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane Right click a vApp and select Open On the Networking tab select Show networking details 2 3 4 Right click the vApp network and select Configure Services 5 Click the NAT tab and select Port Forwarding 6 Select Enable IP Masquerade and click OK 7
113. ou want it to connect You can configure additional properties for virtual machines after you complete the wizard Procedure 1 Select a vDC 2 Optional Modify the full name and computer name of each virtual machine 3 Select a primary NIC and network for each virtual machine 4 Select an IP assignment method for each NIC If you select Static Manual type the IP address 5 Click Next Configure Networks You can determine how the vApp its virtual machines and its networks connect to the organization s networks Procedure 1 Select Show networking details 2 Review the network information 3 Click Next VMware Inc 63 vCloud Director User s Guide 4 5 Review the summary for the vApp Click Finish Copy a vApp To create a new vApp based on an existing vApp you can copy a vApp and modify the copy to meet your needs You are at least a vApp user Procedure 1 2 3 4 5 6 Click My Cloud In the left pane click vApps Select a vApp right click and select Copy to Type a name and optional description Select a vDC Click OK What to do next Modify the contents and properties of the new vApp Start a vApp Starting a vApp powers on all the virtual machines in the vApp that are not already powered on You are at least a vApp author Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Start Start a vApp with an Older Version of VMw
114. ox select the number of invalid logins to accept before locking a user account and select the lockout interval Click Next Review Your Organization Profile 40 You can review and modify some of the information in your organization s profile You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Settings gt General 3 You can complete these operations m Review your organization s default URL m Modify your organization s full name m Type a description 4 Click Apply VMware Inc Chapter 4 Working in an Organization Modify Your Email Settings You can review and modify the default email settings that were set when the system administrator created your organization You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Settings gt Email 3 Select an SMTP server option Option Description Use system default SMTP server The organization uses the system SMTP server Set organization SMTP server The organization uses its own SMTP server Type the DNS host name or IP address and port number of the SMTP server Optional Select the Requires authentication check box and type a user name and password 4 Select a notification settings option Option Description Use system default notification The organization uses the system notification settings settings Set organization notification The organization uses i
115. page 51 Members of an organization can access vApp templates and media files that they own or that are shared to them Organization administrators and system administrators can share a catalog with everyone in an organization or with specific users and groups in an organization See Share A Catalog on page 47 This chapter includes the following topics m Add a New Catalog on page 45 m Access a Catalog on page 46 m Publish a Catalog on page 46 m Share A Catalog on page 47 m Change the Owner of a Catalog on page 47 m Delete a Catalog on page 48 m Modify the Properties of Your Catalog on page 48 m Understanding Catalogs and Their Contents on page 48 m Working in Published Catalogs on page 49 Add a New Catalog You can create catalogs to group your vApp templates and media files You are at least a catalog author VMware Inc 45 vCloud Director User s Guide Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs On the Catalogs tab click the Add Catalog button Type a catalog name and optional description and click Next A WO N Optional To share the catalog with members of the organization click Add Members select users and groups select an access level click OK and click Next 5 Select a catalog publishing option and click Next Option Description Don t publish this catalog to other This catalog will not be visible or available
116. pp Network 2 192 168 11 0 24 192 168 10 100 Org Network 1 192 168 0 0 24 10 112 205 101 Org Network 2 192 168 10 0 24 10 112 205 100 On Org Network 1 create a static route to vApp Network 2 and another static route to vApp Network 1 On Org Network 2 create a static route to vApp Network 1 and another static route to vApp Network 2 Table 3 6 Static Routing Settings for Org Network 1 Static Route to Network Route Name Network Next Hop IP Address Route vApp Network 2 tovapp2 192 168 11 0 24 10 112 205 100 To external network vApp Network 1 tovappl 192 168 1 0 24 192 168 0 100 Within this network Table 3 7 Static Routing Settings for Org Network 2 Static Route to Network Route Name Network Next Hop IP Address Route vApp Network 1 tovapp1 192 168 1 0 24 10 112 205 101 To external network vApp Network 2 tovapp2 192 168 11 0 24 192 168 10 100 Within this network VMware Inc 33 vCloud Director User s Guide What to do next Create firewall rules to allow traffic on the static routes Reset an Organization Network If the network services such as DHCP settings firewall settings and so on that are associated with an organization network are not working as expected reset the network You are an organization administrator No network services are available while an organization network resets Prerequisites An external NAT routed organization network or an internal organization network Procedure 1
117. properties modify 48 public catalogs 49 publish 46 share 47 understanding 48 vApp template from public catalog 49 working with 45 D DHCP network services 23 69 E expired items working with 36 F firewall rules setting the order 25 72 G getting started 9 getting started Home page 10 groups delete 19 import 18 modify properties 19 working with 18 guest customization change settings in a virtual machine 107 customization script 109 customize a Windows vApp template 107 customize Solaris vApp template 108 enable or disable guest customization 106 guest OS customization 105 guest OS support 111 join Windows guest domain 110 requirements to join a domain 110 reset password 109 VMware Inc guest OS customizing guest OS when saving vApp template as a vApp 106 understanding guest customization 105 IP address persistence 77 L leases runtime and storage 37 limit 91 M media files access inacatalog 49 copy 52 delete 53 modify properties 53 move 52 resume upload 52 upload 51 working with 51 N NAT mapping rules setting the order 27 network services 23 69 O organization networks adding a firewall rule 24 adding a static route 31 32 adding IP addresses 34 apply syslog server settings 35 configuring DHCP 23 configuring firewalls 24 configuring IP translation 27 configuring NAT 26 27 configuring port forwarding 26 configuring services 23 connected vApp templates 35 con
118. r VM1 and 1GHz for VM2 Now each virtual machine is guaranteed to get 1GHz if it needs it However if VM1 is using only 500MHz VM2 can use 1 5GHz Reservation defaults to 0 You can specify a reservation if you need to guarantee that the minimum required amounts of CPU or memory are always available for the virtual machine Resource Allocation Limit Limit specifies an upper bound for CPU and memory resources that can be allocated to a virtual machine A vDC can allocate more than the reservation to a virtual machine but never allocates more than the limit even if there are unused resources on the system The limit is expressed in concrete units megahertz or megabytes CPU and memory resource limits default to unlimited When the memory limit is unlimited the amount of memory configured for the virtual machine when it was created becomes its effective limit in most cases In most cases it is not necessary to specify a limit You might waste idle resources if you specify a limit The system does not allow a virtual machine to use more resources than the limit even when the system is underutilized and idle resources are available Specify a limit only if you have good reasons for doing so Configure Virtual Machine Resource Allocation Settings You can configure the resource allocation settings shares reservation and limit to determine the amount of CPU memory and storage resources provided for a virtual machine For more informati
119. r routed and organization networks direct or fenced You can add networks of different types to a vApp to address multiple networking scenarios Select the Networking tab in a vApp and select the Show networking details check box to view a list of the networks that are available to the vApp Virtual machines in the vApp can connect to these networks If you want to connect a virtual machine to a different network you must first add it to the vApp A vApp can include vApp networks and organization networks A vApp network can be isolated by selecting None in the Connection drop down menu An isolated vApp network is totally contained within the vApp You can also route a vApp network to an organization network to provide connectivity to virtual machines outside of the vApp For routed vApp networks you can configure network services such as a firewall and static routing You can connect a vApp directly to an organization network If you have multiple vApps that contain identical virtual machines connected to the same organization network and you want to start the vApps at the same time you can fence the vApp This allows you to power on the virtual machines without conflict by isolating their MAC and IP addresses View vApp Networks You can access and display the networks in a vApp Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Open 4 Click on the Networking tab 5 Select the
120. rameter after guest customization finishes The customization script cannot exceed 1500 characters Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 In the right pane select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 On the Guest OS Customization tab in the Customization Script panel click Browse 5 Navigate to your script file and click Open The file must be a batch file for Windows virtual machines and a shell script for Unix virtual machines 6 Click OK Example Customization Script Examples A sample Windows batch file echo off if 1 precustomization echo Do precustomization tasks else if 1 postcustomization echo Do postcustomization tasks A sample Unix shell script bin sh if x 1 x precustomization then echo Do Precustomization tasks elif x 1 x postcustomization then echo Do Postcustomization tasks fi Reset Your Virtual Machine s Password You can reset your virtual machine s password Prerequisites The virtual machine s guest OS is personalized and your virtual machine is powered off VMware Inc 109 vCloud Director User s Guide Procedure 1 Click My Cloud In the left pane click VMs Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties On the Guest OS Customization tab select the Enable guest customization check box Select the Allow local administrator password check box nH oO FF WO N To force all a
121. s have in your organization You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Users or Members gt Groups You can modify properties or roles 3 Right click the user or group and select Properties 4 Make the necessary changes and click OK Your user or group settings are updated See also Chapter 2 Managing Users and Groups on page 15 Manage Resources in Your Organization You must monitor and manage the resources you add to your organization You are an organization administrator 42 VMware Inc Chapter 4 Working in an Organization Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane under Cloud Resources select Virtual Datacenters or Networks The vDCs and networks in your organization appear in the right pane See also Chapter 3 Managing Cloud Resources on page 21 Manage Virtual Machines in Your Organization You can manage virtual machines in your organization Virtual machines provide access to vCloud Director operations at the virtual machine console level You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane select VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 Modify the relevant properties in each of the tabs and click OK What to do next For more information on managing virtual machines see Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines on page 83 Viewing
122. shares to a virtual machine you always specify the priority for that virtual machine relative to other powered on virtual machines The following table shows the default CPU and memory share values for a virtual machine Table 9 2 Share Values Setting CPU share values Memory share values High 2000 shares per virtual CPU 20 shares per megabyte of configured virtual machine memory Normal 1000 shares per virtual CPU 10 shares per megabyte of configured virtual machine memory Low 500 shares per virtual CPU 5 shares per megabyte of configured virtual machine memory For example a virtual machine with two virtual CPUs and 1GB RAM with CPU and memory shares set to Normal has 2x1000 2000 shares of CPU and 10x1024 10240 shares of memory The relative priority represented by each share changes when a new virtual machine is powered on This affects all virtual machines in the same vDC Resource Allocation Reservation A reservation specifies the guaranteed minimum allocation for a virtual machine vCloud Director allows you to power on a virtual machine only if there are enough unreserved resources to satisfy the reservation of the virtual machine The vDC guarantees that amount even when its resources are heavily loaded The reservation is expressed in concrete units megahertz or megabytes 90 VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines For example assume you have 2GHz available and specify a reservation of 1GHz fo
123. stration Select Cloud Resources gt Networks Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 2 3 4 Click the Firewall tab 5 Drag the firewall rules to establish the order in which the rules are applied 6 Click OK VMware Inc 25 vCloud Director User s Guide 26 Enable IP Masquerading for an Organization Network An organization administrator can configure certain organization networks to provide IP masquerade services Enable IP masquerading on an organization network to hide the internal IP addresses of virtual machines from the external network When you enable IP masquerade vCloud Director translates a virtual machine s private internal IP address into a public IP address for outbound traffic Prerequisites A routed organization network Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 4 Click the NAT Mapping tab and select Enable IP Masquerade 5 Click OK Add a Port Forwarding Rule to an Organization Network An organization administrator can configure certain organization networks to provide port forwarding by adding a NAT mapping rule Port forwarding provides external access to services running on virtual machines on the organization network When you configure port forwarding vCloud Director maps an external IP address and a port to a service running on a port on a virtua
124. strator specified them You should also apply the syslog server settings to an organization network any time a system administrator changes the settings Prerequisites An external NAT routed organization network Procedure 1 Click Administration VMware Inc 35 vCloud Director User s Guide 2 Inthe left pane select Cloud Resources gt Networks 3 Select an organization network right click and select Synchronize syslog server settings 4 Click Yes Managing Expired Items 36 When vApps or vApp templates expire you can determine whether you want to renew or delete them Manage Expired vApps You can display a list of expired vApps delete them or restore them to your organization You are an organization administrator The organization policy for what to do when a vApp storage lease expires is set to Move to Expired Items See Configure Organization Lease Quota and Limit Settings on page 40 Procedure 1 Select My Cloud gt Expired Items 2 On the Expired vApps tab review the list of expired vApps 3 Right click a vApp and select Delete or Renew and click Yes If you selected Delete the vApp is deleted from the list If you selected Renew the restored vApp appears on the vApps page Manage Expired vApp Templates You can display a list of expired vApp templates and delete them or restore them to your organization You are an organization administrator The organization policy for what to do when
125. t customization has failed you can select the virtual machine right click and select Power on and Force re customization When you select Add to My Cloud or Add from Catalog on a vApp template these are the available options on the vApp template Properties page m Make identical copy m Customize VM Settings The vApp template is added and saved as a vApp in your organization These options are not used when you use a virtual machine when you create a new vApp or add a new virtual machine Install VMware Tools in a Virtual Machine in a vApp vApp deployment can fail if VMware Tools are not installed on the virtual machines in the vApp Prerequisites You must stop the vApp Procedure 1 Disable Guest Customization on page 96 To install VMware Tools in a virtual machine in a vApp you must disable guest customization 2 Start the vApp on page 96 After you install VMware Tools you must start the vApp 3 Install VMware Tools on page 96 You must install VMware Tools in your virtual machines to customize the guest operation system 4 Stop the vApp on page 96 To enable guest customization on a virtual machine you must stop the vApp 5 Enable Guest Customization on page 97 After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines you must enable guest customization VMware Inc 95 vCloud Director User s Guide 96 6 Start the vApp on page 97 After you install VMware Tools you must start the vApp
126. t a vApp template w Right click and select Add to My Cloud VMware Inc 107 vCloud Director User s Guide 108 4 Inthe guest OS shut down the virtual machine 5 Power off the virtual machine and ensure that the Enable guest customization check box is selected You must ensure that the virtual machine s NIC is not set to NONE network 6 Start the vApp and power on the virtual machine The Customization CD is mounted automatically after the virtual machine powers on 7 Right click on the CD ROM and select Auto play This step copies the deployPkg dll file to WINNT folder 8 Power off the virtual machine 9 Stop the vApp 10 Right click the vApp template and select Copy to Catalog 11 Optional Delete the original vApp template A script starts that copies files to the guest and prepares the virtual machine template for customization Note If you add new Windows NT vApp Templates you need to complete only steps 4 7 once You do not need to repeat these steps for additional virtual machines in the Catalog that result from copying these virtual machines Customize Your Solaris vApp Template You must manually customize Solaris vApp templates Prerequisites Ensure VMware Tools are installed Procedure 1 Click Catalogs 2 Select a vApp Template right click and select Add to My Cloud 3 In the guest OS shut down the virtual machine 4 Ensure that the Enable guest customization check box is selected and power off the vir
127. ta task right click and select Open 5 Review the information and click OK What to do next To troubleshoot a failed task contact your system administrator VMware Inc Working with Catalogs A catalog is a container for vApp templates and media files in an organization Organization administrators and catalog authors can create catalogs in an organization Catalog contents can be shared with other users in the organization and can also be published to all organizations in the vCloud Director installation There are two types of catalogs in vCloud Director organization catalogs and public catalogs Organization catalogs include vApp templates and media files that you can share with other users in the organization If a system administrator enables catalog publishing for your organization you can publish an organization catalog to create a public catalog Organization administrators from any organization in the vCloud Director installation can view the vApp templates and media files in a public catalog and copy those files to a catalog in their organization for use by their members There are two ways to add vApp templates to a catalog You can upload an OVF package directly to a catalog or save a VApp as a vApp template For more information see Upload an OVF Package as a vApp Template on page 57 and Save a vApp as a vApp Template on page 59 You can upload media files directly to a catalog See Upload Media Files on
128. te to vApp Network 2 Table 3 4 Static Routing Settings Static Route to Network Route Name Network Next Hop IP Address Route vApp Network 1 tovappl 192 168 1 0 24 192 168 0 100 Within this network vApp Network 2 tovapp2 192 168 2 0 24 192 168 0 101 Within this network What to do next Create firewall rules to allow traffic on the static routes Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to Different Organization Networks An organization administrator can add static routes between two vApp networks that are routed to different organization networks Static routes allow traffic between the networks You cannot add static routes between overlapping networks or fenced vApps After you add a static route to an organization network configure the network firewall rules to allow traffic on the static route For vApps with static routes select the Always use assigned IP addresses until this vApp or associated networks are deleted check box Static routes only function when the vApps included in the routes are running If you change the parent network of a vApp delete a vApp or delete a vApp network and the vApp includes static routes those routes cannot function and you must remove them manually Prerequisites vShield 5 0 Two organization networks routed to the same external network m Static routing is enabled on both organization networks E AvApp network routed to each organization network m The vApp networks
129. the vApp 5 Select a destination catalog and vDC Select a shared catalog to give organization users access to the template 6 Click OK vCloud Director copies the vApp template to the organization catalog The vApp appears on the vApp Templates tab in My Organization s Catalogs Copy a vApp Template Between an Organization s Catalogs 58 You can copy a vApp template from one catalog in your organization to another catalog in the same organization This is useful if the catalogs are shared with different users and you want both groups of users to have access to the vApp template You are an organization administrator catalog author or vApp author Prerequisites You must have access to at least two catalogs and a vDC with available space Procedure 1 Click Catalogs gt My Organization s Catalogs 2 On the vApp Templates tab right click a vApp template and select Copy to Catalog 3 Type aname and optional description for the vApp template 4 Select the destination catalog and vDC If you select a published catalog the vApp template will be available to all organizations in the vCloud Director installation 5 Click OK VMware Inc Chapter 7 Working with vApp Templates Move a vApp Template Between an Organization s Catalogs You can move a vApp template from one catalog in your organization to another catalog in the same organization This is useful if you want to move a template from a published catalog to an unpublished
130. this user 8 Click OK The new user appears on the Users page Import an LDAP User Organization administrators can import users from an LDAP server Contact a system administrator to configure LDAP settings for your organization Prerequisites The LDAP settings for the organization must be set up and working Procedure 1 Click Administration In the left pane select Members gt Users Click the Import Users from LDAP button Select a user and click Add 2 3 4 Type the full or partial user name and click Search 5 6 Select a role for the imported user 7 Click OK vCloud Director imports the selected user from your LDAP server into your organization Edit a User An organization administrator can edit local user properties such as the password role contact information and quotas For LDAP users you can only edit their role and quotas Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Users 3 Select a user right click and click Properties VMware Inc Chapter 2 Managing Users and Groups 4 Modify the necessary properties and click OK Delete a User If a user leaves the company or moves to another organization an organization administrator can delete a user from the organization Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Members gt Users 3 Select a user right click and select Disable Account 4 Reselect this user right click and select Delete
131. tic routes you should select the Always use assigned IP addresses until this vApp or associated networks are deleted check box VMware Inc Chapter 8 Working with vApps Static routes only function when the vApps containing the routes are running If you change the parent network of a vApp delete a vApp or delete a vApp network and the vApp includes static routes those routes cannot function and you must remove them manually Prerequisites m vShield 5 0 m Two vApp networks routed to the same organization network 7 The vApp networks are in vApps that were started at least once Em Static routing is enabled on both vApp networks Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane Right click the first vApp and select Open On the Networking tab select Show networking details Right click the vApp network and select Configure Services On the Static Routing tab click Add nH oO FF W N Type a name network address and next hop IP and click OK The network address is for the vApp network to which you want to add a static route The next hop IP is the external IP address of that vApp network s router 7 Click OK 8 Click Apply 9 Repeat Step 2 through Step 8 for the second vApp network Example Static Routing Example vApp Network 1 and vApp Network 2 are both routed to Org Network Shared You can create a static route on each vApp network to allow traffic between the networks You can use inform
132. tion Support Microsoft Windows 7 Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Version 7 Automatic Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Version 7 Automatic Datacenter Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Version 7 Automatic Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Vista Version 7 Automatic Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 7 Automatic UNIX Linux Guest Operating System Support 32 Bit Support For 32 bit UNIX and Linux guest OS Table 9 6 provides the virtual machine version and whether guest customization is automatic or manual Table 9 6 UNIX Linux Guest Operating System Support 32 Bit Support Operating System Virtual Machine Version Customization Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Version 7 Automatic Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Version 7 Automatic Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Version 7 Automatic Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 Version 7 Automatic SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 Version 7 Automatic SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 Version 7 Automatic SUSE Enterprise Linux 8 9 Version 7 Automatic Open Enterprise Server Version 7 Automatic Asianux 3 Version 7 Automatic Debian GNU Linux 5 Version 7 Automatic Debian GNU Linux 4 Version 7 Automatic Ubuntu Linux Version 7 Automatic Other 2 6x Linux Version 7 Automatic Other 2 4x Linux Version 7 Automatic Other Linux Version 7 Auto
133. translation 73 configuring NAT 72 73 configuring port forwarding 72 configuring services 69 enabling static routing 74 IP masquerade 72 ordering firewall rules 72 ordering port forwarding rules 74 view syslog server settings 77 vApp templates add from another catalog 58 add to My Cloud 56 copy to published catalog 58 delete 59 download 56 managed expired 36 modify properties 60 move to published catalog 59 open 55 resume upload 57 save vApp as vApp template 59 upload 57 using in a catalog 48 working with 55 vApps add a vApp network 68 add an organization network 69 add existing virtual machine 63 add new 62 adding virtual machines 66 change the owner 80 changing name 78 configure networks 63 configure VM 63 copy to another vDC 81 copying 64 VMware Inc creating from a vApp template 62 delete 82 delete a network 76 deploy 64 discard suspended state 65 display diagram 78 display IP allocations for your vApp network 77 force recustomization of a virtual machine 107 managing expired 36 modify network properties 76 move to another vDC 81 networks 68 profile 63 remove VMs 67 reset 66 85 reset a vApp network 76 resetting leases 79 save as vApp template 81 share 79 start with an older version of VMware Tools 64 stop 65 stopping 96 suspend 65 upgrading virtual hardware version 80 view networks 68 view virtual machines 66 working with 61 vCloud Director accessing
134. ts own notification settings Type an email address settings that appears as the sender for organization emails type text to use as the subject prefix for organization emails and select the recipients for organization emails 5 Optional Type a destination email address and click Test Email Settings to verify that all SMTP server settings are configured as expected 6 Click Apply Modify Your Organization s Policies You can review and modify the default policies that were set by the system administrator when your organization was created You are an organization administrator Procedure 1 Click Administration 2 Inthe left pane select Settings gt Policies 3 Select the lease options for vApps and vApp templates Leases provide a level of control over an organization s storage and compute resources by specifying the maximum amount of time that vApps can be running and that vApps and vApp templates can be stored You can also specify what happens to vApps and vApp templates when their storage lease expires 4 Select the quotas for running and stored virtual machines VMware Inc Quotas determine how many virtual machines each user in the organization can store and power on in the organization s virtual datacenters The quotas you specify act as the default for all new users added to the organization 41 vCloud Director User s Guide Select the limits for resource intensive operations Certain vCloud Director operations
135. tual machine 5 Start the vApp and power on the virtual machine The Customization CD is mounted automatically after the virtual machine powers on 6 Login to the Solaris guest operating system 7 Inthe terminal run these case sensitive commands etc init d volmgt stop etc init d volmgt start sh cdrom cdrom customize guest sh install eject cdrom 8 Run shutdown y g0 i5 to shut down the virtual machine from inside the guest operating system 9 Stop the vApp 10 Select the vApp template right click and select Copy to Catalog 11 Optional Delete the original vApp template VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines A script starts that copies files to the guest and prepares the virtual machine template for customization Note If you add new Solaris vApp Templates you need to complete only steps 4 7 once You do not need to repeat these steps for additional virtual machines in the Catalog that result from copying these virtual machines Upload a Customization Script You can upload a customization script to a virtual machine The script runs before and after guest customization when you deploy a virtual machine based on a vApp template When you add a customization script to a virtual machine the script is called m Only on initial customization and force recustomization m With the precustomization command line parameter before guest customization begins m With the postcustomization command line pa
136. twork vCloud Director adds a DNAT and SNAT rule to the vShield Edge associated with the network s port group The DNAT rule translates an external IP address to an internal IP address for inbound traffic The SNAT rule translates an internal IP address to an external IP address for outbound traffic If the network is also using IP masquerade the SNAT rule takes precedence Prerequisites A routed vApp network Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane 2 Right click a vApp and select Open 3 On the Networking tab select Show networking details 4 Right click the vApp network and select Configure Services 5 Click the NAT tab select IP Translation and click Add 6 Select a VM interface and mapping mode and click OK For Manual mapping mode type an external IP address 7 Click OK 8 Click Apply VMware Inc 73 vCloud Director User s Guide 74 Reorder Port Forwarding Rules for a vApp Network Port forwarding rules are enforced in the order in which they appear in the NAT mapping list You can change the order of the rules in the list When you add a new port forwarding rule to a vApp network it appears at the bottom of the NAT mapping rule list To enforce the new rule before an existing rule reorder the rules Prerequisites A routed vApp network with two or more port forwarding rules Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane 2 Right click a vApp and select Ope
137. ules are enforced in the order in which they appear in the NAT mapping list An organization administrator can change the order of the rules in the list When you add a new NAT mapping rule IP translation or port forwarding to an organization network it appears at the bottom of the NAT mapping rule list To enforce the new rule before an existing rule reorder the rules Prerequisites A routed organization network with two or more NAT mapping rules VMware Inc 27 vCloud Director User s Guide 28 Procedure 1 Click Administration Select Cloud Resources gt Networks Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services 2 3 4 Click the NAT Mapping tab 5 Click and drag the rules to establish the order in which the rules are applied 6 Click OK Enable Site to Site VPN for an Organization Network An organization administrator can enable site to site VPN for an organization network and then create a secure tunnel to another network vCloud Director supports site to site VPN between organization networks in the same organization organization networks in different organizations including organization networks in different instances of vCloud Director and remote networks Prerequisites E A routed organization network m vShield Manager 5 0 Procedure 1 Click Administration Select Cloud Resources gt Networks Right click the organization network name and select Configure Services C
138. ustomize the guest operation system You are at least a vApp User Prerequisites Guest customization is disabled on the relevant virtual machines Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click vApps 3 Select a vApp right click and select Open 4 On the Virtual Machines tab select a virtual machine right click and select Power On 5 Select the virtual machine right click and select Install VMware Tools VMware tools installation is triggered or Tools CD is mounted You need to open the virtual machine console to complete the installation VMware Tools is installed VMware Inc Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines Enable Guest Customization After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines you must enable guest customization Procedure 1 On the Guest OS Customization tab select the Enable guest customization check box 2 Select the other check boxes in the dialog box as relevant Add vApp to Catalog After you install or upgrade VMware Tools you can add the updated vApp to your catalog Procedure 1 Select a vApp right click and select Stop 2 Select the vApp right click and select Add vApp to Catalog 3 Select the vApp template right click and select Properties 4 Select Customize VM Settings or Make Identical Copy 5 Optional Delete the previous version of the vApp template if necessary Install VMware Tools With Guest Customization Disabled You can install V
139. vCloud Director User s Guide vCloud Director 1 5 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition To check for more recent editions of this document see http www vmware com support pubs EN 000635 00 vmware vCloud Director User s Guide You can find the most up to date technical documentation on the VMware Web site at http www vmware com support The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates If you have comments about this documentation submit your feedback to docfeedback vmware com Copyright 2010 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved This product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual property laws VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http www vmware com go patents VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies VMware Inc 3401 Hillview Ave Palo Alto CA 94304 www vmware com 2 VMware Inc Contents vCloud Director User s Guide 7 1 Getting Started with vCloud Director 9 Understanding VMware vCloud Director 9 Log In to the Web Console 10 Using vCloud Director 10 Set Mozilla Firefox Options 11 Set Microsoft Internet Explorer Options 12 Set User Preferences 13 Change Your Passw
140. ver Settings to a vApp Network on page 78 To view the current syslog server settings see View Syslog Server Settings for a vApp Network on page 77 Prerequisites A routed vApp network Procedure 1 Click the My Cloud tab and click vApps in the left pane Right click a vApp and select Open On the Networking tab select Show networking details Right click the vApp network and select Configure Services Click the Firewall tab and click Add Type a name for the rule Select the traffic direction o N D oO A Q N Type the source IP address and select the source port For incoming traffic the source is the organization network For outgoing traffic the source is the vApp network 9 Type the destination IP and select the destination port For incoming traffic the destination is the vApp network For outgoing traffic the destination is the organization network 10 Select the protocol 11 Select the action A firewall rule can allow or deny traffic that matches the rule 12 Select the Enabled check box 13 Optional Select the Log network traffic for firewall rule check box If you enable this option vCloud Director sends log events to the syslog server for connections affected by this rule 14 Click OK and OK 15 Click Apply VMware Inc 71 vCloud Director User s Guide 72 Reorder Firewall Rules for a vApp Network Firewall rules are enforced in the order in which they appear in the firewall list Y
141. ware tab select anew bus number or unit number in the Hard Disks section and click OK Delete a Virtual Machine Hard Disk You can delete a virtual machine hard disk The virtual machine is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 Inthe left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties 4 On the Hardware tab click Delete in the Hard Disks section and click Yes 5 Click OK Modifying Virtual Machine Network Interfaces 92 You can modify virtual machine network settings reset a MAC address add a network interface and delete a network interface Virtual machine version 4 supports up to four NICs and virtual machine version 7 and 8 support up to ten NICs Edit Network Interface Settings You can disconnect a virtual machine NIC change the network to which a NIC connects specify a primary NIC and change the IP addressing mode for a NIC Prerequisites The virtual machine is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties VMware Inc 5 Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines In the NICs section on the Hardware tab specify the network settings for each NIC Option Action Connected Deselect the check box to disconnect a NIC Network Select a network from the drop down menu Primary NIC Select a primary NIC The primary NIC setting determines the default and only gate
142. way for the virtual machine The virtual machine can use any NIC to connect to other machines that are directly connected to the same network as the NIC but it can only use the primary NIC to connect to machines on networks that require a gateway connection IP Mode Select an IP mode m Static IP Pool pulls IP addresses from the network s IP pool m Static Manual allows you to specify an IP address DHCP pulls IP addresses from a DHCP server IP Address If you selected Static Manual type an IP address Click OK Reset a Network Interface MAC Address You can reset a network interface MAC address if for example you have a MAC address conflict or if you need to discard saved state quickly and easily Prerequisites The virtual machine is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 4 Click the Hardware tab 5 6 Click OK Add a Network Interface Select a virtual machine right click and select Properties In the NICs section click the MAC Addressdrop down menu and select Reset You can add one or more virtual NICs to a virtual machine Virtual machine version 4 supports up to four NICs and virtual machine version 7 and 8 support up to ten NICs For information about supported network adapter types see http kb vmware com kb 1001805 Prerequisites The virtual machine is powered off Procedure 1 Click My Cloud 2 In the left pane click VMs 3 4 VMware Inc

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