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Configuration and Management of VMware Cloud

A Quick start configuration

Only after completing the configuration of the eight Quick start wizards provided on the home page can the basic application be carried out; these eight wizards have corresponding options in management and monitoring; when one wizard is completed, the other wizards can continue to complete.

Attach new vCenter resources

VSphere resources

VCloud Director relies on vSphere resources to provide the CPU and memory needed to run the virtual machine. In addition, the vSphere data store provides storage for virtual machine files and other files needed for the virtual machine to run. VCloud Director also leverages vSphere Distributed Switch and vSphere port groups to support virtual machine networks. You can use these basic vSphere resources to create cloud resources

Cloud resources

Cloud resources are the abstract layer of their underlying vSphere resources. It provides computing and memory resources for vCloud Director virtual machines and vApp (vApp is a cloud computer system that contains one or more virtual machines (VM)). The vApp directory is where users can deploy and use preconfigured infrastructure and application services, such as virtual appliances, virtual machines, and operating system images, at the click of a button in the central directory. This enables the IT team to standardize the directory content provided, simplifying troubleshooting, patching, and change management. Cloud resources also allow you to access storage and network connections. Cloud resources include virtual data centers, external networks, organizational networks, and network pools for providers and organizations. You must add vSphere resources before you can add cloud resources to vCloud Director

1 Open the add Wizard

Click "attach a vCenter" directly or click the Management and Monitoring tab, and then click vCenter; in the left pane to enter the host name or IP address of the vCenter Server in the pop-up wizard, the user name and password of the vCenter Server administrator, customize a name, and the description can be empty, and then click next.

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2 pop-up connection to vShield Manager wizard

Enter the host name or IP address of the configured vShield Manager, the user name and password of the vShield Manager (admin, default) and click next

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3 finally, click finish, you can see that you are registering vCenter, waiting for the registration to be completed.

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During the registration of vcenter, vcloud synchronizes with vshield; after successfully connecting to vcenter, you can also disable or reconnect, as shown in the following figure

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4 assign license key

After attaching vCenter Server to vCloud Director, you must use vSphere Client to distribute vShield for the VMware vCloud Director license key (there is no key in the lab environment)

From the vSphere Client host connected to the vCenter Server system, select Home > license

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For report view, select assets

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Right-click the vShield Edge asset and select change license key

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Select assign a new license key and click enter key; enter the license key, enter the optional label for the key, and click OK (after purchasing vCloud Director, use the vShield of the VMware vCloud Director license key you received. You can use this license key in multiple vCenter Server)

Create a provider vDC

Provider virtual data center

Create a provider vDC to register the vSphere computing, memory, and storage resources to be used by vCloud Director; you can combine the compute and memory resources of a vCenter Server resource pool with the storage resources available for one or more data stores of the resource pool; you can create multiple provider vDC for users in different geographic locations or business units, or users with different performance requirements. The provider vDC can only include one resource pool from one vCenter Server. If you plan to add resource pools that are part of the cluster and use vSphere HA, you should make sure that you have a good understanding of how vSphere HA calculates slot size

Organize virtual data center

The organizational virtual data center (vDC) provides resources to the organization and is partitioned from the provider vDC. The organization vDC provides an environment that can store, deploy, and operate virtual systems. An organization can have multiple organizations vDC

Please shut down the vShield Manager virtual machine before you create it, otherwise if there is a running virtual machine when adding VDC, it will get stuck.

1 Open the creation wizard

Click the Management and Monitoring tab, then click provider vDC in the left pane, and click New provider vDC

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2 name this provider Vdc, and click next

You can use the name and description fields to indicate the vSphere features available for the provider vDC (for example, vSphere HA); select the latest supported hardware version (hardware version 8 requires the use of an ESX/ESXi5.0 host. If this provider vDC will use a resource pool that contains both ESX/Esxi 5.0 and ESX/ESXi 4.x hosts, select hardware version 7)

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3 Select vCenter Server and resource pool, and click next

If vCenter Server does not have a resource pool available, it will not appear in the list (so create a resource pool)

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4 Select one or more data stores, click add, and click next

VCloud Director does not support the use of read-only data stores for provider vDC. In most cases, read-only data stores do not appear in the list, but some read-only NFS data stores may. Do not add these data stores to the provider vDC. Since vSphere DRS cannot migrate virtual machines from local storage, use only shared storage

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5 Type the root username and password of the ESX/ESXi host, and click next

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6 finally click finish to create the provider vDC; shows that the vDC is being created, waiting for the creation to complete

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After the creation is complete, you can start the vShield Manager virtual machine.

Create an external network

VCloud Director supports three kinds of network

External network: a logically differentiated network based on vSphere port groups. The organizational network can connect to an external network and provide Internet connectivity to virtual machines within the vApp. Only system administrators can create and manage external networks

Organizational network: included in the vCloud Director organization and available to all vApp in the organization. The organizational network allows vApp within the organization to communicate with each other. You can connect your organization's network to an external network to provide external connectivity. You can also create an isolated organizational network that connects to the inside of the organization.

VApp network: included in vApp and allows virtual machines in vApp to communicate with each other. If the organization network is connected to an external network, you can connect the vApp network to the organization network to support vApp to communicate with other vApp inside and outside the organization. The network pool supports vApp networks. Most users with vApp access can create and manage their own vApp network

After you add an external network, you can register vSphere network resources for use by vCloud Director. You can create an organizational network that connects to an external network

Create external network prerequisites

VSphere port groups are available. If the port group uses VLAN, it can use only one VLAN. Port groups with VLAN trunks are not supported

1 Click the Management and Monitoring tab, and then click the external network in the left pane

2 Click the add Network button

3 Select the vCenter Server and vSphere port groups, and click next

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4 Type the network settings and click next

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5 Type the name and optional description of the network, and click next

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6 check the network settings and click finish

Create a network pool

A network pool is a collection of virtual machine networks that vCloud Director can use to create NAT routed networks, internal organization networks, and all vApp networks. Network traffic for each network in the pool is isolated from all other networks at layer 2; each organization vDC in the vCloud Director can have a network pool. Multiple organization vDC can share the same network pool

You can add a network pool that supports VLAN to register vSphere VLAN ID for use by vCloud Director. VLAN-enabled network pools will provide organizational networks with the best security, scalability, and performance

prerequisite

Verify that a range of VLAN ID and vSphere Distributed Switch are supported in vSphere. The VLAN ID must be a valid ID configured in the physical switch connected to the ESX/ESXi server

1 Click the Management and Monitoring tab, and then click the network pool in the left pane

2 Click to add Network Pool

3 Select to support VLAN, and click next

4 Type the range of VLAN ID and click add. You can create a network for each VLAN ID

5 Select vCenter Server and vSphere Distributed Switch, and click next

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6 Type the name and optional description of the network, and click next

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7 check the network pool settings and click finish

Create a new organization

VCloud Director supports multi-tenancy through the use of organizations. An organization is a unit that manages a group of users, groups, and computing resources. The user authenticates at the organization level, providing the credentials established by the organization administrator when the user is created or imported. System administrators can create and configure organizations, while organization administrators can manage organizational users, groups, and directories

You need to specify a lease when you create an organization. Leases control an organization's storage and computing resources by specifying the maximum amount of time that vApp can run and how long vApp and vApp templates can be stored

Run-time leases are designed to prevent inactive vApp from consuming computing resources. For example, if the user starts vApp and continues to run during the holidays without stopping it, vApp will continue to consume resources. After the user starts vApp, the run-time lease starts. VCloud Director stops vApp when the runtime lease expires

When the user stops vApp, the vApp storage lease starts. The storage lease does not affect the running vApp.

After the storage lease expires, vCloud Director will mark the vApp or vApp template as expired or delete the vApp or vApp template according to the organizational policy you set.

Open the New Organization wizard

1 Click the Management and Monitoring tab, then click the organization in the left pane, and click the New Organization button. The New Organization wizard starts

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2 name the organization, you can provide a descriptive name and optional description for the new organization

Type the organization name, which is used as a unique identifier as part of the URL used by organization members to log in to the organization. Type the display name of the organization, which appears in the browser header when a member of the organization logs in to the vCloud Director using a unique URL. Later, the administrator or organization administrator can change this name; type a description of the organization; click next

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3 specify organizational LDAP options

You can use the LDAP service to provide your organization with a directory of users and groups. If the LDAP service is not specified, you must create a user account for each user in your organization. The LDAP option can only be set by the system administrator and cannot be modified by the organization administrator

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4 add local users

Each organization should have at least one non-LDAP local organization administrator account. In this way, users can log in even if the LDAP service is not available

Click add, type the user name and password, assign roles to the user, type the user's contact information, select unlimited or type the user quota for storing and running virtual machines, and click OK, these quotas limit the ability of users to consume organizational storage and computing resources. Click next.

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5 set the publishing policy of organizational directory

The directory provides a library for organizational users with vApp templates and media that can be used to create vApp and install applications in virtual machines. In general, directories apply only to users in a single organization, but system administrators can allow organization administrators to publish directories to all organizations in a vCloud Director installation

Select the directory publishing option, and click next

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6 configure email preferenc

VCloud Director needs to use a SMTP server to send notifications and system alert emails to users. Organizations can use either the system's email settings or their own email settings

Select the SMTP server option

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Select Notification Settings option

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Type the destination email address and click Test email Settings to verify that all SMTP server settings are configured as expected; click next

7 configure organizational leases, quotas, and limit settings

Leases, quotas, and restrictions will constrain the ability of organizational users to consume storage resources and process resources. Use these settings to prevent users from exhausting or monopolizing the organization's resources

A Select lease options for vApp and vApp templates

Leases control an organization's storage and computing resources by specifying the maximum amount of time that vApp can run and how long vApp and vApp templates can be stored. In addition, you can specify what to do when the storage lease b of the vApp and vApp templates expires

Select quotas for running and stored virtual machines.

Quotas determine how many virtual machines each user in the organization can store and start in the organization's virtual data center. For all new users added to the organization, the quota you specify will be the default value.

C Select restrictions for resource-intensive operations

Some vCloud Director operations (for example, copy and move) consume more resources than others. Restrictions can prevent resource-consuming operations from affecting all users in the organization and prevent denial of service.

D number of simultaneous connections to select VMware remote console for each virtual machine

For performance or security reasons, you may need to limit the number of simultaneous connections.

Note: this setting does not affect virtual network computing (VNC) or remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections

Finally, click next.

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Allocate resources to an organization

By creating an organization vDC that is partitioned according to the provider vDC, you can allocate resources to the organization. An organization can have multiple organizations vDC

Prerequisites:

There must be a provider vDC before resources can be allocated to the organization

1 Open the assign Resources wizard

Click the Administration and Monitoring tab, then click the organization in the left pane, right-click the organization name, and select assign Resources from the menu; select provider vDC. The organization vDC acquires its computing and storage resources from the provider vDC. The organizational vDC provides these resources to the vApp and virtual machines in the organization

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2 Select provider vDC, and click next

The provider vDC list displays information about available resources, while the network list displays information about the networks available to the selected provider vDC

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3 Select the assignment model, and click next

The allocation model determines when and how your allocated provider vDC computing and memory resources are submitted to the organization's vDC.

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4 configure the allocation model, click next

Configure the allocation model to specify the number of provider vDC resources to be allocated to the organization's vDC

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Attachment: not all models offer all of the following options

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How allocation pool settings affect resource pool settings

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How reserved pool settings affect resource pool settings

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5 allocate storage

The organization vDC needs space to store vApp and vApp templates. You can allocate storage from the available space of the provider vDC data store

Streamlined provisioning can help you avoid overallocating storage, thereby saving storage space. For virtual machines with thin virtual disks, ESX/ESXi allocates the entire space required for current and future activities of the disk

Quick setup allows you to use vSphere linked clones for specific operations

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6 Select a network pool

A network pool is a group of undifferentiated networks used to create vApp networks, NAT routed networks, or internal organizational networks.

Steps

Select the network pool or select none. If you choose none, you can add the network pool later, enter the maximum number of networks that the organization can configure from the network pool, and click next

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7 name the organization vDC

You can provide a descriptive name and optional description indicating the vSphere features that can be used to create a new organization vDC

Type a name and optional description, and click next

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8 confirm the settings and create the organization vDC

Before you create an organization vDC, check the settings you have entered; click finish to accept the settings and create the organization vDC.

When you create an organizational vDC, vCloud Director creates a resource pool in vSphere to provide CPU and memory resources

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Add a network to the organization

After the network is added to the organization, you can support its virtual machines to communicate with each other or access the Internet. An organization can have multiple organizational networks; organizational networks allow virtual machines in an organization to communicate with each other and access the Internet. An organizational network requires an external network and / or network pool; usually an external network is used to connect to the Internet

Types of organizational network: external organizational network-direct connection, external organizational network-NAT routing connection, internal organizational network

prerequisite

To have external networks and network pools

1 Open the wizard

Click the Management and Monitoring tab, then click the organization in the left pane, right-click the organization name, and select add Network

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2 Select the setting type and network type, and click next. You can use any of the following methods to create an external organization network

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3 configure the internal organization network, and click next

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4 enter the network settings of the newly built internal organization network on the page

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5 name the internal organization network

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6 (optional) deselect the check box to use only the networks that this organization can access to view external networks and network pools that are currently inaccessible to the organization through its organization's vDC

When this check box is unchecked, you can select any network or network pool and then create an organization vDC that can access it

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7 configure ip settings, click next

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8 name the external organization network

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9 check the settings of the organization network; click finish to accept the settings and create the organization network, or click back to modify the settings

Add a directory to the organization

Organizations use directories to store vApp templates and media files. Members of an organization can use directory items as building blocks to create their own vApp

After the catalog is published, the items in the catalog are available to all organizations in vCloud Director. The administrator of each organization can then choose which directory items to provide to its users. Before you can create a published directory, you must create and configure the organization to accommodate the directory

Enable directory publishing

Before you can publish an organization's directory, you must enable directory publishing for the organization

A Click the Management and Monitoring tab, and then click Organization in the left pane

B right-click the organization name and select Properties

C in the Catalog Publishing tab, select allow directories to be published to all organizations, and click OK

Create a published catalog

You can create published directories to accommodate uploaded and imported vApp templates and media files that use them for all organizations. An organization can have multiple directories and can control access to each directory separately

prerequisite

Verify that you have an organization that allows you to publish directories

1 Click the Management and Monitoring tab, and then click Organization in the left pane

2 right-click the organization name and select Open

3 Click the directory and select my organization directory in the left pane

4 in the contents tab, click New

5 Type the directory name and optional description, and click next

6 Click next

7 choose to publish to all organizations, and click next

8 check the directory settings and click finish

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