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The In the Virtual datacenters view is you can manage your compute, network and storage resources. Each virtual datacenter (VDC) is a separate cloud environment in a single datacenter or public cloud region. 

To access Virtual datacenters view, click the  button at the top of the screen. The view is divided into two main sections. On the left there is a list of virtual datacenters, and on the right, there are a series of tabs on the right for managing virtual infrastructure.

Basic virtual datacenters concepts

A virtual appliance is like a folder that contains a group of one or more workloads (virtual machines (VMs) or containers) that may be related and can be used together to provide a service. Each VM is an independent entity but you can deploy all of the VMs in the virtual appliance together. You can manage virtual appliances in the Virtual datacenters view on the Virtual appliances tab of a virtual datacenter in either list view or card view.

An instance is a copy of the selected disks of a VM made at a given time that is and stored as a VM template. In public cloud providers, the platform saves the instance as a new VM template with disks and the configuration of the VM. Remember to enter a name that will help you to identify the instance template.