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  1. Log in to VCD as the Administrator

  2. Go to Administration

  3. Go to Global Roles → edit Organization Admin → select 'NETWORKING - Provider Network - View'

  4. Save and Publish the changes

  5. Go to Rights Bundles → edit Default Rights Bundle → select 'NETWORKING - Provider Network - View'

  6. Save and Publish the changes

  7. Check the administrator of an existing organization to ensure they have the correct permissions.


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Create a public cloud region for VMware vCloud Director

Before you begin, see features and configuration at vCloud Director

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  1. Go to Infrastructure → Public → Create public cloud region

    1. Enter the Endpoint URL for VMware vCloud Director (e.g. https://myvclouddirector.example.com)

    2. Enter Identity and Credential for ONE of the following models:

      1. To add a provider VDC, enter Administrator credentials (user@System)

      2. To add an organization VDC, enter Organization administrator credentials (user@orgName). This region will be exclusive to the organization

    3. Click Retrieve regions and select the region

      Discover regions, which are VDCsImage RemovedDiscover regions, which are VDCsImage Added
    4. Click Next and enter the details of the Remote services

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  1. Edit each enterprise that will work in a VMware vCloud Director region (provider VDC or org VDC)

    1. Go to Datacenters and drag the provider or region/s to the Allowed datacenters column

      Allow tenant access to VCDImage RemovedAllow tenant access to VCDImage Added
    2. Go to Credentials and select vCloud Director. Enter the organization administrator identity and credential.
      To associate the Org vDC with the Provider vDC in the platform, enter the VMware vCloud Director system user and password 

      Enter credentials for VCD and retrieve organization VDCImage RemovedEnter credentials for VCD and retrieve organization VDCImage Added

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Activate hardware profiles

By default VMware vCloud Director works with CPU and RAM values. But administrators can activate Abiquo hardware profiles as in private cloud. See Hardware profiles .

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Control onboard of VMs to VApps

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Import templates

When searching for templates, to retrieve templates from the enterprise's vCD organization, select the private checkbox. To retrieve templates from other organizations, select the public checkbox.

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The user can request a remote console, by clicking the console button, and the platform will open it using WebMKS. See Branding WMKS.

Multicloud tags

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See Abiquo and VCD tags