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Go to myCloud view → Virtual datacenters
Below the V. datacenters list, click the + add button
Select Create a new virtual datacenter from the pull-down menu
For the General information:
For the Location select the datacenter or public cloud region to use
For the Network select from:
Default: The platform creates a private network using the platform settings (from Configuration view → Network) and assigns the default network (from the enterprise or platform settings)
None: The platform does not create a private network or assign a the default network. This option is not available in Azure or OCI.
Custom Private: Create The platform creates a custom private network (see details below) and assigns the default network (from the enterprise or platform settings)
If your environment uses NAT, you can select:
NAT network: to use for the default SNAT rule
Default NAT IP: for the default SNAT rule
Click Save
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When you create a virtual datacenter, with None selected for the Network, the platform does not create a default private network or assign the default network of the enterprise or platform.
If there is no default network in the virtual datacenter, and the user tries to deploy a VM without a NIC, then the deploy will fail because the platform cannot automatically assign an IP address.
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Create a virtual datacenter with a default or custom network
When you create a virtual datacenter , with Default selected for the Network, the platform creates a private network and it counts as part of your network allocation limits, even if the default network for the enterprise in the datacenter is is another type of network, such as an external network.
The private network can be the Automatically-created private network, which is called default_private_network, or a custom private network, which you can define with the Custom private option, and the . The platform will set it the private network as the default network if there is no other enterprise default network.
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Create a virtual datacenter with a custom private network
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Field | Description |
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Default datastore tier | Select the default disk service level for VM disks on the hypervisor datastore.
To clear the current tier, click the black |
Subnet | In Google Cloud Platform you must select a default subnet to deploy VMs |
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The platform will create the virtual datacenter and the default private VLAN and display it in the Virtual datacenters view (and any selected private network) and you can work with its virtual resources.
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Create a virtual datacenter using the API
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Go to Virtual datacenters → Edit → Defaults
For the Default firewall, select an appropriate firewall firewall
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To manage tags for a virtual datacenter:
Go to Virtual datacenters → Edit a virtual datacenter → Tags
Add tags
For more details see Edit resource tags.
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Set the default network for all virtual datacenters
By default, the platform automatically creates a default private network for each virtual datacenter.
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To define the default private network for all virtual datacenters in the platform, go to Configuration view → Network
To set the default network for all virtual datacenters in an enterprise: Edit edit the enterprise and go to Datacenters, edit a datacenter and go to Default network. You can select the platform default private network or an external network of the enterprise
If you change these values, the new values will apply to new virtual datacenters.
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Set a default network after you create a virtual datacenter
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To set a network as the default, you will require privileges to access this network in the virtual infrastructure.
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Privileges: Manage virtual datacenter network elements, Access public network tab, |
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Go to Virtual datacenters
Select a virtual datacenter and go to Network
Select the network type, such as
Private,External, orPublicCreate a new private network or edit a any network
Select the Default network checkbox
The new default network will replace any previous default network
The new default network will apply to all VMs deployed after you set it
For a public network, obtain IP addresses before you deploy a VM
For an external network, your administrator must create IP addresses in infrastructure for your VMs before you deploy a VM
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