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If enterprises are in a child scope, the administrator can share catalogue resources with them, even if they cannot administer their users.
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Create a scope to share
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VM templates and VApp specs
The resources in the catalogue include images (VM templates) and blueprints (VApp specs).
You may wish to create and maintain a group of core resources and share these with many tenants.
To share a catalogue resourceVM template or a VApp spec:
Create administrator roles with the appropriate privileges to manage the resources.
To share resources, an administrator must also have the privilege to
Allow user to switch enterprises.
Define and create scopes as required.
The resource scopes should contain the enterprises that will access the resource
The platform lets the user work with a resource if the user is in the owner enterprise or a tenant enterprise in the resource's scopes. The platform does not check the user's scope
To share resources with ALL current and future tenants, use the default
Global scopeor create an unlimited enterprise scopeTo allow an administrator to share resources and manage the tenants, add the tenants to the administrator's scope
To allow an administrator to share resources without access to the tenants, add the tenants to one or more scopes, and make the administrator's scope the parent scope.
Log in to the enterprise that owns the resources.
To modify VM templates, the administrator must be in the enterprise that created the template
To create a new version of a VApp spec, the user must work with a VApp created from the spec in the enterprise that created the spec.
Edit a resource and go to Scopes
Select the scopes that contain tenants who will use the resources.
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You can share resources with your own scope and child scopes of your scope
Each tenant can belong to more than one scope
Each scope can have one parent scope only
The platform will only consider the enterprises in the resource scopes, not the locations.
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Assign scopes to create a reseller hierarchy
You can use a reseller hierarchy for billing, pricing, and to manage and aggregate your cloud costs and usage. To create a reseller hierarchy, assign scopes to reseller, key node, and reseller customer tenants.
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