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This section describes how to manage your tenant's cloud resources in the multi-cloud platform.
The Cloud tenant admin guide describes the main administrative tasks of the enterprise administrator.
Manage your users
Manage templates
Manage virtual datacenter resources
Manage VM backups
Manage VM snapshots
Administer VMs
Manage VApp specs
Manage VM workflows
For details of how to work with virtual appliances and VMs, see the Cloud tenant user guide.
For details of how to work with networks, firewalls, and load balancers, see the Cloud tenant network guide.
Manage users
Display users for tenant admin
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Create a user
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Suspend or enable a user account
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Manually reset a user password
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Manage users with the API
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Search for users and filter users
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Display users by status
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Delete a user
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Add credentials for public cloud
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Display prices for your tenant
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Manage templates
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Upload OVA templates from the local filesystem
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Add public cloud templates to the catalogue
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Create and deploy a VM from a template shortcut
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Modify a virtual machine template
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Manage virtual datacenter resources
Synchronize VDCs and resources
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Manage resources that were deleted directly in the cloud provider
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Delete or release virtual resources in public cloud
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Manage VM backups
Configure a VM backup
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Restore a VM backup
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View backup events
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Manage VM snapshots
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Take a snapshot of a VM
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Revert to a snapshot
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Delete a snapshot
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Replace the current snapshot
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Display snapshots on the dashboard
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Administer VMs
Protect a VM
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Display VM initial password
You can select the option to generate an initial guest password when you create a VM. Then when you deploy the VM, the platform will generate a random password and send it to you by email or SMS. After you deploy, you should log in as the root or administrator user and change the initial password.
The owner of the VM and administrators with the privilege to Display initial virtual machine password can also retrieve the guest password from the deployed VM.
To display the initial VM password:
Select the VM
On the control panel, click the key display initial guest password button
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Reset VM password
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Save configurations as blueprint specs
Introduction to virtual appliance specifications
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Save a VApp configuration as a blueprint spec
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What do virtual appliance specs save and create
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Manage VApp specs in the user interface
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Manage workflow tasks
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