You can create a
provider virtual datacenter to register vSphere compute, memory, and storage
resources for vCloud Director to use. You can create multiple provider virtual
datacenters for users in different geographic locations or business units, or
for users with different performance requirements.
A provider virtual datacenter
can include only a single resource pool from a single vCenter Server.
If you plan to add a resource
pool that is part of a cluster that uses vSphere HA, make sure you are familiar
with how vSphere HA calculates slot size. For more information about slot sizes
and customizing vSphere HA behavior, see the
VMware vSphere
Availability Guide.
Prerequisites
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Verify that at least one
vCenter Server is attached with an available resource pool to vCloud Director.
The resource pool must be in a vCenter cluster configured to use automated DRS.
The vCenter Server must have the vShield for VMware vCloud Director license
key.
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Verify that vSAN is
disabled on the vSphere cluster you are using.
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Set up the VXLAN
infrastructure in vShield Manager. See "VXLAN Virtual Wires Management" in the
vShield
Administration Guide.
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Procedure
1 | Click the
Manage
& Monitor tab and click
Provider
VDCs in the left pane.
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2 | Click
New
Provider VDC.
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3 | Type a name and optional
description.
You can use the name
and description fields to indicate the vSphere functions available to the
provider virtual datacenter, for example, vSphere HA.
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4 | Select the latest
supported hardware version and click
Next.
This selection
determines the latest supported hardware version for virtual machines in
organization virtual datacenters based on this provider virtual datacenter.
Hardware
Version 10 requires ESXi 5.5 hosts.
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5 | Select a vCenter Server
and resource pool and click
Next.
If the vCenter Server
has no available resource pools, no resource pools appear in the list.
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6 | Select one or more
storage policies for the provider virtual datacenter to support, click
Add, and click
Next.
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7 | Click
Finish to create
the provider virtual datacenter.
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vCloud Director
creates a provider virtual datacenter and associated VXLAN network pool.
What to do next
You can enable vSAN on the
cluster after the provider virtual datacenter has been created.