To provide resources to an organization, you create one or more organization virtual data centers (VDCs) for this organization. After you create an organization VDC, you can modify its properties, deactivate or delete it, and manage its allocation model, storage, and network settings.
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Understanding Allocation Models An allocation model determines how and when the allocated provider virtual data center (VDC) compute and memory resources are committed to the organization VDC.
Understanding VM Sizing, VM Placement, and vGPU Policies You can control the virtual machine (VM) resource allocation and placement on a specific cluster or host by using VM sizing policies, VM placement policies, and starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.3.2, vGPU policies.
Using Kubernetes with VMware Cloud Director By using Kubernetes with VMware Cloud Director , you can provide a multi-tenant Kubernetes service to your tenants.
Create an Organization Virtual Data Center To allocate resources to an organization, you must create an organization virtual data center (VDC). An organization VDC obtains its resources from a provider VDC. One organization can have multiple organization VDCs.
Activate or Deactivate an Organization Virtual Data Center To prevent additional vApps and virtual machines from using compute and storage resources from an organization virtual data center, you can deactivate this organization virtual data center. Running vApps and powered on virtual machines continue to run, but you cannot create or start additional vApps or virtual machines.
Delete an Organization Virtual Data Center To remove all resources of an organization virtual data center from an organization, you can delete this organization virtual data center. The resources remain unaffected in the source provider virtual data center.
Modify the Name and the Description of an Organization Virtual Data Center As your VMware Cloud Director installation expands, you might want to assign a more meaningful name or description to an existing organization virtual data center.
Modify the Allocation Model Settings of an Organization Virtual Data Center You cannot change the allocation model for an organization virtual data center, but you can change the allocation settings for the allocation model that you specified during the creation of the organization virtual data center.
Modifying the Storage Settings of an Organization Virtual Data Center You can modify the storage settings that you configured during the creation of the organization virtual data center.
Edit the Network Settings of an Organization Virtual Data Center You can change the network pool from which new networks are provisioned in an organization virtual data center. You can also enable organization virtual data centers to become eligible for cross-virtual data center networking.
Set a Segment Profile Template for an Organization VDC You can set segment profiles templates to be applied to all VDC networks and to all vApp networks within an organization VDC upon their creation.
Assign an Edge Cluster to an Organization Virtual Data Center To enable netwoking services such as NAT and firewall for the routed vApp networks within an organization VDC that is backed by NSX-T Data Center , you must assign an edge cluster to the organization VDC. In NSX-T Data Center , the service edge cluster is where vApp edge gateways are deployed.
Configuring Cross-Virtual Data Center Networking The cross-virtual data center networking feature enables organizations that have virtual data centers backed by multiple vCenter Server instances to stretch layer 2 networks across up to four virtual data centers. Cross-virtual data center networking relies on cross-vCenter NSX and can span multiple VMware Cloud Director sites.
Modify the Metadata for an Organization Virtual Data Center You can add, edit, and delete metadata for an organization virtual data center.
View the Resource Pools of an Organization Virtual Data Center You can view a list of the vCenter Server resource pools that an organization virtual data center uses.
Managing the Distributed Firewall on an Organization Virtual Data Center To provide Layer 3 and Layer 2 network security in an organization virtual data center, you can enable and create rules for the distributed firewall on this organization virtual data center. With the distributed firewall rules, you can protect traffic traveling between virtual machines in an organization virtual data center.