By using the VMware Cloud Director Service Provider Admin Portal, you can edit user-defined security groups.

Procedure

  1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Resources, and from the page top navigation bar, select Cloud Resources.
  2. From the secondary left panel, select Organization VDCs.
  3. Click the radio button next to the target organization virtual data center, and click Manage Firewall.
  4. Click the Grouping Objects > Security Groups tab.
  5. Select the security group you want to edit.
    The details for the security group display below the list of security groups.
  6. (Optional) Edit the name and the description of the security group.
  7. (Optional) Add a dynamic member set.
    1. Click the Add button under Dynamic Member Sets.
    2. Select whether to match Any or All of the criteria in your statement.
    3. Enter the first object to match.
      The options are Security Tag, VM Guest OS Name, VM Name, and VM Guest Host Name.
    4. Select an operator, such as Contains, Starts with, or Ends with.
    5. Enter a value.
    6. (Optional) To add another statement, use a Boolean operator And or Or.
  8. (Optional) Edit a dynamic member set by clicking the Edit icon next to the member set that you want to edit.
    1. Apply the necessary changes to the dynamic member set.
    2. Click OK.
  9. (Optional) Delete a dynamic member set by clicking the Delete icon next to the member set that you want to delete.
  10. (Optional) Edit the included members list by clicking the Edit icon next to the Include Members list.
    1. From the Browse objects of type drop-down menu, select the type of objects, such as Virtual Machines, Org VDC networks, IP sets, MAC sets, or Security tags.
    2. To include an object in the include members list, select the object from the left panel, and move it to the right panel by clicking the right arrow.
    3. To exclude an object from the include members list, select the object from the right panel, and move it to the left panel by clicking the left arrow.
  11. (Optional) Edit the excluded members list by clicking the Edit icon next to the Exclude Members list.
    1. From the Browse objects of type drop-down menu, select the type of objects, such as Virtual Machines, Org VDC networks, IP sets, MAC sets, or Security tags.
    2. To include an object in the exclude members list, select the object from the left panel, and move it to the right panel by clicking the right arrow.
    3. To exclude an object from the exclude members list, select the object from the right panel, and move it to the left panel by clicking the left arrow.
  12. Click Save changes.
    The changes to the security group are saved.