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Contents About This Key Concepts Guide 5 1 Key Terminology 7 2 About vCloud Air User Roles 13 vCloud Air User Management User Privileges by Role 13 Index VMware, Inc.
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About This Key Concepts Guide This document defines terms as used in the vCloud Air (formerly known as vCloud Hybrid Service). ® ® VMware vCloud Air is a secure, dedicated infrastructure-as-a-service cloud, owned and operated by ® VMware and built on the trusted foundation of VMware vSphere and the software-defined data center architecture. Intended Audience This document is intended for anyone who wants to understand the critical components and key terminology of vCloud Air.
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Key Terminology 1 This list contains a collection of terms relevant to understanding the vCloud Air. These terms are included because they might be new to the reader, uncommon, or specialized. A-F catalog Used for storing content. Each organization has its own catalog to which users can add templates and share content with other users. Using vCloud Director, ISO media files can also be uploaded and shared via catalogs.
VMware vCloud Air Key Concepts G-L 8 gateway Provides a routed connection between a virtual data center's network and an external network. It can provide network services such as DHCP, firewall, NAT, VPN, static routing, and load balancing. guest operating system An operating system that runs inside a virtual machine. limits In vCloud Director, you can specify limits for an upper bound for CPU and memory resources that can be allocated to a virtual machine, but you might waste idle resources.
Chapter 1 Key Terminology M-R media file Media refers to ISO images, such as boot and installation CDs or DVDs. Media can be uploaded or imported into a catalog in vCloud Director. A media image in a catalog can be attached to a vApp and mounted by a virtual machine. memory resources Virtual memory that is mapped to physical memory on a host. My VMware Your account management portal to manage entitlements, purchase new add-ons, and file support requests.
VMware vCloud Air Key Concepts restore out of place Provides data protection to your virtual data centers and to the virtual machines allowing you to choose a backup image and create a new vApp out of that image. You can create the new vApp in the same data center used by the original vApp or in a different virtual data center. Performing an out-ofpace restore, does not restore vApp configuration data, virtual machine configuration data, or virtual machine networking configuration.
Chapter 1 Key Terminology storage tiers. Tiered storage is the assignment of different categories of data to different types of storage media in order to reduce total storage cost. vCloud Air offers two storage tiers for virtual machines—Standard and SSDAccelerated storage. template A virtual machine image that is loaded with an operating system, applications, and data. A template can be created from a vApp in vCloud Director.
VMware vCloud Air Key Concepts 12 VMware Tools A suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. VMware vSphere High Availability An optional feature that supports distributed availability services in an environment that includes ESXi and vCenter.
About vCloud Air User Roles 2 This section provides some general information about vCloud Air user roles. For more detailed information, see vCloud Air User Management in the vCloud Air User's Guide. This chapter includes the following topics: n “vCloud Air User Management,” on page 13 n “User Privileges by Role,” on page 13 vCloud Air User Management Administrators add new users in vCloud Air and assign one or more roles to them. User roles have a default group of privileges.
VMware vCloud Air Key Concepts Network administrator Network administrators can manage networks and gateways. Network administrators can also view virtual data centers, virtual machines, activity logs, and users. Read-only administrator Read-only administrators can view but not alter settings in administration areas. Read-only administrators can view virtual data centers, virtual machines, gateways, networks, activity logs, and users.
Index D definitions 7 G glossary 5 I intended audience 5 K key concepts, about this guide 5 P privileges by role 13 R role administrator 13 end user 13 S support request, filing 13 T terminology 7 U user management, introduction 13 user roles, general information 13 VMware, Inc.
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