User manual

Basic Management for Virtual
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A virtual machine is a software computer that, like a physical computer, runs an operating system and
applications. Virtual machines are first-class objects in vCloud Air interactions, and you can manage them
individually.
You can add a virtual machine, view its status, and manage basic operations in vCloud Air.
NOTE For information about configuring networking for virtual machines, see the vCloud Air Networking
Guide.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“About Catalogs in vCloud Air,” on page 21
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“Add a Virtual Machine from a Template,” on page 22
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“Power On a Virtual Machine,” on page 23
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“Suspend a Virtual Machine,” on page 23
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“Reset a Virtual Machine,” on page 23
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“Delete a Virtual Machine,” on page 23
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“View and Edit Virtual Machine Details,” on page 24
About Catalogs in vCloud Air
vCloud Air includes a catalog that is populated with CentOS, Linux, and Windows templates that you can
use to create virtual machines. Your organization also has its own catalog, My Catalog, that can contain your
own customized templates.
In vCloud Air, end users select from catalogs to add new virtual machines. See “Add a Virtual Machine
from a Template,” on page 22.
In vCloud Director, your administrator users can use existing vApp and virtual machine templates, and
media files, to create their own vApps and virtual machines to supply what the end user sees as My Catalog.
Administrators can perform the following catalog content tasks in vCloud Director.
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Create and share a catalog. See Add a New Catalog and Working with Catalogs.
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Upload media files to a catalog. See Upload Media Files.
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Create a new vApp. See Create a New vApp.
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Create a vApp From an OVF Package. See Upload an OVF package as a vApp template.
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