User manual
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCloud Air User's Guide
- Contents
- About vCloud Air
- Use the vCloud Air Web Console
- About Virtual Data Centers
- Create a Virtual Data Center
- View Virtual Data Center Details in vCloud Air
- Manage Resource Allocation for a Virtual Data Center
- Manage Virtual Machines in a Virtual Data Center
- Lock a Virtual Data Center
- Unlock a Virtual Data Center
- Set a Limit on Number of Virtual Machines in a Virtual Data Center
- Change Virtual Data Center Name or Description
- Delete a Virtual Data Center
- About Gateways and Networks
- Basic Management for Virtual Machines
- About Virtual Machine Monitoring
- Advanced Management for Virtual Machines
- Data Protection Service
- Features of the Data Protection Service
- About Data Protection Policies
- Reporting and Storage Use
- Billing for the Data Protection Service
- Ways to Restore Virtual Machines
- Enable Data Protection for a Virtual Data Center
- Update the Data Protection Policy for a Virtual Data Center
- Add a Backup Policy for a vApp
- Run a Manual Backup
- Restore a Virtual Machine from a Backup
- Restore a Deleted vApp
- Delete a Backup Image
- Disaster Recovery in vCloud Air
- Storage in vCloud Air
- About Snapshots
- vCloud Air User Management
- Technical Support
- Index
3 On the right side of the virtual machine details page, click Manage Advanced Virtual Machine
Settings to access the vCloud Director portal.
You are taken directly to the vApp Quick Access page for your virtual machine in vCloud Director. The
virtual machine name and vApp name are displayed.
4 Click Open in the virtual machine name and vApp name area.
The diagram, virtual machines, and networking tabs appear.
5 Click the Virtual Machines tab.
6 Right-click the virtual machine to access details and properties.
Some of these task options are the same tasks you can perform in the vCloud Air console. The
references listed here are for when you are using the vCloud Director portal.
Option See this topic...
Popout Console
Open a Virtual Machine Console
Suspend
Suspend a Virtual Machine
Power Off
Power Off a Virtual Machine
Power On
Power On a Virtual Machine
Reset
Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
Insert CD/DVD from Catalog
Insert a CD/DVD
Eject CD/DVD
Eject a CD/DVD
Insert Floppy from Catalog
Insert a Floppy
Eject Floppy
Eject a Floppy
Install VMware Tools
Installing VMware Tools
Create Snapshot
Create a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
Properties
Editing Virtual Machine Properties
What to do next
In vCloud Director, review other details about the virtual machine. See Working with Virtual Machines in
the vCloud Director User's Guide.
Move or Manage Virtual Machines, vApps, or Templates
Using vCloud Connector, you can move virtual machines, vApps, and templates from vSphere,
vCloud Director, and other vCloud service providers to and from vCloud Air. For moving large quantities
at one time, you can subscribe to and use the Offline Data Transfer Service.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have virtual infrastructure administrator privileges.
Verify that you are familiar with vCloud Connector documentation. See
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/hybridcloud_pubs.html.
Verify which virtual machines, vApps or templates you want to move and where they are currently located.
Obtain appropriate vCloud Connector multi tenant node information from the vCloud Air Customer
Success Team.
Procedure
1 Install and configure vCloud Connector in your vSphere or vCloud Director environment.
2 Connect vCloud Connector to your vSphere, vCloud Director, or other vCloud service provider
instances.
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