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
Ways to Access vCloud Air
You can manage and consume your hybrid cloud resources through the vCloud Air Web console. Your
vCloud Director organization administrator can use the vCloud Director application programming interface
(API).
Customers have access to vCloud Air to manage cloud resources purchased from VMware.
vCloud Air Console Access
The vCloud Air console is the primary portal for access, consumption, and management of cloud resources
purchased from VMware, including virtual data center management, configuration of network services, and
virtual machine instance lifecycle management. The console also provides single sign-on access to the
vCloud Director portal. In vCloud Director, administrators can perform advanced management of virtual
data centers, and end users can perform advanced management of virtual machines.
Application Programming Interface Access
VMware provides limited vCloud Director organization access to the API for programmatic resource
management or workload migration.
VMware vCloud Air User's Guide
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