How To Manage Catalog in vCloud Director

Add a New Catalog

You can create catalogs to group your vApp templates and media files.You are at least a catalog author.

Procedure

1.Click Catalogs > My Organization's Catalogs.

2. On the Catalogs tab, click the Add Catalog button.

3. Type a catalog name and optional description and click Next

4. (Optional) To share the catalog with members of the organization, click Add Members, select users and groups, select an access level, click OK, and click Next

5. Select a catalog publishing option and click Next

Option

Description

Don't publish this catalog to other organizations

This catalog will not be visible or available to other organizations in the vCloud Director installation.

Publish to all organizations

This catalog will be visible to all other organizations in the vCloud Director installation. Users with the necessary rights (by default, organization administrators) can view catalog items and copy them to a local organization catalog.

NOTE

This option might be unavailable, depending on your organizational settings.

6. Review the summary and click Finish

Copy  Media Files to Another Catalog

You can copy media files to another catalog in your organization.

You are at least a catalog author.

Prerequisites

You have access to multiple catalogs and vDCs.

Procedure

1.Click Catalogs

2. On the Media tab, select a media file, right-click, and select Copy To Catalog

3.Select a catalog and a vDC.The catalog you select must be in your organization.

4.  Click OK

The media file is moved to the selected catalog.

* Please take note, each copy of new media @ template will consume storage resource. Please make sure resource allocation is enough to copy.

Add a vApp Template to My Cloud

You can add a vApp template as a vApp from your catalog to My Cloud.You are at least a vAppauthor.If the vApp template is based on an OVF file that includes OVF properties for customizing its virtual machines,those properties are passed to the vApp. If any of those properties are user-configurable, you can specify thevalues.

Prerequisites

A vApp template is available in a published or a locally shared catalog.

Procedure

1. Click Catalogs

2.In the left pane, click on a catalog option.

3. On the vApp Templatestab, select a vApp template, right-click, and select Add to My Cloud

4. Type a name and optional description for the vApp.

5. Select a runtime and storage lease and click Next

6. Select a virtual datacenter, configure the virtual machines in the vApp, and click Next

7. Configure the custom properties, if any, and click Next

8. Configure the networking options for the vApp and click Next

9. Review the vApp summary information and click Finish

** vCloud Director creates a vApp on the My Cloud >vAppspage.