Using your Resources

The types of resources available to an organization administrator and other users include virtual datacenters (vDCs), which are assigned by the vmForge administrator and cannot be modified. If you need to modify vDCs in your organization, contact vmForge support.

  • Working with Virtual Datacenters
  • Creating Organization Networks
  • Add IP Addresses to an Organization Network IP Pool
  • View IP Usage for an Organization Network
  • Configure External IP Mapping for an Organization Network
  • Reset an Organization Network
  • Working with Expired Items

    Working with Virtual Datacenters

    Virtual datacenters (vDCs) provide processor, memory, and storage resources to your organization. They are assigned to your organization by your vmForge administrator, and an organization can have multiple vDCs.

    Display Virtual Datacenters

    When you display the vDCs in your organization, you can monitor the resources, users, and policy settings that you manage.

    You are an organization administrator.

    Procedure

    1. Click Administration.
    2. In the left pane, select Cloud Resources > Virtual Datacenter.
      A list of vDCs in your organization appears in the right pane.
    3. For details about a vDC, right-click, and select Open.
      The vApps, vApp templates, media, and networks attached to this vDC are displayed. When you click through each tab, you can right click on an object to see the operations you can complete.

    Review Virtual Datacenter Properties

    You can review the properties of the vDCs that are assigned to your organization.

    Procedure

    1. Click Administration.
    2. Select Cloud Resources > Virtual Datacenters.
    3. Select a vDC, right-click, and select Properties.
    4. Review the properties and click OK.

    What to do next

    To change resource allocations for your vDCs, contact vmForge sales.

    Monitor Your Virtual Datacenter

    You can monitor the vDC assigned to your organization and determine when to request additional capacity.

    You are an organization administrator.

    Procedure

    1. Click Administration.
    2. Select Cloud Resources > Virtual Datacenters.
    3. Click the Monitor button.

    Details about the processor, memory, storage, and allocation model appear.

    What to do next

    Contact your salesperson for more capacity when you need it.

    Manage Your Virtual Datacenters

    You can review information such as the status, allocation model, and the number of vApps in a vDC in your organization.

    You are an organization administrator

    Procedure

    1. Click Administration.
    2. In the left pane, select Cloud Resources > Virtual Datacenters.
    3. Click the Manage button.
    4. Review the information.

    What to do next

    You can open the vDC to see the objects in it, notify users about issues or changes, or review the vDCs properties.

    To change resource allocations for your vDCs, contact vmForge sales.

    Creating Organization Networks

    Your organization is provisioned with a single external network and a single internal network.

    The external network provides internet access. There are three types of external network:

    1. Direct Connection.
      The external network is connected directly to the VLAN with no intervening device.
    2. Firewall Connection.
      The external network is connected to a VLAN provided by a firewall. The firewall protects the connection externally to vmForge. Some firewall connections are customer managed via a vdom, and some are managed by ipHouse.
    3. Routed Connection.
      The external network is routed through a vShield(TM) Edge Device, that provides support for NAT, Port forwarding, Site-to-site VPNs and acts as a rudimentary firewall

    NOTE: All traffic that crosses the upstream router port is subject to billing.

    The internal network provides a backend network between virtual machines and vApps that has no access to the internet. An internal network can be organization wide, or can be confined to a vApp. By default, you are allowed to create three additional internal networks.

    Add IP Addresses to an Organization Network IP Pool

    If an organization network is running out of internal IP addresses, you can add more addresses to its IP Pool.

    If you need more external addresses, contact your sales representative to discuss the requirements and pricing for additional IP addresses. To move to a larger block of IP addresses, you will need to relinquish your old block and renumber your virtual machines.

    You are an organization administrator.

    Procedure

    1. Select Administration.
    2. In the left pane, select Cloud Resources > Networks.
    3. Select an organization network, right-click, and select Properties.
    4. On the Network Specification tab, type an IP address or a range of IP addresses in the text box and click Add.
    5. Click OK.

    View IP Usage for an Organization Network

    You can view a list of the IP addresses from a network IP pool that are currently in use.

    You are an organization administrator.

    Procedure

    1. Click Administration.
    2. In the left pane, select Cloud Resources > Networks.
    3. Select an organization network, right-click, and select IP Allocations.

    Configure External IP Mapping for an Organization Network

    You can configure certain organization networks to provide external IP mapping. This mapping provides external access to services that run on virtual machines on the organization network.

    When you configure external IP mapping, vmForge maps an external IP address and a port to a service running on a port on a virtual machine for inbound traffic.

    You are an organization administrator.

    Prerequisites

    An external NAT-routed organization network and an external IP address.

    Procedure

    1. Click Administration.
    2. Select Cloud Resources > Networks.
    3. Right-click the organization network name and select Configure Services.
    4. Click the NAT - External IP Mapping tab and click Add.
    5. Configure the port forwarding rule.
      1. Select an external IP address.
      2. Select an external port.
      3. Type the IP address of the destination virtual machine.
        • If the virtual machine is fenced, type its external IP address.
        • If the virtual machine is not fenced, type its internal IP address.
      4. Select an internal port.
      5. Select a protocol for the type of traffic to forward.
      6. Click OK.
    6. Click OK.

    Reset an Organization Network

    If the network services, such as DHCP settings, firewall settings, and so on, that are associated with an organization network are not working as expected, reset the network.

    You are an organization administrator.

    No network services are available while an organization network resets.

    Prerequisites

    An external NAT-routed organization network or an internal organization network.

    Procedure

    1. Click Administration.
    2. In the left pane, select Cloud Resources > Networks.
    3. Select an organization network, right-click, and select Reset Network.
    4. Click Yes.

    Working with Expired Items

    When vApps or vApp templates expire, you can determine whether you want to renew or delete them.

    Manage Expired vApps

    You can display a list of expired vApps, delete them, or restore them to your organization.

    You are an organization administrator.

    Prerequisites

    Select Administration > Policies to select the Flag for deletion option.

    Procedure

    1. Select My Cloud > Expired Items.
    2. On the Expired vApps tab, review the list of expired vApps.
    3. Right-click a vApp and select Delete or Renew and click OK.

    If you selected Delete, the vApp is deleted from the list. If you selected Renew, the restored vApp appears on the vApp page.

    Manage Expired vApp Templates

    You can display a list of expired vApp templates, delete them, or restore them to your organization.

    You are an organization administrator.

    Prerequisites

    In the Administration page, in the Policies section, the Flag for deletion option is selected.

    Procedure

    1. Select My Cloud > Expired Items.
    2. Click the Expired vApp Templates tab.
    3. Right-click on a vApp template, select Delete or Renew, and click OK.

    The restored vApp templates appears in the vApp Templates tab.