VMware vCloud Director Cookbook

Chapter 6. Improving the vCloud Design

In this chapter, we will focus on some quick and simple recipes that let you develop a deeper understanding of how to design a vCloud. We will look at the following recipes:

• Creating a naming standard
• Using service accounts in the vCloud environment
• Setting up networks for the vCloud VM
• Working with vCloud roles
• Keeping your templates under control
• Choosing the right Allocation Model
• Using OvDCs for compute tiering
• Understanding how the different vCloud types impact the design
• Retrofitting a shared directory into an existing vCD Cell
• Connecting more than one vCloud Cell to the same infrastructure
• Creating multiple vCD Cells for the same vCloud
• Load balancing vCD
• Working with catalogs in vCloud 5.5

Introduction

VMware vCloud ...