VMware vCloud Director Cookbook

Connecting more than one vCloud Cell to the same infrastructure

There are situations where one will need two independent vClouds accessing the same vSphere infrastructure.

Getting ready

We just need an existing vCloud and the building blocks for a new one. These building blocks are:

• RedHat Linux VM (RHEL) 5 or 6 (6.3 is the highest version with vCD 5.1.2)
• Root credentials for RHEL VM
• vCloud Director Binary
• New NFS shared directory (optional)
• New database for vCloud
• New VMware vCloud Director licence

Or you can use the vCloud appliance.

How to do it...

1. Install RHEL on the VM.
2. Transfer the vCloud Director Binary to the new RHEL VM using SCP (with a program such as WinSCP), and put it in the /tmp directory.
3. Log in to the new RHEL.
4. Gain root access if you haven't ...