Updating a vCloud with only one cell

In this recipe, we will learn how to update a vCloud that has only one cell.

Getting ready

We need a vCloud with only one cell and downtime to bring it down. Make sure you have e-mails configured in vCloud.

How to do it...

  1. Log in to vCloud as SysAdmin.
  2. Navigate to Manage & Monitor | Provider VDCs.
  3. Right-click on each PvDC and select Notify... as shown in the following screenshot:
    How to do it...
  4. Enter a title for the notification e-mail into Subject.
  5. Enter a text that describes to the users in easy terms why, when, and how long you plan to shut down the cells. Also, it always helps to put a sentence in about how this downtime helps ...

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