Quick Start - Virtual Private Cloud in
Germany and Australia
vCloud Air
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Contents
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About Virtual Private Cloud in Germany and Australia 5
2
Log Into Virtual Private Cloud in Germany or Australia 7
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Functionality in German and Australian Locations 9
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Manage Virtual Private Cloud in Germany and Australia 11
About Virtual Private Cloud in
Germany and Australia
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The Virtual Private Cloud service for vCloud Air provides a multi-tenant virtual private cloud with logically isolated resources on a shared physical infrastructure, configured as a single virtual data center with networking resources.
For a description of the service, see Virtual Private Cloud on the vCloud Air Web site.
vCloud Air services are available from data centers located worldwide. See vCloud Air Data Center Locations for the list of all locations worldwide.
Log Into Virtual Private Cloud in
Germany or Australia
2
When you purchase a subscription for Virtual Private Cloud in the German or Australian location, you manage and consume hybrid cloud resources through a Web UI and public APIs.
After purchasing a Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany or Australia, you will receive an email (at the email address you provided) from VMware with further instructions. The email provides a link and temporary password for your account.
For subsequent logins, go to https://vca.vmware.com and log in using your user name and password. After logging in, you land on a Home page. Here you find the tile for your Virtual Private Cloud subscription.
Click the tile for Virtual Private Cloud Subscription to manage your cloud resources in the Germany or Australia location:
Tiles for Additional vCloud Air Services
Depending on the services you have purchased from VMware, your Home page might contain additional tiles.
Table 2‑1. vCloud Air Service Tiles on the Home Page
Tile Description
My Subscriptions If you purchased a Dedicated Cloud service in Germany or Australia, your Home page contains a My Subscriptions tile for access to those resources.
For information about managing your Dedicated Cloud, see the vCloud Air User's Guide.
Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand The Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand tile is always available on your Home page when you have a vCloud Air account, even when you have not accessed this service. You can consume Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand compute resources in addition to using your
Virtual Private Cloud subscription service. See the vCloud Air – Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand Getting Started for information or contact your VMware Sales representative.
Functionality in German and
Australian Locations
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VMware provides a subscription-based service for Virtual Private Cloud in the German and Australian locations.
When you purchase a Virtual Private Cloud service in the German or Australian location, you deploy virtual machines to that location. Each location contains a separate resource pool; meaning you cannot treat two geographic locations as one logical pool of resources. Purchasing a service in a specific location enables you to run workloads closer to your business-specific customers or comply with various regulations and other legal requirements.
In Germany and Australia, you can purchase only one Virtual Private Cloud per location. However, you can purchase add-on compute capacity by logging into your My VMware account. Go to My VMware > Accounts > Services > Subscription Services. See the My VMware Help for information.
Resource Management
Resource management for your Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia have the following functional behavior and limitations.
Virtual Machine Deployment and Capacity
VMware does not pre-allocate capacity to your Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany or Australia. Meaning, you can create virtual machines configured to consume compute resources above your subscribed capacity. The vCloud Air Web UI does not limit the number of virtual machines you can add to your Virtual Private Cloud. However, you can power on only virtual machines that run within your subscribed compute capacity.
For example, if you purchased the standard compute capacity SKU (10GHz vCPU, 20GB vRAM, and 2TB storage), you can add virtual machines that would consume more than this capacity; however, you can only power on and run simultaneously virtual machines that consume up to 10GHz vCPU, 20GB vRAM, and 2TB storage.
NOTE The vCloud Air Web UI in Germany and Australia include a Resource Usage Tab for your virtual
machines. You can use this tab to obtain monitoring information about the compute resources consumed by your virtual machines; references to estimated costs are not applicable because your charges are based on your subscription contract.
resources on a shared physical infrastructure, configured as a single virtual data center with networking resources. You cannot add virtual data centers to your Virtual Private Cloud service.
NOTE The vCloud Air Web UI does not disable the add (+) icon for virtual data centers; however, if you
click the icon, a message appears informing you that you cannot add additional virtual data centers.
Hybrid Integrations and Add-on Service
In the German and Australian locations, the following VMware products and add-ons are available for use with your Virtual Private Cloud service:
n vCloud Connector
For information about using vCloud Connector with vCloud Air, see About vCloud Connector for vCloud Air.
n vRealize Automation
For information, see the vRealize Automation documentation.
n Offline Data Transfer Service (Add-on Service)
For information about using Offline Data Transfer Service with vCloud Air, see Offline Data Transfer to VMware vCloud Air.
Manage Virtual Private Cloud in
Germany and Australia
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VMware provides Virtual Private Cloud and Disaster Recovery subscription services in the vCloud Air German and Australian locations. This quick start guide documents manaing your Virtual Private Cloud subscription service.
Web User Interface
NOTE The documentation for a Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia consists of a
combination of sections from the vCloud Air guides and the Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand guides because the two services share a common user experience and task flows.
See the following documentation for the complete information library to manage your Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia.
Table 4‑1. Documentation Roadmap for Germany and Australia
Documentation Description and Notes
Types of vCloud Air Services in the VMware vCloud Air
User's Guide Provides an overview of the core capabilities of thevCloud Air – Virtual Private Cloud service (and compares it to the Dedicated Cloud service).
Comparison Between vCloud Air Service Offerings in the
Virtual Private Cloud User's Guide Provides details about all vCloud Air service offerings andhighlights the unique features of the Virtual Private Cloud service.
Navigating Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand in the
Virtual Private Cloud User's Guide Explains the features and navigation for the vCloud AirWeb UI for the Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia.
NOTE This document is written for
Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand; however, the Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand Web UI shares a common user experience and task flows with the
subscription Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia.
Working with Virtual Machines in the Virtual Private Cloud
User's Guide Documents how to add a virtual machine, view its status,and manage basic operations for your virtual machines.
Virtual Data Center Overview in the Virtual Private Cloud
User's Guide Provides an overview of the capabilities of a virtual datacenter in vCloud Air. By default, your Virtual Private Cloud service is provisioned with a virtual data center named VDC1.
Documentation Description and Notes
Catalogs and Templates Overview in the
Virtual Private Cloud User's Guide Provides an overview about working with catalogs andtemplates for vCloud Air and includes links to tasks to manage your catalogs by using vCloud Director.
Role-based User Account Management in the
Virtual Private Cloud User's Guide Provides a description of the user access roles forvCloud Air, which are applicable to your Virtual Private Cloud service. See also the tasks for managing users for vCloud Air.
About Networking Services for Gateways in the
Virtual Private Cloud Networking Guide Describes the networking features available for thegateway provisioned for your virtual data center (VDC1).
About Managing Networks and Gateways in the
Virtual Private Cloud Networking Guide Provides information about managing networking for thegateway for virtual data center VDC1 in vCloud Air, including how to add NAT rules and IP addresses.
Network Security and Secure Access in the
Virtual Private Cloud Networking Guide Provides information about setting up network security byusing the gateway’s networking services.
About VMware Technical Support in the VMware
vCloud Air User's Guide Provides information about obtaining technical support foryour Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia.
Resource Usage Tab and Billing
The vCloud Air Web UI in Germany and Australia include a Resource Usage Tab for your virtual machines. You can use this tab to obtain monitoring information about the compute resources consumed by your virtual machines; references to estimated costs are not applicable because your charges are based on your subscription contract.
See Ways To View Resource Usage in the Virtual Private Cloud User's Guide for information. To access your billing statements, log into your My VMware account. See the My VMware Help for information.
Using vCloud Connector in Germany and Australia
vCloud Connector links your internal, private clouds with public clouds, so you can manage them as a single, hybrid environment and transfer workloads back and forth.
For information about using vCloud Connector with your Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia, see About vCloud Connector for vCloud Air.
See also Installing vCloud Connector for Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand for the URLs to specify when configuring nodes for Germany and Australia. The URLs for Germany and Australia are the same for a Virtual Private Cloud service and a Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand service in Germany and Australia.
Programmatic Access with the vCloud Air APIs
VMware supports programmatic access to your Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia through the following vCloud Air APIs:
n vCloud Air Identity Management API, 5.7
For information about logging in and authenticating with the vCloud Air service-oriented architecture, see Hello vCloud Air: A Simplified RESTful Workflow.
For information about programmatically managing users for your Virtual Private Cloud service in Germany and Australia, see Managing Users.
n vCloud Air Service Controller API, 5.7
See Service-Oriented Architecture Explained and Hello vCloud Air: A Simplified RESTful Workflow for information.
n vCloud Compute Service API, 5.11 n vCloud Networking Service API, 5.11
For information about the Compute Service and Networking Service APIs, see the vCloud API Programming Guide for vCloud Air Tenants and the vCloud API 5.11 Schema Reference.
NOTE Because the Virtual Private Cloud service can have only one virtual data center, API operations
in the Compute Service for adding and deleting virtual data centers are not applicable.
Index
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API access, Germany and Australia 11
G
German and Australian locations, functionality available 9
German and Australian VPC, documentation for 11
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logging in, VPC in Germany and Australia 7
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Resource management limitations 9 Resource Usage, Germany and Australia 11
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Virtual Private Cloud, Germany and Australia 5 Virtual Private Cloud Subscription tile 7 VMware products and add-ons, Germany and
