VMware vCloud Director - 1.0 Installation Manual

Cloud Director Installation and

Configuration Guide

Cloud Director 1.0.0

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About This Book 5

Overview of VMware Cloud Director Installation and Configuration 7

Cloud Director Architecture 7

Configuration Planning 8

About the Cloud Director Database 9

Cloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements 10

Creating a VMware Cloud Director Cluster 21

Install Cloud Director Software on the First Server Host 22

Configure Network and Database Connections 23

Start Cloud Director Services 25

Install Cloud Director Software on Additional Server Hosts 26

Create a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package 27

Uninstall VMware Cloud Director Software 27

Cloud Director Setup 29

Review the License Agreement 30

Enter the License Key 30

Create the System Administrator Account 30

Specify System Settings 31

Ready to Log In 31

Index 33

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About This Book

The VMware Cloud Director® Installation and Configuration Guide provides information about installing VMware Cloud Director software and configuring it to work with vCenter to provide VMware-ready Cloud services.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for anyone who wants to install and configure VMware Cloud Director software. The information in this book is written for experienced system administrators who are familiar with Linux, Windows, IP networks, and VMware vSphere.

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Overview of VMware Cloud Director

Installation and Configuration 1

A VMware Cloud Director® cluster combines Cloud Director servers with the vSphere platform. You create a Cloud Director cluster by installing and configuring Cloud Director software on one or more server hosts, and then integrating the cluster with one or more installations of vSphere.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Cloud Director Architecture,” on page 7

“Configuration Planning,” on page 8

“About the Cloud Director Database,” on page 9

“Cloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements,” on page 10

Cloud Director Architecture

In a Cloud, a VMware Cloud Director cluster is linked with one or more vCenter servers and vShield Manager servers, and an arbitrary number of ESX/ESXi hosts. The Cloud Director cluster and its database manage access to vCenter resources by Cloud clients.

Figure 1-1 is a schematic representation of a simple Cloud. The diagram shows a Cloud Director cluster

comprising four server hosts. Each host runs a group of services called a Cloud Director cell. All hosts in the cluster share a single database. The entire cluster is connected to three vCenter servers and the ESX/ESXi hosts that they manage. Each vCenter server is connected to a vShield Manager host, which provides network services to the Cloud.

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The Cloud Director installation and configuration process creates the cells, connects them to the shared database, and establishes the first connections to a vCenter server, ESX/ESXi hosts, and vShield Manager. After installation and configuration is complete, a system administrator can connect additional vCenter servers, vShield Manager servers, and ESX/ESXi hosts to the Cloud Director cluster at any time.

Configuration Planning

vSphere provides storage, compute, and networking capacity to Cloud Director. Before you begin installation, consider how much vSphere and Cloud Director capacity you need, and plan a configuration that can support it.

Configuration requirements depend on many factors, including the number of organization in a cloud, the number of users in each organization, and the activity level of those users. The following guidelines can serve as a starting point for most configurations:

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Allocate one Cloud Director server host (cell) for each vCenter server that you want to include in your cloud.

Be sure that all Cloud Director server hosts meet at least the minimum requirements for memory, CPU, and storage detailed in “Cloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements,” on page 10.

Configure the Cloud Director database as described in “About the Cloud Director Database,” on page 9.

About the Cloud Director Database

Cells in a Cloud Director cluster use a database to store shared information. This database must exist before you can complete installation and configuration of Cloud Director software.

Database Configuration Parameters

The database must be configured to allow at least 75 connections per Cloud Director cell plus about 50 for Oracle's own use. There is one cell for each server host in a Cloud Director cluster. Table 1-1 shows how to obtain values for other configuration parameters based on the number of connections, where C represents the number of cells in your Cloud Director cluster.

Table 1-1. Oracle Database Configuration Parameters

Oracle Configuration Parameter Value for C Cells

CONNECTIONS 75*C+50

PROCESSES = CONNECTIONS

SESSIONS = PROCESSES*1.1+5

TRANSACTIONS = SESSIONS*1.1

OPEN_CURSORS = SESSIONS

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Database Creation Best Practices

Use commands of the following form to create separate data (CLOUD_DATA) and index (CLOUD_INDX) tablespaces:

Create Tablespace CLOUD_DATA datafile '$ORACLE_HOME/oradata/cloud_data01.dbf' size 1000M autoextend on;

Create Tablespace CLOUD_INDX datafile '$ORACLE_HOME/oradata/cloud_indx01.dbf' size 500M autoextend on;

When you create the Cloud Director database user account, you must specify CLOUD_DATA as the default tablespace.

Create user $vclouduser identified by $vcloudpass default tablespace CLOUD_DATA;

Database User Account and Required System Privileges

Do not use the Oracle system account as the Cloud Director database user account. You must create a dedicated user account for this purpose and grant the following system privileges to the account:

CONNECT

RESOURCE

CREATE TRIGGER

CREATE TYPE

CREATE VIEW

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW

CREATE PROCEDURE

CREATE SEQUENCE

EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE

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National Character Set

The database must be configured to use the AL16UTF16 character set.

Database Server Configuration

A database server configured with 16GB of memory, 100GB storage, and 4 CPUs should be adequate for most Cloud Director clusters.

Cloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements

Each server host in a Cloud Director cluster must meet certain software and hardware requirements. In addition, a supported database must be available to all members of the cluster. Each cluster requires access to a vCenter server, one or more ESX/ESXi hosts, and a vShield Manager host.

Supported vCenter, ESX/ESXi, and vShield Manager Versions

vCenter servers intended for use with Cloud Director must meet specific configuration requirements

vCenter networks intended for use as Cloud Director external networks or network pools must be available to all hosts in any cluster intended for use by Cloud Director. Making these networks available to all hosts in the datacenter simplifies the task of adding new hosts to Cloud Director.

DVS must be used for cross-host fencing and network pool allocation.

vCenter clusters used with Cloud Director must be configured to use automated DRS. Automated DRS requires shared storage attached to all hosts in a DRS cluster.

vCenter servers must trust their ESX hosts.

Table 1-2 lists the vCenter server versions that are compatible with this version of Cloud Director.

Table 1-2. Supported vCenter Versions

vCenter Version Build Number Required Patches

4.0 Update 2 264050 None

4.1 259021 None

4.1 vSphere Client 258902 None

Table 1-3 lists the ESX versions that are compatible with this version of Cloud Director.

Table 1-3. Supported ESX and ESXi Versions

ESX or ESXi Version Build Number Required Patches

4.0 Update 2 261974 None

4.1 260247 None

Table 1-4 lists the vShield Manager versions that are compatible with this version of Cloud Director.

Table 1-4. Supported vShield Manager Versions

vShield Manager Build Number Required Patches

4.1 287872 None

Supported VMware Cloud Director Server Host Platforms

Table 1-5 lists the server operating systems that are compatible with this version of Cloud Director.

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Table 1-5. Supported VMware Cloud Director Server Host Platforms

Operating System

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit), Update 4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit), Update 5

Table 1-6 lists additional software that must be installed on each Cloud Director server host. These packages

are typically installed by default with the operating system software. If any are missing, the installer fails with a diagnostic message.

Table 1-6. Required Software Packages

Package Name Package Name Package Name

alsa-lib libgcc libXtst

bash libICE module-init-tools

chkconfig libSM net-tools

compat-libcom_err libstdc pciutils

coreutils libX11 procps

findutils libXau redhat-lsb

glibc libXdmcp sed

grep libXext tar

initscripts libXi which

krb5-libs libXt

Supported Cloud Director Databases

Table 1-7 lists the database software products that are compatible with this version of Cloud Director.

Table 1-7. Supported Cloud Director Database Software

Database Software Required Patches

Oracle 10g Standard Edition Release 2 (10.2.0.x) None

Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition Release 2 (10.2.0.x) None

Oracle 11g Standard Edition (11.1.0.x) None

Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition (11.1.0.x) None

Disk Space Requirements

Each Cloud Director server host requires approximately 950MB of free space for the installation and log files.

Memory Requirements

Each Cloud Director server host must have at least 1GB of memory (2GB recommended).

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Contents

About This Book

Cloud Director Architecture

Configuration Planning

About the Cloud Director Database

Cloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements