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Manage multiple data centers via Multisite

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Moscow virtual data center (vDC) resources are managed via the web panel of the Moscow VMware Cloud Director®, while resources in St. Petersburg are managed via the St. Petersburg web panel. Each Cloud Director has its own organization and user list.

Using the Multisite feature, you can link organizations to view and manage the resources of one organization in the Cloud Director panel of another. Users from one organization will gain access to the other (linked) organization according to their role in the linked organization.

Only a user with the Organization Administrator role can link organizations. To access a virtual data center in a linked organization, the Organization Administrator must create a user with the same name in both organizations.

The organizations will be added to the main page of the Moscow and St. Petersburg Cloud Director web panels.

  1. Configure connectivity in the Cloud Director organization in St. Petersburg.
  2. Configure connectivity in the Cloud Director organization in Moscow.
  1. In the Cloud Director panel, log in to the organization in St. Petersburg. You can go to Cloud Director from the control panel: in the top menu, click Products → VMware-based Cloud → section Cloud Director.
  2. Open the Administration tab.
  3. Go to the Settings → Multisite section.
  4. Click Download local data. The St. Petersburg organization data will be downloaded in XML format.
  5. Go to the account of the organization in Moscow.
  6. Open the Administration tab.
  7. Go to the Settings → Multisite section.
  8. Click New organization association.
  9. Click UPLOAD and upload the previously downloaded XML file.
  10. Click Create → Create and Close.
  1. In the Cloud Director panel, log in to the organization in Moscow. You can go to Cloud Director from the control panel: in the top menu, click Products → VMware-based Cloud → section Cloud Director.
  2. Open the Administration tab.
  3. Go to the Settings → Multisite section.
  4. Click Download local data. The Moscow organization data will be downloaded in XML format.
  5. Go to the account of the organization in St. Petersburg.
  6. Open the Administration tab.
  7. Go to the Settings → Multisite section.
  8. Click New organization association.
  9. Click UPLOAD and upload the previously downloaded XML file.
  10. Click Create → Create and Close.