Manage multiple data centers via Multisite

Last update: August 21 2024

Manage multiple data centers via Multisite

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

With the Multisite feature, you can bind organizations to each other so that you can see and manage the resources of one organization in the Cloud Director panel of another. Users from one organization will have access to the other (linked) organization according to their role in the linked organization.

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

Link data centers

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

1. Configure connectivity in Cloud Director organization in St. Petersburg.
2. Configure connectivity in Cloud Director organization in Moscow.

Configure cohesion in the organization panel in St. Petersburg

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

Configure connectivity in the organization panel in Moscow

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