Overview
Following are minimum requirements for managing VMware vCloud Director using HyperCloud Portal
General
- VMware vCloud Director must be accessible to the HyperCloud™ Platform using FQDN.
- VMware vCloud Director must be configured with VMware NSX
- Network Pools must be backed by VxLAN.
Note: HCP VM deployment translates to 1 vApp in vCloud Director. Hence creates vApp networks when 1 VM is deployed via HyperCloud™ Platform.
- For connecting HyperCloud™ Platform to vCloud Director Organization only, ensure Org Admin User is configured with the Organization Administrator role.
Compute & Storage (Organization vDC)
- Minimum 1 Organization with 1 Organization VDC.
- Organization vDC must use Storage Policy, Network Pool must be backed by VxLAN i.e. greater than 1000 if deploying large number of VMs.
Virtual Networking
- Each organization vDC must have at least 1 Edge Gateway connected to Provider Network
- Provider Network must be configured and have a set of IP Pool for NATing HCP deployed VMs.
Important Note: HyperCloud™ Platform will assign and configure NAT on Edge Gateway using IPs from provider Network, if configured in HCP IP Pool.
- Each Organization must have at least 1 Organization Networks preconfigured.
- vApp Networks will be created by HyperCloud Portal using the Network Pool backed by VxLAN
Important Note: HCP deploys 1 vApp per VM and hence creates vApp networks for each VM.
VM templates
- VM Templates must be pre-created and added to vCD Public or Organization Catalog
- VM Template preparation: Refer Appendix-A and Appendix-B for VM Template preparation guidelines
Important Note: Multi-Tier vApp templates are no supported. This feature is available using HCP Blueprints.