Manage multiple data centers via Multisite

Last update: March 04 2024

Manage multiple data centers via Multisite

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

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

Only a user with the Organization Administrator role can bind organizations. To access the virtual datacenter in the linked organization, the 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 linking in Cloud Director organization in St. Petersburg.
2. Configure linking in Cloud Director of an 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 Panel: Cloud powered by VMware → Cloud Director.
2. Open the Administration tab.
3. Go to Settings → Multisite.
4. Press Download local data. The 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 Administration tab.
7. Go to Settings → Multisite.
8. Click New organization association.
9. Click UPLOAD and download the previously downloaded XML file.
10. Press 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 Panel: VMware-based Cloud → Cloud Director.
2. Open the Administration tab.
3. Go to Settings → Multisite.
4. Press 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 Administration tab.
7. Go to Settings → Multisite.
8. Click New organization association.
9. Click UPLOAD and download the previously downloaded XML file.
10. Press Create → Create and Close.