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VMware vCloud Director Evaluator’s Guide
The compute resource for a Provider VDC comes from a vSphere cluster or resource pool. You can scale up a
Provider VDC by adding more ESXi/ESX servers to the vSphere clusters and adding more datastores to the
clusters. The maximum size of a Provider VDC is 32 hosts. Scaling up a Provider VDC is outside the scope of
this document.
Step 1: Create Provider VDC
Clickon“ManagerandMonitor”tab
Clickon“ProviderVDCs”
Clickon
buttontostartthewizardtocreatenewProviderVDC
Typeinthenameandanoptionaldescription
SelectthevCenterfromthelistSelecttheresourcepoolyouwishtousefortheProviderVDCYoucan
selectanyresourcepoolorclusterthatispartofanyvCenterserveraddedtoVMwarevCloudDirector
Figure 5-2-2. Select Resource Pool.
SelectthedatastoresyouwishtouseforthisProviderVDC
a YoucanselectmorethanonedatastoreIfyouhavetwodatastoresavailableforthisevaluationselect
oneofthedatastoresIfyouhavetwoormoredatastoresofdierentcharacteristicsyoucanselect
multipledatastoresofthesametypetoattachtothisProviderVDCforexampleFiberChannel
storage
b Click“Next”
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