In this video I’ll show how to deploy the vCloud Connector virtual appliance and connect it to a vCenter server instance. vCloud Connector (vCC) allows the vSphere Administrators to use their familiar vSphere Client as a single pane-of-glass view across hybrid clouds. It’s also a great tool when you have to transfer virtual machines between multiple vCenter servers.
They can perform the following operations
- See a list of virtual machines, vApps, virtual machine templates, and vApp templates on vSphere and vCloud Director-based private and public clouds (including vCloud Datacenter Services).
- Copy virtual machines, vApps, virtual machine templates, and vApp templates between vSphere and vCloud Director-based private and public clouds.
- Perform basic operations (for example, power on/off, suspend, reset, delete) on virtual machines and vApps in vSphere and vCloud Director-based private and public clouds.
- Deploy vApp templates as vApps (fenced mode) in vCloud Director-based private and public clouds.
- Access vCloud vApp consoles
- Directly launch the vCloud URL
This video is also added to my iTunes channel which can be found at Online VMware Training. It looks great on an iPad.
Follow-up "Video – Using the vCloud Connector"
