By: David Davis
Last Spring, I published my vCloud Director Ultimate Resource Guide (URG). That guide was based on vCloud Director 1.5. Since then, VMware has released vCloud Director 5.1.1 (matching the revision number of vSphere 5.1), numerous enhancements to vCloud Director, and a number of other vCloud-related tools and resources. That guide superceded my Top Resources to Learn vCloud Director – August 2011.
Since the last version of this guide, I have verified each link and added a number of new resources. It is with joy that I offer you this update to the vCloud Director Ultimate Resource Guide (URG), as of March 2013…
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With hundreds of thousands VMware vSphere admins out there, resources to learn vSphere and troubleshoot vSphere are plentiful. However, those same vSphere admins are now making the push to try out and learn about vCloud Director. This guide is intended to be the ultimate vCloud Director Resource Guide, providing links to all the resources you need to learn about and troubleshoot vCD.
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I have broken this list of vCloud Director resources down into categories to help group similar resources together. Here you go:
VMware Official Resources
- VMware vCloud Product Page
- What’s New with vCloud Director 5.1
- VMware vCloud Director Documentation
- VMware vCloud Director Community Forum
- VMware vCloud Director Developer Community
- vCloud Director 5.1.1 Release Notes
- VMware vCloud Director Evaluator’s Guide (still based on 1.5)
- VMware vCloud Director Security Hardening Guide (still based on 1.5)
- Licensing VMware vCloud Director
VMware vCloud Blog
With hundreds of posts on the vCloud blog (most about vCloud Director), there are many resources but here are the most popular and some of the most recent:
- VMware vCenter vs. vCloud Director by David Davis
- Customizing vCloud Director 5.1 Logo and Style by Andrea Siviero
- Learn vCloud Director on a Shoestring by David Davis
- Backup and Restore of vCloud Director Consumer Workloads by Massimo Re Ferre’
- Getting Started with vCloud – Intro to vCloud Connector and Other Resources by Matt Sarrel
- vCloud Director Meets vShield App by Massimo Re Ferre’
- Stretched vCloud Director Infrastructure by Duncan Epping
vCloud Director Resources on the Web
- Virtual-Blog.com – Dave Hill’s Excellent VMware vCloud Director 101 Series
- Yellow-Bricks.com – New vCloud Suite Free Poster
- SearchVMware.com by David Davis – A vCloud Director Lab is within reach, even on virtual lab setups
- New Technical Whitepaper – VMware vCloud Director 5.1 Performance and Best Practices from Eric Sloof
- Chris Colotti.us offers so many vCloud Director posts they are tough to list. Two of the most recent are How to Run vCloud Connector 2.0 Hosted with NAT and How to Configure vCloud 5.1 Hybrid Cloud Site to Site VPN
- VMware Labs – CloudCleaner
- How to remote access a Linux GUI from a vCloud environment using a PC or an iPad?
- HyperVizor.com – Publishing the vCloud Director Portal on the Internet
- Integrating VMware vCloud Director with vShield Edge and vShield App
- Changing/Renewing your SSL certificates on vCloud Director Cells
- Advanced Guide: VMware vCloud Director in a Box (works on 4GB Laptops)
- KendrickColeman.com – VMware vCloud Networking – From Setup to Install
- KendrickColeman.com – How to Deploy an VM or vApp from vCloud Director
- KendrickColeman.com – Playing with CSS and vCloud Director
- KendrickColeman.com – How to Install VMware vCloud Director 5.1 From Beginning to End
- KendrickColeman.com – Understanding Lease Times in vCloud Director
- Book: Cloud Computing with VMware vCloud Director by John Arrasjid (VCDX #1), Duncan Epping, Steve Kaplan, Ben Jin, and Raman Veeramraju ** New edition is on the way
- Yellow-Bricks.com – Unloading the vCD Agent
- Yellow-Bricks.com – vCD Networking Part 1
- Yellow-Bricks.com – vCD Networking Part 2
- Yellow-Bricks.com – vCD Networking Part 3
- Yellow-Bricks.com – vCD Allocation Models
- Yellow-Bricks.com – Creating a vCD Lab on your Mac / Laptop
- FrankDenneman.com – Provider vCD- Cluster or Resource Pool?
- NTPro.NL / Eric Sloof – VMware vCloud Director Explained
- Hypervizor.com – Video Guide: Taking VMware vCloud Director for a spin… and on the go!
- Hypervizor.com – Designing your Private Cloud with VMware vCloud Director – part 1
- Hypervizor.com – Migrating your VMs from vSphere to vCloud Director and vice versa
- Hypervizor.com – vCloud Director Networking Architecture Diagram
- Hypervizor.com – vCloud Director Cell Architecture Diagram
- SearchVMware.com by Mike Laverick – Installing VMware vCloud Director -Databases and Certificate Experience
- SearchCloudComputing.com -Software and licensing requirements for vCloud Director by Mike Laverick
- SearchCloudComputing.com – Setting up VMware vCloud Director by Mike Laverick
- Deepak Puri, VMware’s Director of vCloud Business Development, speaks with Bluelock’s Bill Busch, Director of Strategic Partnerships, about “Building the Cloud for Tomorrow”
- VMwareTV – VMware vCloud Director for Service Providers
- VMware Cloud Management Capacity with Seth McClusky
- VMware Cloud Management Visibility with Seth McClusky
- VMware Cloud Management Health with Seth McClusky
- VMware Cloud Management Dashboard with Seth McClusky
- vCloud Director Setup – Part 1 by David Davis
- vCloud Director Setup – Part 2 by David Davis
- Eric Sloof – Using the VMware vCloud Connector
- VMwareKB – How to Install VMware vCenter Orchestrator Plug-in for vCloud Director
- VMwareTV – vCloud Director Product Demo
- VMware Meet the Engineer Video: vCloud Director Catalogs with Orran Krieger
- VMware Meet the Engineer Video: vCloud Director Networking with Anupam Dalal
- VMware Meet the Engineer Video: vCloud Director Security with Serge Maskalik
- VMware Meet the Engineer Video: vCloud Director Resource Management with Tichomir Tenev
- VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit with Steve Herrod and John Arrasjid, VCDX #001
- Understanding and using the Vware vCloud Director web interface
- How to configure Oracle databases for use with VMware vCloud Director
- How to install and configure vShield Manager for use with VMware vCloud Director
- How to install VMware vCloud Director on the first server
- How to create Sysprep packages for use with VMware vCloud Director
- How to attach a vCenter Server to VMware vCloud Director
- How to create a Provider Virtual Data Center in VMware vCloud Director
- How to create an Organization within VMware vCloud Director
- How to create External Networks in VMware vCloud Director
- How to create a Network Pool in VMware vCloud Director
- How to add a catalog to an Organization within VMware vCloud Director
- How to collect diagnostic information for VMware vCloud Director
- Video training by David Davis of TrainSignal – VMware vCloud Director Essentials
- Video training by Jake Robinson of TrainSignal – VMware vCloud Director Organizations
- Video training by VMware Education – VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals [v5.1]
- Instructor-led by VMware Education – vCloud Director Install, Configure, Manage [v5.1]
Stay tuned to the vCloud Blog and this blog post for the latest news and how-to on vCloud Director and be sure to follow @vCloud on Twitter for the latest vCloud updates!
Are there new resources that aren’t listed here? Do you have a great article or link that needs to be added? Post your comments to let me know and we’ll get the ultimate guide updated!
David Davis is a VMware Evangelist and vSphere Video Training Author for Train Signal. He has achieved CCIE, VCP,CISSP, and vExpert level status over his 15+ years in the IT industry. David has authored hundreds of articles on the Internet and nine different video training courses for TrainSignal.com including the popular vSphere 5 and vCloud Director video training courses. Learn more about David at his blog or on Twitter and check out a sample of his VMware vSphere video training course from TrainSignal.com.
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