Using vSphere 5.5, vCD 5.5, and vCAC 5.2*

How to Put Together a Private Cloud in a Lab

*This is simply an architectural overview. See the product guides for installation and configuration

Virtualize as much as you can Use evaluation software but time it right. If

you slowly build the lab, you may be battling w/ expiring evaluations before you even get started.

Have use-case scenarios already planned Bend it, break it, and learn. Oh yeah, make sure it’s truly isolated from

business-critical systems!

Create a Small footprint

At a Small Cost

Management Datacenter (vSphere)

vCloud Director (Single Cell) Resource Datacenter (vSphere)Virt-ESXi-2

Virt-ESXi-1

Provider vDC

vSphere ClusterOrg vDC

Org vDC

Administrators: https://vcd-cell.lab.net/cloud/org/Administrators/Developers: https://vcd-cell.lab.net/cloud/org/Developers/

Organizations vCenter appliance

vCAC

ESXi-Physical-2ESXi-Physical-1

vcd-cell vCAC vCNS VCSA Virt-

ESXi-1

Network Services

Windows w/ SQL Express

Openfiler

vCenter appliance

https://vcac.lab.net/vcac

Enterprise Group for

vCD

Enterprise Group for vSphere

Virt-ESXi-2

Note that the Enterprise Groups are drawing from the same bottom-line resources in vSphere. Obviously not to be done in a production environment.

VMs and Roles

vcd-cell

vCAC

VCSA

Virt-ESXi-1

MS SQL

Openfiler

VMs

vCNS

Name Role Details

VCSA vCenter Server (appliance) Manages vSphere environment

Virt-ESXi-1 ESXi Server Host for compute resources

Virt-ESXi-2 ESXi Server Host for compute resources

Openfiler Virtual NFS Filer Storage for all resources

vcd-cell vCloud Director Cell Single cell for vCD configuration and self-service

MS SQL Database for vCD and vCAC MS 2008 SQL Express

vCNS Network management Manages networking services for vCD, deploys edge devices

vCAC vCloud Automation Center Manages all aspects of vCAC

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