VMware vCloud Director Cookbook

Creating multiple vCD Cells for the same vCloud

In this section we will create a second vCD Cell without a need for load balancing.

Getting ready

We will need the following:

• RedHat Linux VM (RHEL) 5 or 6 (6.3 is the highest version with vCD 5.1.2)
• vCloud Director Binary
• vCD shared directory (NFS)
• Root credentials for RHEL VM

How to do it...

We will now configure a second cell without load balancing.

Preparation of the first cell

Perform the following steps as a preparation of the first cell:

1. Log in to the existing first cell.
2. Gain root access if you haven't already.
3. Run the following command to copy the Config files to the shared directory:

   cd /opt/vmware/vcloud-director
   cp etc/responses.properties data/transfer
   chown vcloud:vcloud data/transfer/responses.properties ...