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vCenter Server as Resource Pool Provider for vCloud

You can configure the role of vCenter Server to serve as the resource pool provider for vCloud. In this case, vCenter Server provides the compute and memory resources for vCloud to create VMs. This resource pool appears in vCloud as the 'Provider vDC'.

As a result of this configuration, the VMs of this resource pool appear in the CA Virtual Assurance Explore pane in the vCenter object hierarchy and in the vCloud object hierarchy. The Summary panel of such a VM shows the same information under vCloud as under the vCenter Server:

• Performance Chart
• General Information
• Overview (Status information of monitored resources)
• CPU and Memory Usage (Threshold configuration supported in vCenter Server only)
• Disk Usage

The set of operations that you can apply to these VMs is limited in both environments, vCloud and vCenter Server. This limited set of operations prevents vCenter and vCloud to become out-of-sync. For example, you cannot power off a VM under the vCenter Server while the parent vApp of that VM is running in vCloud. You can only power off such a VM through powering off the vApp in vCloud.

Valid VM operations are as follows:

• Deploy Monitoring Software
• Manage Automation Rules
• Configure Server Metrics Collection
• Configure Threshold Settings

If a VM is created in vCloud without a connection to a vCenter Server, the Summary pane shows the following information only:

• Item Type
• Name
• Operating Status