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Add a vCloud Director Connection to the Manager

You can add a vCloud Director connection using the Administration tab of the CA Virtual Assurance user interface.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the CA Virtual Assurance user interface from the Start menu. Click Administration, Configuration.

   The Configuration page appears.

2. Select vCloud Server from the Provisioning section in the left pane.

   The right pane refreshes and displays the managed vCloud Servers, associated vCloud AIM Servers, and the AIM Instance for the vCloud Server.

3. Click (Add) on the vCloud Servers pane toolbar.

   The Add vCloud Server dialog appears.

4. Enter the required connection data (server name, username, password, protocol, port), specify the preferred AIM, enable Managed Status (checkbox), and click OK.

   When specifying the username, you can use the following syntax to consider user roles and access levels:

   • System Administrator (Full access): administrator@System
   • Limit operation at the organization level and the role assignment (Organizational Access) username@organization_name

   If the network connection has been established successfully, the vCloud Server is added to the top right vCloud Servers pane with a green status icon. CA Virtual Assurance discovers the vCloud Server automatically.

   If the connection fails, the Validation Failed dialog appears. If you click Yes, CA Virtual Assurance adds the vCloud Server to the list with a red status icon indicating a connection failure. If you click No, nothing is added. For troubleshooting the connection, see Troubleshoot the vCloud Server Connection.

More information:

Troubleshoot the vCloud Server Connection

Add the AIM Instance for the vCloud Server

Verify the VMware vCloud Folder in the Resources Tree