This article describes the steps required to configure service provider Accounts for VMware vSphere.
Prerequisites
- Administrative access to the Broker UI
- Accounts have been added
Accessing Accounts
- Log in to the Broker UI as an administrative user
- Navigate to Admin > Accounts
- Select the VMware tab
- A list of configured Accounts is displayed
- Click on the Account name or the View button to view details of the account
Account Operations
Management operations can be performed against an account. The following table lists the operations available.
| Operation | Description |
| View | Opens the account details |
| Test | Tests the configured credentials can access the account |
| Perform Inventory | Performs an inventory of resources within the account |
| Remove | Removes the account and its resource from the Broker database |
Details
The Details tab lists the details of the account as configured when the account was added.
Data Centers
The Data Centers tab lists the Data Centres created in vCenter and summarises data centre resources as discovered by the Broker.
Click on a Data Centre name or the View button to manage the selected data centre.
Refer to the article Managing Service Provider Regions - VMware for detailed steps.
VLAN Mappings
The VLAN Mappings tab lists the service provider regions which have mappings to configured environments.
Click View to review and modify the selected mapping.
Click Map to create new network mappings for the selected network.
Refer to the article Configuring Environment Network Mappings for detailed steps in creating network mappings.
Instances
The Instances tab lists virtual machine instances deployed to or discovered in the selected account.
Click the Instance name or the View button to view details about the instance.
Refer to the article Managing Cloud VMs for detailed steps in working with virtual machine instances.