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Accessing the VMware Cloud Director Management console

Accessing the VMware Cloud Director Management console

VMware Shared is no longer available for new deployments. Existing instances are supported until 15 January 2025. Ensure that you migrate all your VMware Shared resources to IBM Cloud® for VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service by 15 January 2025. For more information, see End of Support for VMware Shared deployments.

You can use the VMware Cloud Director Management console to manage the IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions Shared virtual data centers. You can access the VMware Cloud Director console from the virtual data center details page.

Before you begin

  • The first time that you access the VMware Cloud Director console for the virtual data center region, you must set the admin credentials to generate an initial, complex, and random password. After the first admin password is generated, the VMware Cloud Director console option is enabled on the virtual data center details page.
  • You do not need to generate an admin password for each virtual data center. Reuse the same password for all virtual data centers in the same region.

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions does not store the admin password. After a password is generated, you must capture it. If the password is lost or you get locked out of your account, you can generate a new password at any time.

Procedure to access the VMware Cloud Director Management console

  1. From the Properties pane on the site details page, click Set Site Admin Password to generate a random password.

  2. On the upper right of the site details page, click VMware Cloud Director console to access the console.

  3. Use the admin username and password to log in to the VMware Cloud Director console.

    After the admin is logged in to the VMware Cloud Director console, you can create extra users who have roles that allow them to access the VMware Cloud Director console.

    All virtual data centers in the same region have the same admin password. Resetting the password on a virtual data center resets the admin password for accessing the VMware Cloud Director Management console for all virtual data centers in the same region.