Viewing site and virtual data center details
VMware Shared is no longer available for new deployments. Existing instances will continue to be 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 view property details for VMware Shared sites and virtual data centers. You can also review recommended services that are enabled or available for virtual data centers.
Procedure to view site details
- From the VMware Solutions console, click Resources > VMware Shared from the left navigation pane.
- In the VMware Shared table, click the site.
- Ensure that you are on the Summary tab to view the property details of a site.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Region | The IBM Cloud data center region where your organization is created and the organization password is maintained. |
| ID | The ID of the virtual data center. |
| Instances | The current number of virtual data center instances provisioned for the site. |
| Red Hat activation key | The activation key that you use to register the Red Hat virtual machine (VM). |
| Access controls | Options for IAM integration and setting the administrator password for the organization. |
Procedure to view virtual data center details
- Click the Virtual data centers tab to view the summary of each virtual data center.
- Click the virtual data center name to view the properties.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the virtual data center. |
| Type | The virtual data center type. |
| Deployment topology | A single-zone or multizone virtual data center. |
| Region | The IBM Cloud data center region where your organization is created and the organization password is maintained. |
| Location | The IBM Cloud data center where the virtual data center is hosted. |
| ID | The ID of the virtual data center. |
| Creation time | The date and time when the virtual data center was created, which is also when billing starts. |
| Red Hat activation key | The activation key that you use to register the Red Hat virtual machine (VM). |
Opening a support ticket for additional IP addresses or subnet
To request five additional public IP addresses or an entire subnet for your virtual data center, open an IBM Support ticket by following the steps in Getting help and support.
Include the following details in your support ticket:
- Virtual data center region and location
- Organization ID
- Virtual data center name
- Number of additional IP addresses required
- Specify whether you plan to use the additional IP addresses by using Network Address Translate through the virtual data center Edge Services Gateway or by directly assigning the IP address to a VM.
Viewing virtual data center resource reservation details
Under Resource reservation, view the total reserved virtual CPU (vCPU) and RAM for the virtual data center.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| vCPU limit | The limit or reserved amount of vCPU that can be used at any time by the virtual data center. |
| RAM limit | The limit or reserved amount of memory that can be used at any time by the virtual data center. |
Viewing virtual data center recommended services details
Click the Services tab to view the virtual data center recommended services details.
For more information about recommended services details, see Managing Veeam for VMware Shared virtual data centers and Managing Zerto for VMware Shared virtual data centers.