Configure Smtp Settings - VMware CLOUD DIRECTOR 1.0 Admin Manual

Cloud Director Administrator's Guide
Table 9-1. General System Settings (Continued)
Name
Login Policy
Activity Log History to keep
Activity Log History shown
Display debug information
Idle Session Timeout
Maximum Session Timeout
Host Refresh Frequency
Host Hung Timeout
Chargeback Event History to Keep
Provide default vApp names
Allow Overlapping External
Networks
Enable Upload Quarantine with a
Timeout of __ seconds
Verify vCenter certificates

Configure SMTP Settings

Cloud Director requires an SMTP server to send user notifications and system alert emails to system users.
Organizations can use the system SMTP settings, or use custom SMTP settings.
Procedure
1 Click the Administration tab and click Email in the left pane.
2 Type the DNS host name or IP address of the SMTP mail server.
3 Type the SMTP server port number.
4 (Optional) If the SMTP server requires a user name, select the Requires authentication check box and
type the user name and password for the SMTP account.
5 Type an email address to appear as the sender for Cloud Director emails.
Cloud Director uses the sender's email address to send runtime and storage lease expiration alerts.
6 Type text to use as the subject prefix for Cloud Director emails.
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Category Description
Login Policy Select a login policy.
Activity Log Number of days of log history to keep before deleting it.
Type 0 to never delete logs.
Activity Log Number of days of log history to display.
Type 0 to show all activity.
Activity Log Enable this setting to display debug information in the
Cloud Director task log.
Miscellaneous Amount of time the Cloud Director application remains
active without user interaction.
Miscellaneous Maximum amount of time the Cloud Director application
remains active.
Miscellaneous How often Cloud Director checks whether its ESX/ESXi
hosts are accessible or inaccessible.
Miscellaneous Select the amount of time to wait before marking a host as
hung.
Miscellaneous Number of days of chargeback event history to keep
before deleting it.
Miscellaneous Select the check box to generate default names for vApps.
Miscellaneous Select the check box if you want to add external networks
that run on the same network segment.
You should only enable this setting if you are using non-
VLAN-based methods (for example, VMware vShield
Manager) to isolate your external networks.
Miscellaneous Select the check box and enter a timeout representing the
amount of time to quarantine uploaded files.
For more information about working with quarantined
files, see
Miscellaneous Select the check box to only allow Cloud Director to
communicate with trusted vCenter servers. Click Browse
to locate the JCEKS keystore and type the keystore
password.
"Monitoring Quarantined Files," on page 94.
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