Create a Data Center

Prerequisites:

— Make sure you have the corresponding permissions to create and manage data centers. By default, contract administrators and owners can create a data center.

— Only users with Create Data Center privilege can create a data center. For more information, see Set User Privileges for Data Center.

To create a data center, use one of the following options:

Option 1: From the left navigation panel

1. In the DCD, go to Virtual Data Centers > Create new. A drop-down window appears.

Create a Data Center

1. Provide the following details:

• Name: Enter a name to identify the data center uniquely.

• Region: From the drop-down list, choose the physical location of the data center that hosts your infrastructure.

• Description: (Optional) Add information that describes the Virtual Data Center (VDC).

• Create default network security group: Select the checkbox to associate a default security group with the data center. By default, a set of predefined security rules are applied to all Virtual Machines (VMs) created in that respective data center. You can also later customize the rules and members of a default security group.

1. Select Create to confirm.

Alternatively, you can also create a data center using the following options:

Option 2: From the DCD home page

• In the DCD, go to the My Virtual Data Centers section and click Create new.

• Provide the details to create a data center. For more information, see Step 2 in Create a Data Center.

• Select Create to confirm.

You can create a VDC right on the Dashboard

Result: The data center has been created and can be opened in the workspace. Your DCD dashboard displays the newly created VDC in My Virtual Data Centers.

Info: You can log in to the DCD and scale your infrastructure capacity. Alternatively, you can set defaults and create new resources when needed.

Next steps

After you create a Virtual Data Center (VDC) and are familiar with the primary areas of the DCD application, start navigating through the Data Center Designer to familiarize yourself with it before you configure the VDC.