General System Settings - vCloud Director

Cloud Director includes general system settings that you can modify to meet your needs.

General System Settings

Name	Category	Description
Synchronization Start Time	LDAP Synchronization	Time of day to start LDAP synchronization.
Synchronization Interval	LDAP Synchronization	The number of hours between LDAP synchronisations.
Login policy	Login Policy	Select a login policy.
Activity log history to keep	Activity Log	Number of days of log history to keep before deleting it. Type 0 to never delete logs.
Activity log history shown	Activity Log	Number of days of log history to display. Type 0 to show all activity.
Display debug information	Activity Log	Enable this setting to display debug information in the vCloud Director task log.
IP address release timeout	Networking	Number of seconds to keep released IP addresses on hold before making them available for allocation again. This default setting is 2 hours (7200 seconds) to allow old entries to expire from client ARP tables.
Allow Overlapping External Networks	Networking	Select the check box to add external networks that run on the same network segment. Enable this setting only if you are using non-VLAN-based methods (for example, VMware vShield Manager) to isolate your external networks.
Default syslog server settings for networks	Networking	Type IP addresses for up to two Syslog servers for networks to use. This setting does not apply to Syslog servers used by cloud cells.
Provider Locale	Localization	Select a locale for provider activity, including log entries, email alerts, and so on.
Idle session timeout	Miscellaneous	Amount of time the vCloud Director application remains active without user interaction.
Maximum session timeout	Miscellaneous	Maximum amount of time the vCloud Director application remains active.
Host refresh frequency	Miscellaneous	How often vCloud Director checks whether its ESX/ESXi hosts are accessible or inaccessible.
Host hung timeout	Miscellaneous	Select the amount of time to wait before marking a host as hung.
Transfer session timeout	Miscellaneous	Amount of time to wait before failing a paused or canceled upload task, for example upload media or upload vApp template. This timeout does not affect upload tasks that are in progress.
Chargeback Event History to Keep	Miscellaneous	Number of days of chargeback event history to keep before deleting it.
Chargeback Event Cleanup Start Time	Miscellaneous	Time of day to start chargeback event history cleanup.
Provide default vApp names	Miscellaneous	Select the check box to generate default names for vApps.
Enable upload quarantine with a timeout of __ seconds	Miscellaneous	Select the check box and enter a timeout number representing the amount of time to quarantine uploaded files. For more information about working with quarantined files, see Monitoring Quarantined Files.
Verify vCenter certificates	Miscellaneous	Select the check box to allow vCloud Director to communicate only with trusted vCenter servers. Click Browse to locate the JCEKS keystore and type the keystore password.

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