4.1.1 Software Media Files
In a vCloud,
ISO files
are
uploaded to a catalog,
as shown
in Figure 3. The catalog
belongs
to an organization that is backed by one or more organization
virtual datacenters
. These are
then backed by provider virtual datacenters.
A
provider virtual datacenter
comprises
a collection of compute resources,
including datastores. These media files might be private, public,
or shared with
named users.
Uploaded media files
are located on the compute resource associated with the organization virtual datacenter.
You can attach
them to existing virtual machines
or use them to install new virtual machines
with a process almost identical to the
vSphere procedure in Section 4.1.
A good catalog includes all commonly used operating systems, such as the various editions of Windows and common Linux distributions such as Red Hat, CentOS, or SUSE. Software media can consist of custom operating system builds, kickstart CDs, or software packages. There are no limits when including default operating system installation media.