Adding an IP block

Requirements

• Be the administrative contact of your VMware on OVHcloud infrastructure to receive login credentials.
• Have a user account with access to vSphere (created in the OVHcloud Control Panel).

OVHcloud Control Panel Access

• Direct link: VMware vSphere
• Navigation path: Hosted Private Cloud > Managed VMware vSphere > Select your vSphere service

Instructions

Order an IP block

From the OVHcloud Control Panel, open the Network section in the left-hand navigation menu and then click IP. On the following screen, click + Order IPs.

• Select IPv4 as the address version.
• Choose your Hosted Private Cloud (VMware) environment in the dropdown menu.

• Choose the size of your IP block.

  As a reminder, here is a table listing the number of IPs present in a block, and the number of usable IPs.

  Block size	IPs in the block	IPs usable with OVHcloud
  28	16	11
  27	32	27
  26	64	59
  25	128	123
  24	256	251

  Please feel free to refer to our guide on the OVHcloud Network plugin to learn which IPs are reserved for your block and how they are used.

Once you have confirmed the final step, you will receive the purchase order for your IP block. If everything looks correct in the purchase order, you will simply need to pay the total using one of the payment methods listed at the bottom of the page, and your order will then be delivered.

Migrate an IP block between two Hosted Private Cloud solutions

To migrate an IP block, you will need to move the blocks manually via the OVHcloud APIv6.

Use the following API call:

You will need to fill in the fields as follows:

• ip: IP block with the /mask
• nexthop “newPrimaryIp” (case-sensitive)
• to: Target Hosted Private Cloud in the following form: pcc-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX

The result should look like this:

{
  "function": "genericMoveFloatingIp",
  "status": "todo",
  "taskId": 178970672
}

If you need to detach the IP block, you can use the following API call to move the IP into the "IP parking" section:

You can track the movement of your IP block in your VMware vSphere environment via the Operations tab.

The operation reference will be “removeIpRipeBlock”.

The IP section, you can use the Quick Filters button to Show IP addresses on Parking (unused) only.

Go further

For more information and tutorials, please see our other VMware on OVHcloud or Hosted Private Cloud guides. You can also explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.