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# Set up cloud accounts for VMware

# Set up cloud accounts for VMware {#vmware-cloud-accts-cloud-mgt__title-vmware-cloud-accts}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

A cloud account is the logical representation in Cloud Provisioning and Governance of all or part of your managed cloud infrastructure. A cloud account can include multiple service accounts --- even service accounts from different providers. For each service account, you specify which datacenters to include in the cloud account.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn_cmp.cloud_admin

## About this task

See [Cloud accounts](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/jY63f3WTbpyhztut72ZSKQ "A cloud account is the logical representation in Cloud Provisioning and Governance of all or part of your managed cloud infrastructure. A cloud account can include multiple service accounts — even service accounts from different providers. For each service account, you specify which datacenters to include in the cloud account.") for detailed information.

## Procedure

1. In the Cloud Admin Portal, navigate to ManageCloud Accounts.
2. Click New, enter a unique and meaningful Name and Description, and then select the cloud Provider for the account (VMware vCenter).  
3. Click Next.  
   Based on the provider you select, the Service Account field is populated and a list of discovered datacenters appears. If no datacenters appear, click Discover Datacenters to find them. See [Discover all datacenters in a service account on-demand](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/baoNsyxuckTzCZvrceWhmw "After you set up a service account, run Discovery to populate the datacenters in the account.") for details.
4. Select one or more datacenters to associate with the cloud account, click Save, and then close the popup.  
   The Cloud Account dashboard appears. The datacenters that you selected appear on the Datacenters tab.
5. Click a datacenter.  
   The following lists appear:
   * Resources: Cloud resources for the current datacenter. Run Discovery to populate the CMDB for the datacenter and populate the tab. See [Discover all datacenters in a service account on-demand](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/baoNsyxuckTzCZvrceWhmw "After you set up a service account, run Discovery to populate the datacenters in the account.").
   * Capacity Limits: Limits on virtual CPUs, virtual networks, storage volume size, and other services. [Set capacity limits on user requests for resources](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/_1Xlmf0gJ8W2l3HnVV8PDg "Capacity limits place restrictions on the attributes of cloud resources such as the number of virtual machines, virtual CPUs, or aggregate storage. You can set limits on resources separately for each logical datacenter in a cloud account.")
   * Discovery Log: The process creates a log record for each action in an datacenter.

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   Note:  
   If you are on a domain separated instance, only those events that are
   updated to the CMDB and belong to your domain are visible. Events create
   configuration items (CI) in the same domain as the cloud service account
   they are mapped to.

## What to do next

Repeat the process to create additional cloud accounts as needed. Run Discovery and set capacity limits for each datacenter.

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