Design of a vCloud environment
If I would like to design the environment for vCloud that can support at least 100 VM with say 2GB RAM and 2 CPUs each. How many hosts would I need and what sort of resources would I need for this?
View ArticlevCD 5.1.1 REST API Error
I am using the RESTClient firefox plugin to do some API testing against my vCD 5.1.1 installation. I can log in successfully, but then I always get the following error, no matter what REST operation I...
View ArticleProgrammatic VCloud provisioning - unable to customise vm when creating vapp...
I have a specific issue with VMs not respecting the hostname and IP address specified through the API. The vCloud Director portal appears to show the correct details but the instances themselves have...
View ArticleIs this design possible?
Hi I'm designing a vCloud environment and am wondering if the I can have vCloud Cells in different networks. The case is that we have a (number of) management VLANs in which the workstations of the...
View ArticleAdd vApp to catalog changes the IP Mode of the VM.
Hi,i'm trying to create a vApp Template from a vApp containing only 1 VM. The VM is directly connected to an Org network which is directly connected to an external network.I have configured the VM in...
View ArticlevCD console ip and VMRC functionality
Hello all, I am having an inordinate amount of trouble getting the VMRC to work from the vDC web gui. vApp thumbnails display, and update, but clicking on one to display the VMRC inevitably just...
View ArticlevCD 5.1 - allocating a vSphere port group to an Org?
I thought this would be easy (I distinctly remember this was a simple part of vCloud Director 1.5.x) but it doesn't seem to be so simple: How can I present a vSphere port group to an Organisation's vDC...
View ArticleDisable IPv6 in vCD 5.1
Hi All,After deploying vApp from template I go to hardware properties of my newly created machine and see only IPv6. This is slightly different than version 5.1 which showed IPv4 by default. Since IPv6...
View ArticleVMCI, vCloud and Windows Server 2003 32 or 64 Bit
Hi,When deploying a Window Server 2003 x86 or x64 machine from vCloud catalog it take 20-60 minutes. If I remove or disable the VMCI driver it takes 3-5 minutes.vCD Version: 1.5.1.622844HW version...
View ArticleTrying to Login into vCD 5.1 through SSO
Hi,I am trying to login into vCD 5.1 through SSO programatically, by SSOLogin.java sample code provided in vCloud API samples SDK. But, I am getting a "500 - No Error Report" exception on the...
View ArticleTest vCloud Director in Workstation 8
Hi I am trrying to evaluate vcloud director in workstation 8 before roll out. When I start the VM it errors saying please install in a valid vcenter server. If I import the ova into my ESX hosts within...
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Linux guest customization - CD left connected
Hi,I noticed recently that when you deploy a vApp with a Linux VM (CentOS 6.2 for example) and use customization the CD stays connected to customize-guest.iso in the VM's directory (same place as the...
View ArticlevCloud Director 5.1 console resolution
Hi Community Is it somehow possible to popout VMWare console in same resolution as local windows resolution ? when I open an OS in a console resolution is every time 1024 * 768. When I use RDC...
View ArticleClarification re: license upgrade
Ladies and Gents, I'm struggling to get a clear answer on my customer's behalf from the licensing team. Due to the history of use/purchases My customer has two separate license bundles under which...
View ArticleHow to deploy a VM to act as Firewall/Gateway for a LAN ?
Hello everyone, Im envolved with a new virtualization project, that will have some servers, includind a firewall. Each ESXi host have 4 NICs, 2 for vmotion e 2 for VM traffic. * The firewall will be a...
View ArticleInsufficient permissions or datastore has exceeded its file count limit.
Hi,i receive the following error message when i wanted to move a vApp from one vDC to another.Insufficient permissions or datastore has exceeded its file count limit.VirtualCenter task (moref:...
View ArticleGuest customization failed for Windows machines
Hello, I'm not sure if I should ask this question here, so please redirect me to the right place if needed. Sometimes guest customization fails for machines with Windows 2008 R2 x64.The logs doesn't...
View ArticleSharing an Internet port group to multiple organisations
Is it possible to have a vSphere port group that carries the internet made available to all organisations within vCloud Director AND sub-allocate IP addresses to the organisations? It seems that if I...
View ArticleUnexpected Guest OS Customization.
Hi,i'm using vCD 5.1 and two out of the threes Guest OS Customization options ("Enable guest customisation", "Change SID" and "Password Reset") changes for the VM in the vApp when i add the vApp to a...
View ArticleDisable Datastore in vCloud Director
I would like to disable a datastore, that no new VM will be provisioned to the datastore but the existing machines will still run on this store. In the VMWare Documentation I found the following for...
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