exporting vcloud templates
Hello, I am running vcloud 5.1.1. I have a 550 GB Vapp template that I wish to export to Vcenter as vmx and vmdk file to use outside of Vcloud. The size of my transfer storage on vcloud server is only...
View ArticlevCD 5.1.1 transfer spooling?
Transfer operations in our environment, between vDC's or catalogs, that are backed by different vCenters in a cell, are causing the transfers to spool to ..../vcloud-director/tmp.....instead of the...
View ArticlevAPP Migrated VM
Hi, After migrating a VM from one vAPP to another I can't get the vm to connect to other vm's within the new vAPP. Trying to change the NIC on the VM generates this error:...
View ArticlevCloud Director New vApp Network Wizard problem
Hello, We have a problem with vCloud Director's "New vApp Network Wizard" page. The search box and pagination buttons does not work in attached screen. Moreover, it does not show more then 128 network...
View Articlevcd flex interface failing to load in Chrome
Our vcd 5.1 instal is not working with google chrome currently. I'm fully aware that the console plugin wont be working anytime soon and that's not what I'm talking about.. I'm able to login to the vcd...
View Articlevmware-vcd-watchdog runs as root
Hi, when I look at the processes of a vcd cell I see: root 3273 0.0 0.0 65964 1320 ? S Feb05 0:12 /bin/bash /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/bin/vmware-vcd-watchdogroot 3278 0.0...
View ArticleUnable to create vApp at vCloud 5.1
Hay to all,I have a problem with one of my lab enviroments.In this setup I have a 2 hosts cluster (bouth are ESXi 5.0 Update 1) and a vCenter Server 5.0 U2 to manage them.I installed vCloud 5.1 on them...
View ArticlevCloud Director 5.1 on a VM
Hi All, I am planning to install vCD on a VM (documentation does not say any thing about using a VM for vCD). Any best practices list to follow available? Thanks,Suneel
View ArticleExternal network cannot be deleted, Because it's in use !!
I wanted to delet the only two External networks in vCD 5.1, the first one was deleted successfully, but I couldn't delete the other one..it says it's in use!!though, I've deleted all its GW and the...
View ArticleRDM and NPIV Support in 5.1?
I was wondering if anyone knows whether RDM and NPIV are supported in 5.1? I'm pretty sure they weren't supported in 1.5 but please correct me if I am wrong. We really need some insight on these...
View ArticleEntity is busy completeing an operation
Hi, I have a vApp, in which I am merging and deleting vms.When I want to merge vms from another vApp into this vApp , I queue the vms to be merged. So that the vms are added into the vApp one by one,...
View ArticleError Powering On a VM- Unable to perform this action.
Hi, I am having trouble powering on vms and vApps, in vCloud.When a vm is powered on using code, it throws an exception- Unable to perform this action. Contact your vCloud administrator.And this also...
View ArticleVMRC disconnected issue
HiWhen I try to open a vApp within vCloud Director and use the VMRC to view the virtual machine the VMRC only shows a black screen (the options along the top i.e full console, etc are disabled). It...
View ArticleCan vShield Manager be cloned
I am being forced to play clean up in a live environment behind someone else and have run into a situation where the vshield manager for the environment is located in the compute cluster, not the...
View ArticleEnhance UI
I have been looking for a way to enhance the UI for director. I'm working in a fairly large environment and in doing so my team and I have found the interface to be extremely slow and almost...
View ArticleError: Transferring files at 100%
Hi, While configuring vCloud Director 1.5.1 I ran into the following issue: After trying to upload an ISO to the vCD I received the following error: "Failed, Transferring files" at 100% (see...
View ArticleProblem with vCloud Director/SDK when powering off VM/Vapp
When the PowerOff operation is triggered manually from vCloud GUI it is working fine.And when this operation is triggered using vCloud SDK, the operation is seen to be completed on ESX server.However,...
View Articlevcloud and heap size
Hello, was looking at this KB article yesterday http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004424 I am running ESX 5.1 with vcloud 5.1. Does...
View ArticlevCloud Director design with SRM
Hi folks, I'm currently at the tail end of the design phase for our vCloud hosted solution. Within a couple months after the deployment here in NY, I have to set up the DR/BC site. I will use SRM in...
View ArticleFailed renaming catalog item after copying to another catalog.
I have stumbled upon what appears to be a bug when copying a catalog item. After copying the catalog item some scripting which uses the query service failed to return a hit on the item name. From the...
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