Private cloud hosting
Hi all,I've got a small private cloud of 8 hosts running ESXi 5.1 on UCS blades with EMC storage. We have a project coming up in Singapore that will require just a couple of blades and I'm trying to...
View ArticleBlocking task during vApp Instantiate
Hello Everyone, We are currently calling the instantiate VAPP from the vCloud API and we want to do a blocking task before vApp Deploy so we can execute some scripts to modify the VMs before they...
View ArticleHow to get vSphere Name of a vCloud VM using VMware Tools Api
Hi,is it possible to get the "vSphere Name" of a virtual machine running a script into the Guest VM? ThanksRoberto Dus
View ArticleMove VM between vApps
Hello I'm looking at moving a VM from one vApp to another within the same Organisation vDC. It seems that, rather than a move, vCD is making a clone, registering the clone in the new vApp and then...
View ArticleZero downtime for vApp in vCloud Director
Hi Guys, Just want to your advice, is it possible to achieve Zero downtime for vApp within site.As I see we can have vSphere HA which will bring VMs up on within 5 minutes.But I have customer who needs...
View ArticleCan't modify network card type. API PUT virtualHardwareSecion/networkCards FAILS
I'm trying to modify the network interface card type using the API call and I'm getting an error. First, here's the call to retrieve the current information: GET:...
View ArticleEnabling fast-provisioning on OVDC breaks VAAI based fast-provisioning
I have an array that supports VAAI file based cloning. The vCloud settings do not seem to match up with the expected behavior. Here is what I am experiencing: Setup 1: VAAI for...
View ArticleLoad Balanced Cells. Are they really though??
I have implemented load balanced cells on a couple of cloud solutions now but I cant help thinking that load balanced is the wrong word to use.Redundant yes but load balanced? Whilst it is true that...
View ArticleProblem with VXLAN in Vcd/ VIB install
I am currently trying to prove a concept with VXLANs under VCD / Vshield Manager. I am running into a problem where I am receiving a error while I am trying to install the vib once the vxlan piece is...
View Articlevcloud transfer space cleanup
Hi, I’ve moved /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer to a NFS mount. I can upload ISO and OVF files successfully and they get imported.The spooling directory is not being cleaned up and transfers...
View ArticleExported vApp won't start when imported to player/workstation
I've exported vApps and imported them to Workstation/Fusion/Player successfully in the past when we were on VCD 1.5.x but haven't had to do it since upgrading to 5.x. We are currently on 5.1.2,...
View ArticleLoad Balancing vCloud Cells with vcns load balancer.
hello, I'm trying to get 2 vCloud director cells load balanced through a vSheild edge load balancer. I'm currently running vCloud director 5.1.0.810718 and vshield manager 5.1.2-943471. Both cells...
View ArticleRole right Administrator View does not work as expected
Has anyone else noticed that if you grant the role "General>Administrator View" that the user assigned to that role does not get any administrator view. If you grant the role...
View ArticleVapp Networks. Multiple allowed?
Hi AllI was under the impression that I could have multiple Vapp networks within a Vapp and that the servers in each Vapp network would be able to see the servers in other Vapp networks all within the...
View ArticleHot Clone VM and keep MAC address
HI all I have seen the powercli scripts to hot clone entire vApps from CLI, but I was wondering is it possible to hot clone a single VM to another vApp, change the vApp Network and keep its original...
View ArticleDeployments Fail When vCenter Chargeback isn't online
hey all, I am wondering if this should be happening...I feel like something is wrong with this picture. Whenever we take vCenter Chargeback Manager down for maintenance our development team is saying...
View Articlemouse performance of linux VM's when connecting to vcloud via RDP or citrix.
Hi Guys, I've just discovered an issue with our linux VM's (SUSE Linux) when you access vcloud via RDP or via our citrix presentation servers. The problem is the mouse performance is very jumpy....
View ArticleSo it looks like I've crashed my vCD Appliance...
My Lab Setup:2 Hosts in 1 cluster.4 nics in each.Both Esxi 5 hosts have the same 2 test luns presented to them (1TB each). What I did:Vmotioned all vm's from ESX1 to ESX2 and put ESX1 into maintenance...
View Articlepolling for listener instance xe. status ready
Hi, I have deployed Vcd 5.1 appliance and I am stucked with this message looping continuously from past 30 min, please help me out to resolve this issue "polling for listener instance xe. status ready"...
View ArticleManaging stranded items
Hi,I have stranded items in vCD.although I can find it in vSphere client and delete the object (for example, folder with one VM inside), i'm afraid that VM is in use for linked clone. What do you...
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