Using VCO to assign external IP addresses on vApp deployment.
A while back Christophe wrote an article on the vcoteam site explaining how to use the AMQP integration to extend vCD functionality in VCO (link here: Extend vCloud Director with vCenter Orchestrator)....
View ArticleRe: start menu and task bar missing when RDP into win vm in unity mode
bgarner wrote: I would be happy with a way to script changing the vm from unity to single window mode. Ideally this would be from within the guest but a host script would also work. The following is a...
View ArticleRe: vMotion and large VM memory configurations
If you are only going to run 1 VM, why do you have to have a reservation set? Just turn off the reservation. You may be getting the error because of the Admission Control Policy settings. There has...
View ArticleRe: Compress CVD or Layer size?
That's the right place to what Robert is referring to. You can change the frequency of snapshots.
View ArticleRe: Using VCO to assign external IP addresses on vApp deployment.
You simply configure the VM's network connection to use a MANUAL ip address in vCD, then provide that detail from your IPAM solution. Take a look at my Custom Deploy vApp package & workflow on the...
View ArticleRe: List VMs in DRS Group
For anyone referring in the future, here is some fairly primitive code that should work (nearly) out of the box. This was quickly pulled and edited from a larger script, but should be ok. foreach my...
View ArticleRe: VdcStorageProfiles missing in Orgvdc object (version5.1)
I wonder if there needs to be an intermediary step to first create an instance of the storage profile. The search-cloud statement returns one instance of "myProfile" for every Org that uses it - each...
View ArticleRe: How to migrate hosts from one vCenter to another with vDS?
In 5.1 you can export and import the configuration settings listed here, but you will be unable to do that in your case.VDS Export/Import with PowerCLI | VMware PowerCLI Blog - VMware Blogs It appears...
View ArticleRe: Host disconnect after few minutes
Also make sure that you do not have any firewalls or networking in front of it that could be causing timeouts.
View ArticleRe: vMotion and large VM memory configurations
Hello, Thanks for the answer. I have set the memory reservation in order to save the ~500GB swap file created... with all my big VM servers, I am saving TB of space with way.I had the same idea about...
View ArticlePowerCLI translation to Perl? (Add VM to DRS Rule)
I am working on a script and a PowerCLI commandlet seems to already be written for it. The script adds an existing vm to an existing DRS Rule. Here is the code for the commandlet I would like to...
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Re: Issue with Remove-VDSwitchVMHost
The command works great if your esx host is up and has the links defined in the vDS. The issus only presents itself when you rebuild a host. The switch hangs on to the old configuration. I have 2...
View ArticleRe: Identify SRM Placeholders
While it's not foolproof, you'll find that placeholder VMs don't return anything when you do a Get-HardDisk on them so you could try something like this. Get-VM | ? {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOff" -and...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Web client : Remote Console plugin is not properly installed.
Thanks for the solution, worked perfectly when I clicked the Compatibility Mode.
View ArticleRe: start menu and task bar missing when RDP into win vm in unity mode
Hey WoodyZ thanks for the AppleScript UI scripting solution! I guess I'm a bit more picky and am not wanting to script against the fusion UI If I can avoid that. I looked at all the vmrun options and...
View ArticleRe: Issue with Remove-VDSwitchVMHost
This returns nothing when the freshly rebuilt host is reattached to vCenter: get-vmhost $vmhost | Get-VDSwitchMaking it appear that the host has no vDS config (which is true at this point) Querying the...
View ArticleRe: How to migrate hosts from one vCenter to another with vDS?
Thanks for you links, they are very helpful. I thought that I was running 5 on the old vCenter but I was actually running 5.1 build 1123961. However, I am not able to find the "Actiion" menu on 5.1...
View ArticleRe: Script per spegnimento ESXi 5.1 con VSA
Ciao calenzano, ti rimando a questa KB che spiega bene la soluzione: VMware KB: Performing a controlled power down of a VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) 5.1 clusterQui trovi invece tutte le...
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