Re: Move VM between vApps
Hi Venkat Yep, right clicking and using the Move To option does work. The problem I see with it is that, in the "back end", in vSphere, it's actually taking a clone of the VM, registering it in the...
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 ArticleRe: Zero downtime for vApp in vCloud Director
Can the resource/application be load balanced? If it has a back-end database does that support clustering?
View ArticleRe: Zero downtime for vApp in vCloud Director
Here it is oracle database which needs to be highly available, as application queries the database. I guess my question should have been how to make database highly available within site when vCloud...
View ArticleRe: Zero downtime for vApp in vCloud Director
Forget the fact it is in a vApp. If it were a physical server how would you do it? I don't know Oracle but I assume it has a clustering mechanism. Two servers each with a copy of the database, some...
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 ArticleRe: Enabling fast-provisioning on OVDC breaks VAAI based fast-provisioning
Hi Jason, Did you get anywhere with this as I am experiencing the exact same issue?? Our issue is compounded further in that we have one datastore that does not support VAAI offload so disabling fast...
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 ArticleRe: Load Balanced Cells. Are they really though??
Let's take a look at two points of view. Clients to vCloud and vCloud to vCenter. Clients to vCloud: The inbound volume is actually load balanced as per your definition on the Load Balancer (F5,...
View ArticleRe: Enabling fast-provisioning on OVDC breaks VAAI based fast-provisioning
I have not. The only workaround I have found is to not use VAAI based clones which is not ideal. I suggest you put in a support ticket so they fix this problem. -Jason
View ArticleRe: Problem downloading Catalog OVF - Firewall issue?
I have that set to our public nat address. that address is not accessible inside the firewall. could that be an issue?
View ArticleRe: Problem downloading Catalog OVF - Firewall issue?
yes. basically the import/export is using that value to generate a link. then the client attempts to grab or post contents to that link. if you can't access that URL from your current system, then I...
View ArticleRe: Problem downloading Catalog OVF - Firewall issue?
thanks for the response. according to our network team, internally accessible nats are an old practice they are looking to get away from.
View ArticleRe: Load Balanced Cells. Are they really though??
--Norton-- wrote: Whilst it is true that the network load balancer can balance the network requests across the 2 or more cells from what I've read only one of those cells can actually utilise vCenter...
View ArticleRe: VMRC plugin does not work properly in IE 8.0. Works fine in Firefox
It's hard to tell from the logs, but your IE security settings are the most likely culprit. The right settings can be found in the "Resolution" section of this KB: VMware KB: Troubleshooting virtual...
View ArticleRe: Private cloud hosting
The best way I know of to find vCloud service providers in a particular location is this tool: http://vcloudproviders.vmware.com/vcloud_ecosystem You may have to do a bit of research to find out if any...
View ArticleRe: VMRC plugin does not work properly in IE 8.0. Works fine in Firefox
Have you tried running IE as administrator? I used to face this problem with mozilla and when i ran it as Administrator it used to work fine.
View ArticleRe: VMRC plugin does not work properly in IE 8.0. Works fine in Firefox
The fix is to put the vCloud Direcotr console portal address in the proxy exclusion list. We need to put exact address in the list. put something like *.contoso.int will not work. After add...
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 ArticleRe: Problem with VXLAN in Vcd/ VIB install
What error did you run into while installing it manually?
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