Storage Reporting
We are currently using VCD as our internal self service lab. As a previous lab manager, we where able to storage usage information on each VM. Is there any mechanism in VCD to view which machines are...
View ArticleRe: people could steal IPs from the other VMs in the same organization...
According to the document https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vshield_55_api.pdf on page 185, the IP change can be approved via API, we could get the list of the IP changes by: GET...
View ArticleRe: restrict access to cloud director admin portal...
how about the java web server for vCloud Director itself? Is there a way that we could do something there for the access control?
View ArticleRe: post-upgrade to vCloud Director 5.5 - Catalogs' status 'Unknown'
Have you attempted to add anything to this catalog as of yet? import an ISO from vCenter ... something? I think immediately after the upgrade we might purge some old jobs, which I think this status...
View ArticleVMware vCloud director vs VMware Horizon View
Whats the main difference between these 2 products? Does one complement the other? In terms of a storage infrastructure, is vCloud a director used to create a IaaS solution and Horizon View used to...
View Articlevm-host affinity rule in Vcloud managed cluster.
Hi all, I have a DRS automated Cluster in which we want to create a vm-host affinity rule. This cluster is added to Vcloud director. Can we create a VM-Host Affinity rule on the cluster added to Vcloud...
View ArticleRe: vm-host affinity rule in Vcloud managed cluster.
There is nothing stopping you from doing this. But they will only persist as long as that specific VM exists. e.g. if you copy this one to catalog, the resulting VM will not have the same affinity...
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Re: restrict access to cloud director admin portal...
Jetty is the java web server used for vCD. There is an IP Address Handler built-in there, see:IP Access HandlerI suppose you can just add what you like to the jetty-ipaccess.xml file, see:...
View ArticleRe: restrict access to cloud director admin portal...
Hi Chrigolifyi, i cant find this xml file on my vcloud cells...
View ArticleRe: VMware vCloud Director Storage Infrastructure design considerations
hi truetaurus, you can use any supported storage or storage protocol, your storage is supported since vSphere 5.0 U3...(VMware Compatibility Guide: Storage/SAN Search (keyword VNX5300))storage pool for...
View ArticleRe: Change vCloud Director virtual machine properties
i think actually you cant change anything on you vcloud vms via the vcloud powercli, you can only start-civm/stop-civm/stop-civmguest/suspend-civm your civm'sexample: Get-CIVapp "vappname" | get-civ...
View ArticleRe: I want my VM to be on a particular storage profile through vCD REST API...
hi i have found a example in the VMware vCloud Director Documentation CenterRequest:PUT https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vm-4 Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vm+xml...<?xml...
View ArticleRe: vApp deployment and NAT rules retention
i hope that i understand your situation correctly, you can retrieve and change settings from the network section of an vapp via the rest...
View ArticleRe: vApp deployment and NAT rules retention
A little more detail might be needed in your example, the rules are suppose to stay, if they are not open a case with support.That said a few things can cause them to go away, and is expected behavior:...
View ArticleRe: vCD 5.5 public catalog issue
when you shared the catalog, did you share to "All Other Organizations"? If so, please remove this option and share to each organization individually. There is an issue in 5.5 in catalog sharing...
View ArticleRe: VMware vCloud Director Storage Infrastructure design considerations
In terms of the disks, what would you recommend? how many disks and what types/sizes?
View ArticleRe: VMware vCloud Director Storage Infrastructure design considerations
No. of Disks totally depends on your requirement. if you want to go with diffrent tiers of storage you will have to buy SATA/FC/SSD disks depending on your requiremnet. Put them in certain storage...
View ArticleRe: VMware vCloud Director Storage Infrastructure design considerations
i see thanks. Any recommendations for 600 virtual desktops at 30 IOPS each?
View ArticleRe: VMware vCloud Director Storage Infrastructure design considerations
Like how you need an architect to design your virtualization environment, an architect has to sit and size the storage. For example you need 30 IOPS for 600 machines. That is 600*30 at an average which...
View ArticleIs there any auto scalling in vCloud director
Hai, I'm new with vCloud Director, is there any auto-scalling in vCloud director such as we set the limit of memory are 90% use it auto add the memory went a memory get over it limit.Is there such...
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