Re: vCloud LDAP Architecture
each organization can have a dedicated LDAP connector instance to a different domain, dc, whatever you want. Just know it's a strict LDAP search engine (e.g. we don't adhere to MSDS hierarchy stuff)....
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Ahh, I see. So I can have a separate LDAP for my external cloud customers, while still maintaining my internal LDAP for my internal people / organizations? Would this be the recommended architecture...
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though you could use the global catalog port, so long as all the required attributes are replicated to it.
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> Ahh, I see. So I can have a separate LDAP for my external cloud customers, while still maintaining my internal LDAP for my internal people / organizations?Yes, this is entirely possible. Each...
View ArticleRe: Provider Virtual Datacenters and ESXi Compute Clusters
OK thanks. So I would always have a one-to-one relationship then between one provider virtual datacenter and one compute cluster resource pool?
View ArticleRe: Provider Virtual Datacenters and ESXi Compute Clusters
A provider virtual datacenter (pVDC) links to one resource pool in a standard simple setup. Many times that resource pool is the ROOT resource pool of a cluster, but it does not have to be.You can...
View ArticleThick provisioned eager zeroed supported in vCloud Director 5.1?
Hi Is it possible to get vCloud Director to use and create VMDKs that are EZT, thick provisioned eager zeroed? Regards/Tony
View Article2TB drive showing as MB in vCloud
I have a VM that moved into a vCloud vApp from vCenter that has a 2TB drive, as shown in the vSphere client. If I look at the properties in vCD it shows the size as 2097151 MB. This results is any...
View ArticlevCD 5.1.x Supported LDAP Servers
Is Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 domain controller a supported LDAP server? Thx
View ArticleUnable to change Datastore disk space threshold - vCloud Director 5.5
Good afternoon everyone, Just finished installing my vCloud instance and now I'd like to change the "disk space thresholds" for a datastore cluster.The thing is: I can't. The buttons and boxes to do so...
View ArticleRe: Unable to change Datastore disk space threshold - vCloud Director 5.5
you don't change them there. thresholds are not configured in the provider. Manage & Monitor > Datastores > Right Click > Properties.
View ArticleRe: Unable to change Datastore disk space threshold - vCloud Director 5.5
Sorry everyone. Just found the correct path: Manage & Monitor > vSphere Resources > Datastore & Datastore Cluster > Open_datastore Instead of: Manage & Monitor > Provider VDC...
View ArticleRe: vCD 5.1.x Supported LDAP Servers
It should work just fine. Windows 2012 AD LDS should be LDAP v3 compliant, which is what I typically look for in an LDAP server.
View ArticleNo hosts accessible to VDC
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2064580 Hello, I'm getting the alert in the image attached when trying to create my first Provider...
View ArticleRe: No hosts accessible to VDC
well, the easiest thing to do is provide a screen capture of the Manage & Monitor > hosts section. I think you have to go through this at least once, to make them available. then reboot the...
View ArticleRe: Thick provisioned eager zeroed supported in vCloud Director 5.1?
We have HP 3Par FC storage. And best practice is to use Thick provisioned eager zeroed on the VM vmdk's according to HP.Are there any way or tweek to get vCloud Director to create the VM's as above...
View ArticleRe: No hosts accessible to VDC
The screenshot attached definitely seems to indicate that the issue is with the agent being missing from the autodeploy image, doesn't that directly contradict the KB article below?...
View ArticleRe: Thick provisioned eager zeroed supported in vCloud Director 5.1?
vCloud does appear to have this limitation (unless someone knows a trick I don't see) -- however; if you import a VM from vSphere that already has eagar thick it appears to stay that way when the VM is...
View ArticleQuestion about Merging Provider vDCs
background - have a large cluster (vCloud) of Dell R620 running esxi 5.1 U2 and vCD 5.1.3. Need to increase our capacity and have some HP DL580s that we want to add but they are different proc level...
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