Re: Migrating VMs out of vCD and back into a standard ESXi cluster cleanly?
I said I was gonna put together some workflows for this and I think I have this working fairly cleanly. These are the steps I am performing: 1. Remove any snapshots2. Consolidate disks3. Backup...
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director - VM Redeployment and placement on ESXi hosts
redeploy means put the host into maintenance mode. DRS will make the choices based off of vMotion compatibility. 1. does the host have the vCD agent installed and enabled?2. does the host have access...
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i want to learn that what is the vmware services like Microsoft Azure . i want to try services . is there any services on vmware like azure and how to use it
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VMware sells vCloud Director, and vCloud Automation Center to allow you (the customer) to create your own clouds - private or public facing. If you just want to hook into a service already existing...
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Here is some references: http://www.vmwarelearning.com/qBGb/introduction-to-vcloud-air-formerly-known-as-vcloud-hybrid-service/VMware vCloud Air: Overview | United StatesCloud computing and...
View ArticleRe: When Does Guest Customization Run?
This was helpful, I think I know what triggered the re-customization. I needed to increase the disk size of the VM, and we are using linked clones so I had to power it off and run a consolidate. I...
View ArticleRe: When Does Guest Customization Run?
I think there are some bugs where customization will trigger on trivial or changes that don't require it. There was one where the marker file wasn't updating in the VM metadata, so it would customize...
View ArticleRe: Console proxy never works.
If you use an auth proxy or reverse proxy, that's gunna bugger things up. Also, verify that the client can connect to TCP 443 on the vCD Cell through 1. the public console proxy address (if not null)2....
View ArticleRe: Active Directory Move
oh hot dang. vCD isn't that bad to move as an application (cells only). you can provision a new cell in the now location/ip/naming convention, and bring it into the vCD clustering. then deprecate an...
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Can you please describe the process to how this things gonna work. or how can i conifgure it.
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View ArticleMonitoring vcloud director resources
Hi All,I implemented and configured vcloud director 5.5 . Now i am in Need of any monitoring tool which can monitor the vcloud resources and there components like cells, org vdc and vapp etc. is there...
View ArticleVcloud director 5.5 appliance
Hi does VCD 5.5 VA requires any licence does it expire in anyway i am trying to build a home lab to test. Thanks for any info
View ArticleRe: Vcloud director 5.5 appliance
Yes , vcd 5.5 required the license, trial version expires in 60 days. You can download it via vmware website after entering your vmware login credentials. Trial version is absolutely free.
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thanks for the info where do you enter the licence for vcd 5.5 appliance?
View ArticleRe: Vcloud director 5.5 appliance
You need to fill the license key when configuring the vcd for first time. You can also changed it later too..
View ArticleOriginal IP address is not retained when deploying a vApp
Hi all I need to import VMs into a vApp in vCloud Director, and when I deploy from the templates, I need the VMs to retain their original IP addresses.Can this be done, as I'm seeing an extra NIC being...
View ArticleRe: Original IP address is not retained when deploying a vApp
How about turning off the guest customization? RegardsGirish
View Articlemigrate VM from different vCloud Director
Hi, We are planning to move/migrate our vCloud Director VMs from vCloud Director 1.5 to vCloud Director 5.5. The challenges are we will using new environment (build new platform) which means, different...
View ArticleRe: Original IP address is not retained when deploying a vApp
Thanks Raog, I started testing turning this off, but a new network adapter is still being added, using DHCP as default.
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