Disable Guest OS customisation by default
Hi it is possible to disable by default for templates? or how to prevent it from executing during deployment of templates
View ArticlePowerCLI scripts using REST returning errors
I have a script for editing VMs in vCloud director. All it has to do is set RAM, CPUs, extend the harddisk, and enable hotadd for RAM and CPU. It works sometimes, and sometimes the errors it returns...
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When you add a vApp to Catalog, the settings are inherited from the VMs/vApp you are capturing. If Guest OS Customization (GOSC) was turned off when captured, that setting will persist as is. I find...
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director - OVF upload fails
Generally speaking this is what's going to happen when you attempt to upload a file. 1. you click the button in the vCD GUI2. A Java Applet loads so you can locate the files on your local system3....
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Update: I've found that if i remove the Set-CIHA function the script runs successfully. So I can GET and PUT when editing RAM, CPUs, and disksize. Theres just something wrong with setting HotAdd. Its...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Guest Customization - Disabling the administrator account
Our Environment has been updated to VCD 5.6.4 and now when our Windows 8.1 VM's go thru guest customization the administrator account is disabled. Looks like guest customization completes but doesn't...
View ArticleRe: Windows 8.1 Guest Customization - Disabling the administrator account
I think this is because we call sysprep with the /generalize operand (as well as some others). In client versions of windows, this will lock/disable the built in administrator account. Are you...
View ArticleRe: Disable Guest OS customisation by default
tthanks for the tip how do you turn of GOSC in vm level?based on this quote "the settings are inherited from the VMs/vApp you are capturing. If Guest OS Customization (GOSC) was turned off when...
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director - OVF upload fails
Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation. I managed to get the IP of the URL and changed the hosts file accordingly, now I just get the message "failed connect to host x.x.x.x on port 443". Web UI...
View ArticleRe: Windows 8.1 Guest Customization - Disabling the administrator account
Yeah, this confirms the reseal parameters passed to sysprep as "/quiet /generalize /oobe /reboot" So what might be happening, could just be a result of sysprep + settings used ... not saying there...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI scripts using REST returning errors
I was finally able to get this to work by just creating two separate scripts: one for editing cpus, ram, and disk size and another for setting the HotAdd function. I'm not sure why the single script...
View ArticleRe: Windows 8.1 Guest Customization - Disabling the administrator account
Good Morning, Thanks for your help but still no luck. I tried both suggestions. We are doing both generating a new password and rolling the sid. I have an open case with GSS and have sent the logs.
View ArticlevCD 5.6.4 upload and console - problems with browsers
Hi,1. I have a few problems with my browsers when using vCD 5.6.4 to upload some files.I noticed that only FF supports upload by VMware Client Support Plug-in (5.5.0.41167). But it does not always...
View ArticleMigrating to vCloud 5.5 from vSphere4
We are migrating a large number of VMs from vSphere 4 to vCD 5.5. Many systems migrate without issues, but a significant number migrate OK and boot the first time but after updating VMware tools when...
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Thank you for taking the time to post this - you have saved me having to roll back changes that took *the whole day* to implement Legend! Mark
View ArticleError in adding host to vCloud Director 5.5.
In our vCloud Director 5.5, we have added vcenter server through which ESXi Host are visible. however while preparing the ESXi host for vCloud Director i.e. installing vcloud agent it stucks in...
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Hi, Can you please confirm VC and Host Version ? "we did manual uninstallation and reinstalling the vcloud director agent we are getting error message" What is the message saying ? Screenshot would...
View ArticleRe: vCD 5.6.4 upload and console - problems with browsers
I thought from the release notes that Chrome was no longer supported for 5.6.4.
View ArticleRe: vCD 5.6.4 upload and console - problems with browsers
VMware vCloud Director for Service Providers 5.6.4 Release Notes Attempts to open a virtual machine console on Google Chrome failWhen you attempt to open a virtual machine console on a Google Chrome...
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