Re: Get IP on VM on Deploy
Hi, In VCD 5.1 we added something called "OVF Mode" which basically provides more detailed information. You can get that via REST APi by adding /ovf to the URL....
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Sweet! You are calling the URL of a vApp as i understand it, can I do the same using a VM instead? I'm using the MQ messages for a VM deployed and not a vApp deployed,
View ArticleRe: Get IP on VM on Deploy
Actually I think it's not supported for the VM level. But it seems like you can actually get it anyway even without "OVF mode" (might work in VCD 1.5)....
View ArticleRe: vmrc is not compatible with recent versions of glibmm
This issue has been solved. There is now an updated version of vmrcwhich is compatible with new versions of glibmm.See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681206#c12
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director design with SRM
I don't know with SRM but it is possible to do live migrations with a quite high round trip latency, and since you want to do cold migrations I can't see any reason for that not to work. WIll you be...
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director design with SRM
Hi Setting up SRM with vCloud Director is not an easy task. I would recommend reading this article by VMware vCloud guru Chris Colotti...
View ArticleRe: Unable to Upload vApp to vCloud Director
Hi, same problem here, did you find any solution?
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Hi How did you migrate the vApp fro it's orginal location to your local computer? Did you export it as an OVA? Gregg
View ArticleRe: How to clear vApp's VSE from VCD DB
What errro are you getting during the start. I ask because we see this from time to time, and we never have to delete the the DB - but hunt down and remove a port group in vCenter that has been left...
View ArticleRe: Starting a VM from API
You can't. I assume it is a bug, and one that has existed since 1.0 of the product. To get around this issue the custom start code our portal uses first set the VM to something besides "none" - starts...
View ArticleRe: Unable to Upload vApp to vCloud Director
Hi, I did it as OVF, but reading over there I found that maybe my problem is caused because of this...
View ArticleRe: How to clear vApp's VSE from VCD DB
The VSE and portgroup on the dvSwitch are both gone. The vApp is started but I can't stop (or Force Stop) it. I get Unable to stop network...
View ArticleRe: vcloud and heap size
Hi, the KB states that In ESXi 5.x, the maximum heap size is 256 MB. This allows a maximum of 25 TB of open storage, for a Host. To change it you edit VMFS3.MaxHeapSizeMBSo my guess is that it's VMFS3...
View Articleshut down vshield manager
hello I am running vshield manager 5.1.1 with Vcloud director 5.1.1 I wanted to pull a ESXi host out of the environment, however vshield manager sits on this server. is there a proper way to move...
View ArticleRe: Starting a VM from API
Hi Thanks for the help. How do you handle that if the your portal crashes before resetting the default startup action to none?Or the portal sets the value to some non meaningful string such as kuku,...
View Articlevms only would vmotion (High availabilty and DRS) in one or 2 specific hosts...
I would like to ask when forming a vmware cluster, for say, 6 hosts, could the vms only would vmotion (High availabilty AND drs) in one or 2 specific hosts.
View ArticleRe: vms only would vmotion (High availabilty and DRS) in one or 2 specific...
Usually not, but there can be two occassions where this happens:- I've seen situations in a mixed ESXi 4.0 and ESXi 5.1 cluster where DRS would move all VMs to the 5.1 hosts untill the host had 98%...
View ArticleRe: vcloud and heap size
We have seen this on VMFS5 as well. Also see:- http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/08/vmfs-heap-considerations.html ("As a rule of thumb, we are conservatively estimating that a single ESXi host...
View ArticleConsole Proxy not working behind Edge Load Balancer
I have a strange issue. I configured a load balancer using the vShield Edge. Behind the load balancer I have two vCloud Cells. The Web interface works fine for the users, but when trying to connect a...
View ArticleWhat permission is needed for renew leasetime?
hi Community I tried to renew leasetime of a vApp in vCloud Director 5.1, I am not the owner but the vApp is shared to me with Full Control. When I try to renew error "This operation is denied". what...
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