Re: vCloud Director LAB
Not supported- but I know you can find details online on how to do it. VMware workstation. We have created full test clouds in it. (Running virtual ESXi instances and virtual storage appliances).
View ArticleRe: network pools and org vdc networks
what is the difference between network pools and ord vdc netwroks?Network Pools - A group of isolated networks that do not intereact with each other, but are available to each ESXi host associated to...
View ArticleRe: Is it ok to "Run DRS" from within vCenter? What is the best way to...
Just agreeing here ... DRS should be full auto ... probably about a level 3/4 for recommendations. Run DRS just provides level 4/5 recommendations, if you dont' apply them automagically. vMotion/DRS...
View ArticleRe: Unable to deploy or create any vApp
I saw this happen recently when my Inventory Service on the vCenter stopped due to insufficient disk space. The first clue beyond the vCD deployment failures was the stopped Inventory Service reported...
View ArticleTake long time for a management task to finish in vCD 1.5
We are still using vCloud Director 1.5. Recently we start to notice, through vDC, when we try to carry out a management task on a VM, e.g. Power on/off a VM, Change OS customization, the task takes...
View ArticleRe: Take long time for a management task to finish in vCD 1.5
First thing to check would be time sync between your vCD cells and the vCenter Server (i've seen this cause similar problems).
View ArticleCatalog Sharing Across Orgs
Hi We want to be able to share catalogs across the company which emcompasses 3 orgs. No matter what we do, we can't get a shared catalog to be visible in another org for users whose role is below...
View ArticleHow to rename a "Storage Profile"
Hi We have a storage Profile with Silver it it, i want to rename it to Bronze so it comes before Gold. UI can't find anyway visibly in the GUI to do this ? Do you know how this is done ? (without...
View ArticleRe: Catalog Sharing Across Orgs
Edit the default roles (or create new ones) under System -> Administration -> Roles and add the Catalog -> View Published Catalog Right. By default this is only available to Org Admin or above.
View ArticleRe: Catalog Sharing Across Orgs
Thnaks for the quick reply, this was driving me mad!! Want to have a crack at http://communities.vmware.com/message/2231387#2231387 ? Thanks
View ArticleUnable to deploy a Org isolated network on my UAT test environment
I am setting up a test vCloud enviroment and am trying to deploy a simple org isolated backend network but everytime I try to deploy it I get an error Cannot deploy organization VDC network...
View Articleovftool -diskmode IMPORT to vCD context
Hi I did a search and could not find a forum for the ovftool so decided to place here. a) I was looking for an explaination of the various diskmodes? The help just has this . I can guess but want to...
View ArticleRe: ovftool -diskmode IMPORT to vCD context
Hi, This setting is basically ignored. Disks are uploaded in stream-optimized format. The rest is controlled by VCD - specifically by settings on OrgVdc where you can set "Enable thin provisioning"....
View ArticlevApp networks must connect to Org network?
I have setup my test environment and have created a vApp network that is not connected to an Org net. In theory this is a vApp isolated network, but viewing the PortGroups in my vDS, I see that a...
View ArticleReducing RAM reservation of an allocation pool below 20% via PowerCLI
Hi all,since the "allocation pool" models reserves a minimum of 20% out of the total amount of RAM allocated to an OrgVdc, I can't provision as many users as I'd like because these reservations will...
View ArticleRe: Reducing RAM reservation of an allocation pool below 20% via PowerCLI
Hello, You may configure Pay As You Go to avoid any reservation issues. We (VMware) do not support / recommend to modify any vCloud Entities directly from vCenter. You may create another OVDC (PAYG)...
View ArticlevCloud Director Open Source versus vCloud Director Appliance
I'm trying to set up a development environment. So, I'm looking for a lightweight vCloud deployment. By lightweight, I mean low effort on licensing and installation. The appliance looks good, but...
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Re: vcloud and vmotion
We do have a maintenance window.. We had an ESXi offline unexpectedly, such as server failure. Not sure why Vmware vcloud would require every ESXi in the cluster to add or save to catalog. It is like...
View ArticleRe: How to rename a "Storage Profile"
From what I can tell you can't. If you rename the storage profile in vcenter it shows up as a NEW profile in vCloud (seems like a pretty big defect to me). I would suggest opening a case on how to do...
View ArticleRe: vcloud and vmotion
I agree is a big issue with VCD right now. Catalogs are not high availability. The issue is a catalog VM is owned by a host, so that host must be online and not busy in order to clone from that VM....
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