Get org. metadata from guest customization script
Hi, Is it possible to retrieve/use values stored as metadata on the Organization from a guest customization script? Say that i store a key as metadata on the Organization and in my guest customization...
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I don't believe that this is possible right now. You'd have to manually put the key into the post customization script directly. The reason is that the post customization script only gets passed 1...
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Thx, I suspected that this was the case. To get around this I'll build a vCO workflow to put the necessary files and data inside the VM.
View ArticleRe: organization vdc can not see the storage profile of provider vdc
Hi sunvmman, I successfully re-created your problem :-)Any luck on finding the solution?
View Articleregistering a replicated VM
Hello, I have a vCloud setup with two providers (2 different vCenter servers).Between the two providers I have setup vSphere replicator and would like to register the replicated VM back to vCenter so...
View ArticleRe: VMWare vCloud Director and a Test enviorment
If setting up a new system you should look at vCloud over LabManager as lab manager is no longer the lab tool from VMware (vCloud was release in part to replace). 1. I'd like them to be able to log in...
View ArticleRe: registering a replicated VM
There is an "Import from vSphere" button inside a vApp or Catalog. Just know that vCloud Director will treat it as a brand new instance, for sake of assigning IPs and customization.
View ArticleRe: Cannot Prepare ESXi Hosts
If any still face this same problem, then the instruction for installing vCloud Director 5.0 agent manually can be found at: Manually installing the vCloud Director Agent on ESXi 5 / vSphere 5 Hope...
View ArticleRe: vCloud and wildcard cert
hi ! I'm newbie.I installed Vcloud Director 5.1. I want to use wildcard mask for vcloud director. Please help me, how to use wildcard mask for vcloud.Thanks !
View ArticleGreen Field Network approach
If you had a green field approach available to you for a vCloud implementation how would you spec your networks? Dedicated Hosting platform network + Dedicated Client side network?One Network...
View ArticleBlog Post - VMware's opportunity to drive OpenStack
Over the past few months I've been pondering VMware's ultimate play with OpenStack. My thinking is that VMware will leverage OpenStack to battle AWS. OpenStack powered by VMware | Virtualized Geek
View ArticlevCloud to vCloud Migration
I think I know the default answer to this, but I am looking/hopeful for a "none-traditional" method of migration roughly 100 VMs from one running vCD instance to another. Is there a better way to do...
View Articlecreating a vcloud director home lab
Can anyone recommend any sites that have a step by step guide to building a vcloud home lab
View ArticleRe: creating a vcloud director home lab
http://www.vdicloud.nl/2011/03/18/part-1-setting-up-a-vmware-vcloud-home-lab/
View ArticleRe: Login page theme issue
Hello, I am having this very same problem. Did you find a solution (I noticed you had not marked JayhawkEric's response as a Correct Answer) or is this issue still unresolved?
View ArticleRe: vCloud to vCloud Migration
Officially vCloud Connector is the tool for this - however it may or may not work as you need. One method that will take some setup (but might be worth it if you really need to move a bunch of stuff)...
View ArticleRe: vCloud to vCloud Migration
Thanks for the reply cfor, I might just try to take the time and re-deploy a new vCC environment or go with the import/export idea. Basically the thing that stands out about the vCC method is that its...
View ArticleGuest Customization Fails
Hi,I have a vApp with a VM running Windows 2008 Server R2. Guest customization fails on this VM. I installed vmware tools in the VM prior to adding the template to the catalog. The...
View ArticleRe: problems with new install of vCloud Director 5.1
As you are having both NICs on the same subnet, I believe your problem was caused by reverse path filtering. You will need to disable that for you to be able to reach both nics in the same subnet. For...
View ArticleRe: Login page theme issue
Hi,Thanks for the answer JayhawkEric it did point me in the right direction. And it is solved.It was not a proxy but it was a server caching issue. I dont know any more details at this point because im...
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