Re: VCD Guest Customization fail to complete before vmtools reboots Server
Hi Paul, Do you run your script in the pre- or post-customization part? The former is run at the beginning and we generally don't recommend to execute any long-running tasks inside it. The overall...
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Hi, I'm using java SDK to instantiateVappTemplate and it works fine. As this vAppTemplate contains one VM with vmware tools, I'm also able to reconfigure GuestCustomizationSection as needed, for...
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Hi there I have two separated cloud environments up and running. After the update to vcloud 5.1.2 on one cloud infrastructure there is only a black screen if I try to connect to a vApp/VM trough the...
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Can you set the vmrc process to high priority at task manager on the desktop from where you are opening the vmrc console...
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Same result ! I tried to set the priority of the vmrc plugin and of the firefox plugin container to high.
View ArticleVCD Guest Customization fail to complete before vmtools reboots Server
Hi All, Looking for some help. I am attempting to run a powershell script at post customization. This script works fine if run standalone. The issue I can see from the logs is the vmware tools marks...
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Hi Andrii, Thanks for the reply, yes it runs in the post customization. The log is attached, the first part of our script is to copy files using robocopy which you can see starts in the log....
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Dear Folks. Do we need to have any hardware/software load-balancer to load balance/provide HA for vCD server (multi-cell environment)? or does it have built in functionality of it? please help me to...
View ArticleRe: VCD Guest Customization fail to complete before vmtools reboots Server
Hi Paul, Based on the log it seems to me that you actually run VCD 1.5 (not 5.1). Could you tell me Version/Build date from Help > About? If that's the case and you can't find a way to execute your...
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Hi Andrii, We are using VCD v5.1.1.868405, however we have used the schedule task as suggested and this has allowed use to execute the script. Also as you said the task did not delete on completion but...
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Hi Paul, I'm glad it helped. Actually I must correct myself - I believe 100 sec timeout is only for Linux. For Windows it seems like it can actually run indefinitely. Anyway, in your case the...
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You are correct, we did upgrade from 1.5 to 5.1. Can you point me at any documentation which will allow me to confirm the customization code and if out of date how to update. We are starting to use VCD...
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For the cell servers you need to place a balancer in front. For example an F5 system or an open source on like HAProxy. VCloud has settings for what DNS it will brand itself as. You would use this...
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Hm, let me explain the problem. Guest customization is always delivered to the guest OS in a form of package. There are 3 types of packages: unix_deployment_package.tar.gz (used for Linux OSes),...
View ArticleRe: How to rename a "Storage Profile"
Hi, there is a workaround, I just found.change the Profile name in vCentergo to vCenter in vCD and right-click | refresh storage profilewaitadd the new Storage Profiles to the PvDC (Provider VDC)create...
View ArticleRe: vCD VM Customization Event?
The solution is that vCD uses the ESXi plugin to push guest customization. So the event cant get to vCenter. The only good answer to the problem is to have the VM send an email and then create a poll...
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What in the log is a marker that it was generated from 1.5 instead of 5.1? If I wanted to check ours I am not sure how to determine that. I don't see a version number of any sort in the logs.
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Andrea, VCD does not facilitate DNS so you'll need to make sure your VM templates or guest customization scrips point the OS's to a DNS server that they can register with and do lookups. -Eric
View ArticlevCD 5.1 - VAAI Check-box Grayed Out
Can anyone tell me why the check-box for "Enable VAAI for Fast provisioning" would be grayed out in vCD for my Datastore Cluster? I've check my host and it's supported on all datastores in the DS...
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Hi friend, Thank you for your response. I understand from you that we must place a load balancer in front to load balance and provide HA to vCD cells. Can you please help me understand about HA proxy?...
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