vCloud Director Storage Profiles
Hi all I'm trying to put together a script to setup new Organisation and Virtual Datacentres in our vCloud 5.1 environment. The problem I've come up against is that I can't specific what storage...
View ArticleOrganization vDC Edge Gateway
Been trying to figure out how to create a edge gateway in a vDC with powershell and have gotten nowhere, perhaps someone else can give a hand? So i've tried to check an excisting edge gateway to see...
View Articleget-civm command piped to get-civapp | owner
Basically I've been researching to see how I might pull some reporting data from VCD. I ran across several sites that provide exactly what I am needing, but the problem is they all use the get-civm...
View ArticleIs it possible to set the vCloud API Version to use when using PowerCLI?
Hello, PowerCLI Version: 5.5.0.6316PowerShell version: 4 I am automating the creation of vApps and VMs using the tools in PowerCLI. During testing I have been using two different vCloud Datacentres,...
View ArticlevCloud Director Change e1000 to VMXNET3 Online
Hi Guys, I have been made aware of a VMware KB that is supposed to have a script that allows the change of a primary NIC from e1000 / Flexible to VMXNET3 online and it interacts with VMTools to notify...
View ArticleHow to get a vm's chain length?
Hello,I'm trying to automate some consolidation of vms and would like to script it. I have over 800 vms so manually would not work.I'd like to$allVApps = Get-CIVAppforeach($CIVm in ($allVApps |...
View ArticleSample script to modify vApp (Network, Firewall Rules, Start/Stop Order,...
Hi allI would like to share a script I developed the last few days. What the script does:- Add an internal network called "Internal" with NAT/Firewall to a vApp- Add Firewall rules (f.e. RDP)- Set the...
View ArticleAdding vShield Edge NAT rules from a CSV file using PowerCLI
I recently read Alan's great post on adding NAT rules here: http://www.virtu-al.net/2014/07/24/working-vcd-edge-gateway-rules-powercli/I have used this successfully for single rules in a lab...
View Articleexporting firewall/NAT rules from Edge Gateway
Anyone using a powerCLI script to output firewall/nat rules for Edge Gateways (ver 5.1.2) configured on Org VDC networks for documenation purposes? I've been able to pull plenty of information using...
View ArticlevCloud: vShield Edge FW Rules
Hi all I'm looking for a way to get and set firewall rules on a vShield Edge firewall in a vCloud environment. My final target is to write two scripts; one that will export the firewall rules from a...
View ArticleExport all vCloud Edge Gateway rules to CSV file
Hi, For documenation purposes, I need to make a list of all vCloud firewall rules. Specifically, I am looking for Edge name, Rule ID, name, source, source port, destination, destination port, protocol,...
View ArticleImport LDAP Users
Has anyone attempted to import LDAP users via PowerCLI? I have a list of 65 users that need to be imported and I would like to save some time on all the clicks. I'm hoping I can get the information...
View Articlehow to insert files from physical machines into vmdk
Hi any advise on the script i could use to upload files from host machines in to vmdk directly
View ArticleAnyone building vCD vApps with powershell?
Hi, I'm trying to write a script to import some (previously backed up) VMs from vCenter into vCD, build up a vapp with them and then save it to a catalog. It's a script to replace a lengthy manual...
View ArticleClone a cloud VM into the same vApp?
I would like to clone a VM inside a vApp to create another instance of it in that same vApp. I have tried this with Import-CIVApp: $targetVapp = Get-CIVApp MyVapp$sourceVM = (Get-CIVM -VApp...
View ArticleHow to change Storage Profile of VM in vAppTemplate?
Hi everyone, I've got a project in front of me to migrate existing VMs from an existing storage profile or the * profile to a newly created storage profile. I've determined how to get this done for...
View ArticlevCD Powercli question....digging through API
Does anyone know how to extract the DateCreated for vApps and VMs via PowerCLI? The dates are readily available in the DB in dbo.vms, but i can't seem to dig it out via PowerCLI. I've found some...
View ArticleAdd a VM to a vApp using PowerShell
Hello, I am trying to add a VM to a vApp using PowerShell. I know that there is no explicit cmdlet to do it, and I need to recompose the vApp. I've used the great Instantiation script from...
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Import template/VM to vCloud Director catalog with PowerCLI
This is a 2 part question: Part 1: I have about 24 virtual machines/templates in VC and would like to automate the import of these into the vCD catalog instead of doing it though the gui. I don't need...
View ArticleDeploy vApp from template while giving the deployed vApp a name, the VMs...
Hello, I am trying to deploy a vApp from a template in the catalog, I have been successful creating the vApp using...
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