vApp Guest Customization
Hi I am trying to uncheck the 'guest customization' box for each of my Virtual Machines within the vApp I have created. Is there a PowerCLI command I can run to do this instead of manually going into...
View ArticleExample for configuring VM's "guest properties" (i.e. OVF settings)
Following is an example for configuring a VM's "guest properties" (in vSphere this is called "OVF settings/environment") using PowerCLI (or API).Note that this script was designed to run as an "org...
View ArticlePowerCLI/API for update storage profile in vDC
Hi,I found how to add or remove storage profile via vcloud API (VMware vCloud Director Documentation Center), but does anyone know how to do update (change size or disable) storage profile via API or...
View ArticleImport and Export of vApp
Hi All, Is it possible to export vApp using PowerCLI? We have DR requirement which stats - All vApp created in DC-A should be available in DC-B.As long as place holder vApp's are available we always...
View ArticleFind datastore of CI-VAPPTemplate
Hey folks, in our vCloud environment we need to put a datastore into maintenance mode and make a few adjustments. I've come to find out SDRS only works on VMs and not the vAPPTemplates or Media within...
View ArticleAdd new NIC to VM (like New-CINetworkAdapter)
Hi all I'm trying to find out how to simply add a new NIC to a VM within a vApp. Something like "New-CINetworkAdapter" would be great, but unfortunately does not exist.. Anyone some experience or tipps...
View ArticleSample Script: Creating an Empty vApp with vCloud PowerCLI
Hi Everyone, The New-CIVApp cmdlet does not allow us to create empty vApps (which can be useful when templating out network configurations, for example). This shortcoming can be overcome by calling the...
View ArticleImport-CIVAppTemplate is erroring out with DiskContentsPending error in vCD
Hi, I am trying the Import-CIVAppTemplate command in PowerCLI for vCloud Director and it is failing as below after some 15% completion.The vAppTemplate import never succeeds after this error.I am...
View ArticleModify vApp network - set all to "Retain IP / MAC Resources"
vCloud Director 5.1.3 having a power outage, and looking to modify all vApp networks and set "Reatin IP / MAC Resources" to true so the NAT addresses are retained while vApps are down. Anyone have a...
View ArticleGet vDC Storage Policy quota
Hello. I want to retrieve the storage policies quota assigned to an Org vDC using PowerCLI. I initially tried to retrieve this information using $orgvDC.StorageLimitGB but this gives me the sum of the...
View ArticlevCloud 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 ArticleSetting Guest Customization Section Fails in 5.5
Hi, Since migrating to vCloud 5.5 the following script fails which worked in 5.1: $CIVMs = get-CIvApp $CIvAppName | get-civm Foreach ($vm in $CIVMs) { write-host "Customizing" $vm.name...
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 Article"Power On and Force Recustomization" PowerCLI
Hi Guys! I cannot find any solution for recustomization VM in vCloud 5.5. The sample of script: $VM_GL = Get-CIVM -Name VMachine -Org $OrgName -OrgVdc $OrgVdcName -VApp $New_Clone...
View ArticleWeird error with Search-Cloud...
I ran thw Search-Cloud command for the first time and got error stating it didn't know what "Type" was. So I ran the help and checked the online version of help too and example 2 has the following:...
View ArticlePowerShell Script to move VM's between vCloud vApps
Hi, I am looking to build a powershell script which will allow me to move/migrate the VM's from vApp in a Org vDC to another vApp in another Org vDC in the same organization. I was Import-CIVApp...
View ArticleUnable to connect to VCloud Director 5.1 build 5.1.1.868405
Hi. We are not able to connect to a VCloud Director ver. 5.1.1 868405. When we try a: connect-ciserver we get the following error: Connect-CIServer The underlying connection was closed: The...
View ArticleHow to change Storage Profile of VM in vAppTemplate?
Hi everyone, I've got a project in front of me to migrate existing VMs from an existing storage profile or the * profile to a newly created storage profile. I've determined how to get this done for...
View ArticlevCloud Director sVmotion over Powercli
I've created a Script to move VM's over the vCloud Director API to an other Datastore in the same PvDC. (Datastore with the lowest UsedSpace) Here the most important parts:$civm = get-civm...
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get-civm errors with server error with status code 500 - internal server error
I am trying to retrieve vsphere views from vcloud director views. When i try to do that i am geting an error. Get-CIVM works - PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere...
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