Setting properties of VMs in a vApp
I have a few vApps with 25 VMs each in vCloud Director and would like to set a few properties to on / off with PowerCLI as the gui is a mission. These options include: Set "Enable guest customization"...
View ArticleAutomate DRS groups affinity in a vcloud environment
Hi, I'm trying to automate affinity rules for drs groups manger on a vcloud cluster.The idea is to let certain VMs run on assigned esx hosts.We do not create the vm's ourself -> our customers...
View ArticlevApp 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 ArticleStart-Job with PowerCLI not working
This script never gets past the first write-host line in the start-job... # Do work$csv = Import-Csv tmpbuild.csv foreach ($item in $csv) { Start-Job -RunAs32 -ScriptBlock { # Add...
View ArticlevCloud Director sVmotion over Powercli
I've created a Script to move VM's over the vCloud Director API to an other Datastore in the same PvDC. (Datastore with the lowest UsedSpace) Here the most important parts:$civm = get-civm...
View ArticleTrying to retrieve External Network IP Address from specific vapp
I know this should be simple but having an issue. vCD 5.1 trying to use this script in the vmware help to get a list i can copy and paste into excel to retrieve the vm name and external ip from an...
View ArticleDoes anyone know how to recompose a vcloud vapp from powercli without having...
I’m struggling to find out how to do this. There doesn’t appear to be much out there (or more likely I can’t find it). It seems to me like this would be a common task, so there must be a way to do...
View ArticleQuestion: sVmotion and vCloud Director - updating VM's storage profile
Hi, I'm going to migrate a lot of vApps/virtual machines running in vCloud Director to a new storage system, and have created new Storage Profiles for this... I've found info and tried out some...
View ArticleConnect-CIServer -Server vcloud.ourdomain.com Issues
Hi I have now tried PowerCLI with ESX and vCenter, so far so good.We have a vCLoud Area as well (v5.5) So when i listed the VMs in vCenter, for area folder 'vCloud Director' this worked but the links...
View ArticleWorking with vCloud Metadata in PowerCLI
Based on Jake Robinson's post at GeekAfterFive - Infrastructure as Code, it seems the sample scripts in Alan Renouf's March 30, 2012 post to the VMware PowerCLI Blog, Working with vCloud Metadata in...
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 ArticleClone VApp Template to another Org
I am trying to clone a VAPP template from a VDC in OrgA to a VDC in OrgB in vCloud Directory 5.5 A snippet of the script is below: $sourceVappTmpl = Get-CIVappTemplate -Name 'myvapp' $destOrgVdcName =...
View ArticleAppending Firewall Rules to vShield Edge with PowerCLI Script
Hi, I have a script which enables us to upload 4k worth of firewall rules, but every time it executes, all existing rules are over written. Is this something to do with the API or just a scripting...
View ArticleHow to change catalog default storage policy?
I am trying to change the default storage policy on a organizations catalogOrganization -> Catalogs -> Org Catalog -> Properties -> Storage -> Pre-provision on on specific storage...
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 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 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 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 ArticleHow to delete a deployed VApp using vCloud Dir PowerCLI commands
Using vCloud 1.5 and PowerCLI, along with some nifty scripts I found online, I can instantiate a vCloud VApp Template and can start and stop the VApp as well, all through vCloud....
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