PowerCLI for media replication with vCloud 5.1
We have several different vCloud instances each housing several distinct vOrgs (each vCloud instance has a Cloudlibrary vOrg for making ISOs available). I'm looking for a way to replicate media from...
View ArticleHow to get allocated ip addresses on a network within a certain Organization...
Hi,I cannot figure out how to list all VMs and their IP Address on a Network of Allocated IP Addresses broken down by Organizations. I can view this in the vCloud GUI "Cloud Resources |Eternal...
View Articlecivm createmetadata fails with " Tag is not expected in requests for version...
Hi all, I'm following the directions in this (excellent) article: http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2012/03/working-with-vcloud-metadata-in-powercli.htmlwhich is the only documented way I've found...
View ArticleGet-ProviderVdc returns Null values for StorageUsedGB StorageAllocatedGB and...
Has anyone else seen this? The Get-OrgVdc does return Storage information but I want to collect it from the Provider VDC PowerCLI C:\Scripts\vmware> Get-ProviderVdc moc-vmcl1101-pvdc Name...
View ArticleGet-Org failure on Win 8.1 PS 4.0
I've got a script to deploy v-apps on the cloud but on Windows 8.1 with PowerShell 4.0 the Get-OrgVcd fails. It returns nothing whereas on Win7 with Powersehll 3.0 it does return the Org. does anyone...
View ArticleBuild URLs for: VM Console, vCloud Director vApp, VM properties in vSphere
Hi all I made a script to generate URLs for the following access:- Open a VM's Console in vSphere Web Client- Open vApp (to which the VM corresponds to) in vCloud Director- Open the VM's Summary Tab in...
View ArticleCreate New Cloud with PowerCli for vSphere 5.5 and vCloud 5.5
HolaHe estado buscando como loco y no he encontrado como hacer lo siguiente.Yo Necesito crear con PowerCli para vSphere 5.5 y vCloud 5.5:- Tag- Storage Policy- ProviderVDC con una politica diferente a...
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 ArticleCreating new Organization with specific Storage Profile
Been working on this a few hours now, but just can't seem to get it to work. Creating an organization with the Any(*) storage profile works, but as soon as i remove that profile and leave only the ones...
View ArticleSetting 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 ArticleVm - Vapp owner
So in writing a script for Vcloud Director, I want to be able to see who "owns" a VM. It seems like I cannot get the vapp information from the VM. Any ideas? Below is some of the code that I am working...
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....
View ArticleIssues with vCloud Cmdlets when connecting to a CIServer using SessionID
I'm working on a PowerCLI script that deploys vCloud vApps to multiple OvDCs. The script works great when it's serial, but I have been running into issues when trying to get the deployments to run in...
View ArticleHow get vcloud director version using Powercli 5.1
Hi, After connect to vCD (using Connect-CIServer), how do I get vcloud director version (e.g. 5.1.1 or 1.5.0)? Thanks.
View ArticleVdcStorageProfiles missing in Orgvdc object (version5.1)
Hi,I'm trying to create organisation VDC's in vCloud 5.1.New to version 5.1 is the use of storage profiles in the provider VDC.I cannot create an Org VDC with storage profiles since this property does...
View ArticleHow to find the storage of a VM in Cloud director
Hi All, When I use the below command Get-CIVM -OrgVdc "MyOrgVDC1", it lists all the VMs under the Organization VDC. And for each VM it gives the vCPU and Memory details. I also want the storage of the...
View ArticleObtain vApp expiration date
Hey All,Im trying to get a vApps expiration date using PowerCLI. I can: $FrankApp = Get-CIVApp -name "Frank" $FrankApp.RuntimeLease Days : 30Hours : 0Minutes :...
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 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...
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