vCloud Director change organization limits
Hi, I have been able to find most organization settings, but cannot find where to set these using PowerCLI: Number of resource intensive operations per userNumber of resource intensive operations per...
View ArticleConnect-CIServer - Data at the root level is invalid
Recently the Connect-CIServer cmdlet started failing. I've checked the permissions and they are all ok. For example, the following code: Connect-CIServer - server vcloud.myorg.com -User authorizeduser...
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 ArticleTrying to utilize Powercli to add a new NICs within vCloud 5.1
Hoping someone has used Powercli to automate adding a new "Organization VDC network", choose an "Adapter Type", change the "IP Mode" to manual, and populate the "IP Address" into vCD 5.1 Any help would...
View ArticleRemove Storage Profile from vDC
Hello, How to remove storage profile from Organization vDC in vCloud Director 5.1. To be exact, I want to remove *(Any) profile from all my vdcs. I know how to create it and how to enable / disable it,...
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 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 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 ArticleThe VCD - vCenter Glue - Linking VMs and Events
Hi All I have sucessfully talked to the vCenter running our Blades and hosting vCLoud, and vCloud itself I can see VMs from both sides. 1. What i am looking for is the glue that allows you to link the...
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 ArticleSet Mac address of vCloud VM
Hi For a customer I need to regularly clone a production VM into vCloud for a test-environment. The VM needs to have an identical Mac Address because of some old-fashioned licenses. After cloning, the...
View ArticleHow can I get a vCloud VM's NIC type?
I'm trying to write a script that will compare the NIC type in vCloud to the NIC type in vCenter to help workaround a bug in vCloud 1.5. I can get a vCenter VM's NIC type by getting the vCenter VM and...
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 ArticleGateway address and subnet mask have to be provided...
I am trying to get this script working for creating an OrgNetwork in vCD 5.1. When I run it I get an exception saying that "Gateway address and subnet mask have to be provided when creating...
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 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 ArticleSnapshots with vCloud Director 5.1 & PowerCLI 5.1
(cross-post from vCloud forum) Now that vCloud Director 5.1 supports snapshots, I am looking at the PowerCLI 5.1 cmdlets and cannot find a way to create/manage/revert snapshots. I see it is there in...
View ArticleDelete Expired items via PowerCLI
I have some items stuck at the "Expired vApps" screen and are wondering if those can be deleted via PowerCLI. When I am trying to delete through the web interface I get told to stop the vApp, but there...
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 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...
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