Listing vCloud Organization, Org VDCs, VMs, and a VM's Metadata field
How can I use PowerCLI to quickly list vCloud Organizations, Org VDCs, VMs, and a VM's Metadata field called "Location"? I'd like to do this using views, but I can't find information on how to do this,...
View ArticleList Edge Gateways and their version - PowerCLI
I am looking for a way to list all Edge Gateways deployed in all my ORG VDCs within my vCD 5.6.4 instance. Does anyone have any documentation or examples of how I can find these Edge Gateways and their...
View ArticleHow to delete VMs from vCD via powerCli?
Hellofor test purposes, I frequently have to remove VMs from a vApp in vCloud Director. As I would like to do it 'properly', I do not want to delete the VMs by connecting to a vCenter and run...
View ArticleVM Snapshot with Power shell cli
Hello All I do not have much knowledge of Powershell but I'm trying to create a snapshot in vcloud.link-connect.com with below script but I'm getting an error as term "Connect-CIServer is not...
View ArticleVMware.VimAutomation.Logging.SoapInterceptor not found
Hi, I'm trying to reboot a VM with PowerCli and then wait until the vm is running. I user this command for this: Get-CIVM -VApp $VCloudVappName -Name $VCloudVmName | Restart-CIVMGuest -Confirm:$false...
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 ArticleAccessing vCloud REST API with Powershell
Hello, I have come to the conclusion that the new vCLoud cmdlets are not enough for what I plan on doing, and I plan to extend upon the cmdlets by using the API via REST. I have been fiddling with...
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 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 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 ArticleUnable to Disable vDC via PowerCLI
Hi Guys,I am looking to create a series of commands I can eventually turn into a script for disabling vDCs and Organisations within vCloud Director. The issue I am running into is that disabling the...
View ArticlePowerCLI error reporting is broken when working with vCloud Director
It seems that PowerCLI Cmdlets error reporting for vCloud Director cmdlets is broken. For example:When creating new vapp from template with New-CIVapp and it fails (due storage quota exceeded) powercli...
View ArticleSearching : Horizon Client SDK
Hi guys. I need some help. Anything or any information related to Horizon Client SDK is needed . Thanks for your help!
View ArticleDelete vCloud Director related Custom Attribute on a VM
Hello Following Tomas Fojta's blog postHow to Export Running VM from vCloud Director – Tom Fojta's Blog I'm looking for a way to automate step 4: Remove vCloud Director related Custom Attribute on a...
View ArticleTrying to create Edge Gateway firewall rules
Hi, I'm trying to create a few simple Edge Gateway firewalls rule in vCloud Air using the following: # Variables $region = "de-ge"$regionstar = $region + "*"$credential = Get-Credential # Connect to...
View ArticleGather Edge information
Dear Community, I'm in need of a script which can gather the following information: - versions of all Edges (adminVAppNetwork, adminOrgNetwork and edgeGateway)- type of Edge- organizations they are...
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 ArticleAccess is forbidden
Hello,Whenever I try to issue a command (like Get-CIVM) to vCloud PowerCLI I'm getting: With the account that I'm using I can access all Organizations in vCloud Director. In another environment I can...
View ArticleVMware.VimAutomation.Logging.SoapInterceptor not found
Hi, I'm trying to reboot a VM with PowerCli and then wait until the vm is running. I user this command for this: Get-CIVM -VApp $VCloudVappName -Name $VCloudVmName | Restart-CIVMGuest -Confirm:$false...
View ArticleAccessing vCloud REST API with Powershell
Hello, I have come to the conclusion that the new vCLoud cmdlets are not enough for what I plan on doing, and I plan to extend upon the cmdlets by using the API via REST. I have been fiddling with...
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