How 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 ArticleAdding a vApp to Catalog in vCD with PowerCLI
I would like add a vApp to a Catalog via PowerCLI. I can't see any methods under the extensiondata of the vApp that allow for this. Then I thought maybe I need to look from the Catalog side and could...
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 ArticleDeploy vApp from template while giving the deployed vApp a name, the VMs...
Hello, I am trying to deploy a vApp from a template in the catalog, I have been successful creating the vApp using...
View ArticleAny cmdlets for catalog/media?
Hi allI was wondering if there are commands or if anyone is aware of a way to manipulate media? Im running vCD 1.5 and in the GUI have got Copy to Catalog and Move to Catalog commands, would be...
View ArticleAny way to eject all media?
Hi, I am trying to eject the media of all vm's in an org but I am having trouble. Is there an easy way to do this? As an example with just one vm. PowerCLI C:\Program Files...
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 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 ArticlePowerCLI 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 ArticleHow to rename a civAppNetwork?
Hi, I would like to rename a CIvAppNetwork from vAppNetwork to IntNat with PowerCLI. I've tried the following:$civapp | Get-CIVAppNetwork | Set-CIVAppNetwork...
View ArticleCreate vDC Storage Profile Help
I am kind of new to all of this, but I wanted to put together a simple script that would automate my team's administration of vCD. Specifically org and org vDC creation, etc. I pieced together this...
View ArticleAdding a vApp Template to Cloud from Catalog in vCD with PowerCLI
I've imported the VM's directly from Virtual Center and created a vApp with Import-CIvApp. I've then shutdown and captured to Catalog with assistance from AtanasAtanasov. So now I have 4 Catalogs each...
View ArticleVdcStorageProfiles missing in Orgvdc object (version5.1)
Hi,I'm trying to create organisation VDC's in vCloud 5.1.New to version 5.1 is the use of storage profiles in the provider VDC.I cannot create an Org VDC with storage profiles since this property does...
View ArticleStart-Job with PowerCLI not working
This script never gets past the first write-host line in the start-job... # Do work$csv = Import-Csv tmpbuild.csv foreach ($item in $csv) { Start-Job -RunAs32 -ScriptBlock { # Add...
View ArticleHow to rename a CivApp?
Hi, Trying to do the simplest task of renaming a CIvApp with PowerCLI. $civapp = Get-CIvApp "Test" $newname = $civapp.Name + "_OLD" Set-CIVApp -vApp $civapp -Name $newname Set-CIVApp : 8/6/2013...
View Articlenew-ciuser?
hi! just created my first Cloud Organisation with vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 with new-org -name "bla" -fullname "blubb" IfI do this on the Web Frontend, the next page will ask me for an admin user for that...
View Articlemissing PowerCLI cmdlets for external network settings in vCD 5.1?
I have 59 external networks defined in my Provider VDC and over a hundred directly connected OrgVDC networks mapping back to those. I need to update the DNS records for the static IP pools associated...
View ArticleIssue with New-OrgNetwork in vCloud 5.1
Hi, I'm trying to create an OrgVDC Network for my newly created OrgVDCs via PowerCLI. Unfortunately I'm getting an erorr stating: New-OrgNetwork : 3/21/2013 2:03:45 PM New-OrgNetwork The...
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...
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