vCloud: 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 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 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 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 ArticleAutomating vCloud: "Disable Host" and "Redeploy All VMs"
Are these two functions available through any API/SDK? I cannot seem to find it for PowerCLI or the REST interfaces. Perhaps I am reading outdated/incorrect documentation? Any help would be great! Thanks.
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 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 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 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 ArticlevCloud Director - PowerCLI Cloud Module - Deploy vApp from Template
I would like to know if there is a native function in the new Cloud module to deploy a vApp from a public catalog template inside an Org and set the following parameters vAppNameVirtual Machine...
View ArticleCreate External Networks in Vcloud
I am looking for a way to create Vcloud External Networks with PowerCLI. Does anyone have any experience/examples with this? Thanks
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 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 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 ArticlevApp; Add custom Guest Properties failes
Hi All,I tried to add some custom Guest Properties to a vApp which is already deployed according to this blog entry:https://communities.vmware.com/thread/442664 My current script looks like this:...
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 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 ArticleTrouble adding more "CIVM" to a "CIVApp" in vCloud via PowerCLI 5.5
Hi All,I am having trouble performing some tasks in PowerCLI that I can do easily in the GUI. Firstly, in the vCloud Director GUI, I can create a new vApp from a template that has one machine in it. I...
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get-civm errors with server error with status code 500 - internal server error
I am trying to retrieve vsphere views from vcloud director views. When i try to do that i am geting an error. Get-CIVM works - PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere...
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