vCloud Director sVmotion over Powercli
I've created a Script to move VM's over the vCloud Director API to an other Datastore in the same PvDC. (Datastore with the lowest UsedSpace) Here the most important parts:$civm = get-civm...
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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 ArticleVcloud powerCLi - VM inventory report
HI all, So i wrote this quick script to generate a report of VMs info and more specifically, who owns them. The issue is that I am getting some rows with nothing but the Owner, and all the other...
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 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 ArticleIs it possible to set the vCloud API Version to use when using PowerCLI?
Hello, PowerCLI Version: 5.5.0.6316PowerShell version: 4 I am automating the creation of vApps and VMs using the tools in PowerCLI. During testing I have been using two different vCloud Datacentres,...
View Articleget-civm command piped to get-civapp | owner
Basically I've been researching to see how I might pull some reporting data from VCD. I ran across several sites that provide exactly what I am needing, but the problem is they all use the get-civm...
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 ArticlePowerCLI 5.0.1 vCloud cmdlets: get-orgvdc bug, ProviderVdcReference.id...
Hi, 1) Get-OrgVdc bug If your vDC name contains space (e.g. "my vDC"), the following command will fail because the REST API call is not urlencoded (%20 instead of space):$all_powered_on_vms =...
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 ArticleGet and Set NAT config
Hi all, I am trying to read and write the NAT config for a larger vApp with complex rules with PowerCLI as whenever the vApp get's added to a different org from catalog all is gone. This vApp needs to...
View ArticleHow 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 ArticleWorking with vCloud Metadata in PowerCLI
Based on Jake Robinson's post at GeekAfterFive - Infrastructure as Code, it seems the sample scripts in Alan Renouf's March 30, 2012 post to the VMware PowerCLI Blog, Working with vCloud Metadata in...
View Articleexporting firewall/NAT rules from Edge Gateway
Anyone using a powerCLI script to output firewall/nat rules for Edge Gateways (ver 5.1.2) configured on Org VDC networks for documenation purposes? I've been able to pull plenty of information using...
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...
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Storage Profiles
Hello I am doing some testing with powercli and vCloud director. PowerCLI C:\> $storage = Get-OrgVdc -name OrgvdcPowerCLI C:\> $storage.StorageLimitGB200 200 is actually the combined storage from...
View ArticleUsing Connect-CIServer in a Start-Job
Has anyone been able to complete something like this? This works perfectly in a plain PoSh window but running in a Start-Job it never gets past the connect-ciserver. The job shows running and...
View ArticleSetting Guest Customization Section Fails in 5.5
Hi, Since migrating to vCloud 5.5 the following script fails which worked in 5.1: $CIVMs = get-CIvApp $CIvAppName | get-civm Foreach ($vm in $CIVMs) { write-host "Customizing" $vm.name...
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 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...
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