The 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 Articleget-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...
View ArticleHow to find the storage of a VM in Cloud director
Hi All, When I use the below command Get-CIVM -OrgVdc "MyOrgVDC1", it lists all the VMs under the Organization VDC. And for each VM it gives the vCPU and Memory details. I also want the storage of the...
View ArticleError when cloning a VM related to vCloud Director
Hey there!I have the following cmdlet: New-VM -Name ClonedVM -VM SourceVM -Datastore NewDS -VMHost ESXi -Location Folder -Confirm:$false The problem is that I'm trying to clone a VM that is a part of...
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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleSample Script: Creating an Empty vApp with vCloud PowerCLI
Hi Everyone, The New-CIVApp cmdlet does not allow us to create empty vApps (which can be useful when templating out network configurations, for example). This shortcoming can be overcome by calling the...
View ArticlevCloud 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...
View ArticleNeed to increase Command Timeout from default of 100 seconds
I have a large network with about 1500 IPs assigned to it that is timing out when trying to retrieve it. I need to increase the timeout, How can I do that? This is running against VCD 5.1 PowerCLI...
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 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 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 ArticleDTD is prohibited in this XML document
I am trying to use "connect-ciserver <servername>", and after entering my credentials, I get the following error message: Connect-CIServer : 5/10/2012 2:22:57 PM Connect-CIServer For...
View ArticleAnyone building vCD vApps with powershell?
Hi, I'm trying to write a script to import some (previously backed up) VMs from vCenter into vCD, build up a vapp with them and then save it to a catalog. It's a script to replace a lengthy manual...
View ArticleStorage 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 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...
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