Developer Center Code Capture
In the latest release of vCenter (6.7U2 and higher) you will find a feature called Developer Center Code Capture. If you are familiar with VMware flings you might know about the Onyx fling which was a similar project. The idea of a developer center was first released...
Upgrade to vCloud Director 10 appliance
In this article I will describe a procedure how you can upgrade to the vCloud Director 10 appliance. We're going to perform an upgrade from vCloud Director 9.7.0.14534864 to version 10.0.0.14636284. The update process takes around 10 to 15 minutes in total, based on a...
API versions supported by vCloud
So the other day I found an old script I created when vCloud 9.0 was still hip and happening. I was wondering if this script would still work with newer versions of vCloud and in particular the API version. So in this blog I will show you which API versions are...
vCenter Server 6.7 – File system storage seat is low on database storage space
Today I received an error in my vCenter Server:"Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems" Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems This surprised me, because this environment is a quiet one without any kind of special configuration. In...
Deploy vCloud Director 9.7 with 3 cells
In this article I will demonstrate how you can deploy vCloud Director 9.7 with three cells. In my example I will use the vCD appliances (.OVA) and the internal PostgreSQL database as shown below: vCD design with internal PostgreSQL databases Prerequisites Before we...
Terraform for vCloud director
In this blog I will share with you a great tool I found that looks really interesting for automating daily tasks: Terraform for vCloud director. In addition to the automation tools I mentioned in a previous blog post this tool offers even more possibilities in terms...
Setup a NFS share for vCloud Director with Windows Server 2019
At a certain point during the deployment of vCloud Director you have to submit a "NFS mount for transfer file location" as shown below. In this article I will explain what it's for and demonstrate how you can configure a NFS share on Windows Server 2019 suitable for...
The basics of vcd-cli
In this blog I will intruduce you into the basics of vcd-cli and multitude of possibilities this tool offers. vcd-cli is a command line interface for vCloud director and is being maintained by VMware. I feel that vcd-cli is a powerful tool that can make your daily...
Deploy a vApp using PowerCLI
In this blog I will show you how to deploy a vApp using PowerCLI.One of the cool things about vCloud is that you can create vApp templates.An example of a template could be a set of servers that is always needed when deploying a new environment. For instance a file...
vCloud PowerCLI/PowerShell basics
In this blog I will introduce you to some of the basic functionality of using PowerCLI with vCloud. Installing PowerCLI The most recent version of VMware PowerCLI is available in the PowerShell Gallery so you can install the PowerCLI with one command: Install-Module...
Update vCloud Director to 9.7.0.3
In this article I will describe a procedure how you can update vCloud Director to 9.7.0.3. The update process takes around 10 to 15 minutes in total, based on my three vCD cell setup. The release notes for 9.7.0.3 can be found here. These are the specifics of my...
vCloud Director 9.7 – Issue with adding a new role
Introduction This article will help you solve an issue with vCloud Director 9.7 where it's not possible to add a new role to the Role Based Access Control section of a tenant. This morning I wanted to add a new role to my tenant in vCloud Director. Normally the steps...
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