Duplicate workflow keeps version number the same.
When I duplicate a workflow and select not to copy the version history the resulting duplicated workflow still has the same version number as the original. Is this by design? I would like to reset that...
View ArticlevCO server not appearing under managed vcenter instances
Hi all, I want to have a look at vCO. I have done a quick and dirty install on some development infrastructure.I am using vcenter5.1. Installed vCO on same box.In my vCO config all seems fine and with...
View ArticleElasticservice plugin
Can someone tell me how to use the plug-in to automate scaling? everywhere there's only docs talking about what the workflows do but i'm missing something coz i have no clue how it works. But i need to...
View ArticlePerspectives plugin
Hi All, I'm planning to use the notification package that helps me with the blocking tasks for my vcloud director. But i have an issue configuring the perspective plugin for the same. I have imported...
View ArticleView Virtual Machine Specs with Orchestrator
I only recently started using vCenter Orchestrator and was hoping someone could help me out. I have the need to pull the amount of RAM and the number of vCPUs on a VM and place them in a variable. In...
View ArticleCreate a User Defined Storage capability - Apply to Datastores / Profile
Good day, Im hoping that I dont need to re-invent the wheel here. Has anybody already written a script or scripts that do the following 1) Create a user defined Storage capability2) Create a storage...
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Get the StoragePod object from Storage Profiles [vCloud Director]
Hi All I'm automating some SDRS stuff for the creation of new vApps in vCloud Director and I want to embed and use the Change Storage DRS per virtual machine configuration workflow, but in order to do...
View Article"Run program in guest" VCO Workflow throws "File was not found" error in VCO...
I am trying to execute a vbs script on a windows machine using "Run program in guest" VCO Flow. I am using the Program path input only and placed the script under c drive for ease of testing , and...
View ArticlevCloud plugin 5.1 manage snapshots
Hi, Is there any way to manage snapshots using vCloud plugin 5.1? It seams to be missing. If not, can we make a direct call to the vCloud Director API using the plugin? I can make a snapshot using REST...
View ArticleSSO and getting current user email
So, before upgrading to 5.1 and the SSO, this used to work: var ldapUser = Server.getCurrentLdapUser();var adminEmail = ldapUser.emailAddress;System.log("Admin email: " + adminEmail);It no longer...
View ArticleCheck if vCloud VM Tools running in vCD 5.1 API?
Hi! Someone an idea how we can check if VM Tools running on a vCloud VM in vCD 5.1 Connector (5.1 API)? There are methods for Vcenter API, but i could not find anything in vCD API. We like to develope...
View ArticleGet VIM Object by reference using vCloud plug-in
Hello, any suggestions on how to retrieve a VIM object by reference from a vCloud host? I'm attempting to get the resource pool(s) backing provider vDCs. Here's what I'm trying that's producing a...
View ArticleCannot see inventory with Director 1.5 plug-in.
vCloud Director 1.5.1.622844vShield Manager 5.0-473791Orchestrator 4.2.1Director Plug-in 1.5ESX 5.0 When working with workflows from the vCenter library, I can expand/surf the inventory hierarchy. But...
View ArticleHow to join a ESX to an Active Directory Domain
I'd like to join a ESX Host to a AD domain but I cant figure out how to do that in a vco workflow. Has anybody done that already?How do I have to use the joinDomain_Task() ? Thanks a lot.
View ArticleRestart Management Agents with SSHCommand failed...
Hello all, I'm currently using the SSHCommand object in order to restart the management agent on ESXi 5.0.The command is correctly executed but the SSH connection remain opened and the workflow never...
View ArticleSynchronizing Plugin configuration between sites
Is there a way to synchronize installed plugins and plugin configuration between VCO servers in an automated / Scheduled way?
View ArticlePassing contextual host to PowerCLI Script
Ok, rather than myself beating my head around this for days I thought I would ask all of the experts here. Very new to Orchestrator - what I'm looking to do is integrate some of my PowerCLI scripts...
View ArticleIdentify a vCenter instanceUuid for a vCloud VIM object
Hello, I'm trying to figure out the best way to get the vCenter UUID for a vCloud VIM object (in my case a resource pool for which I have the MoRef) in order to identify the corresponding vCenter...
View ArticleWaveMaker 6.5 and vCO 5.1 - default self signed certs
This is a bit off topic, but I'm curious if anyone out there has successfully connected WaveMaker 6.5.x (web service) to vCO 5.1 (SOAP or REST) when vCO is configured using the default self signed SSL...
View ArticlevC05.1 Managing shut-down restart sequence priority for vms in workflows
What options are available in vCO5.1 workflows to know about and work with vm's that require to be shudown and restart in a particular order? Is some custom configuration required at the vm level to be...
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