VclMap and VclQName what are they and how do I use them?
Anyone have any examples of how to use VclMap and VclQName ( I have VclMap class types that contain VclQName). I am using the query service and the attribute attached to many of the query results...
View ArticleWorking With Results From Poweshell Generated Action
Hi there, I generated an orchestrator action from a powershell script/function I regularly use. The function is supposed to return a System.Object with email contents (toAdd, fromAdd, body, etc) that I...
View ArticleGet the scsi information for a datastore if the datastore name is known
Hi,i'm looking for a way to get the scsci Information for a datastore if the name of the datastore is known. In perl/powershell this is not a big problem, but how to do this using the orchestrator. It...
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vCO-CLI
Just in case you all didn't catch the announcement of this fling http://labs.vmware.com/flings/vco-cli I figured I would put the word out. I just played around with it for a bit and it is most useful...
View ArticleVMware View Failover Automation
The folks over at ByteLife.com have come up with a vCenter Orchestrator based solution for failing over View. Just thought I would share this here in case you missed my tweet with a link to their...
View ArticleChange Network Failover Detection to Link Status
Hi, Is there a way you can change the Network Failover Detection of a distributed port group (VcDistributedVirtualPortgroup) to Link Status? Kind regards,Jonathan
View ArticlevCO 5.5 Linux Customisation not setting DNS Servers
Hi there, I have recently deployed the vCO 5.5 appliance, and I'm having problems trying to figure out why my DNS servers are not being populated in /ets/resolv.conf. I'm using the built-in Clone,...
View ArticleRelocate VM Harddisk
Good afternoon, I'm relatively new to VCO and have only recently setup in our enviroment. I've managed to get a vm being built up from a template working and it joins our domain with a couple of other...
View ArticleAddPowerShellHost workflow hangs for remote machine with PSv4.0
Hi All, vCO PowerShell plugin version : 1.0.1.204Remote machine : Windows Server 2012 Standard ( By default comes with PS v3.0, due to requirement upgraded to PS v4.0 ) WinRM...
View ArticleHost Total Capacity from Resource Allocation tab
Hi all, Starting with a VcHostSystem object, do you know how I can reach the values of "CPU total capacity" and "Memory total capacity" shown in vCenter -> Resource Allocation Tab? I need to create...
View ArticleReconnect a disconnected vCenter host to the VC plugin
We fairly frequently run into an issue with a vCenter no longer communicating with the VC plugin. What I would like to be able to do is force the plugin to attempt a reconnect to the vCenter when it...
View Articleunexpected error 'ch.dunes.model.sdk.SDKFinderException: convertToResult()
I have implemented the 'Build vCenter Inventory' worflow which is one of workflows presented by VMware's Brian Watrous in his http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/ presentations.I am getting the...
View ArticleHow to find blocking task and resume it
I am looking to build a workflow to search a “vCloud:Host” for blocked tasks and then resume the tasks. At the moment, I have the “vcloud:host” and blocking event ID as input parameters. The scriptable...
View ArticleError Registering Orchestrator
I'm getting the following error while trying to Register Orchestrator 5.1: Failed to get all certificates: [Tenant 'sdk' does not exist.] On the Authentication screen of the Configuration service I...
View ArticleOracle interaction using jdbc
Hi All, Trying to figure out the best way to interact with Oracle tables using vCO. When I tried the JDBC connector, it says - the driver is missing.Is there any documentation out there as to which...
View ArticleHow to read Workflow IDs from particular Folder?
Hi All, I'm trying to read Workflow IDs from particular Folder (Ex.: Two folders are there Library & MyWorkflows, I want to read workflow ids from MyWorkflows). I saw below code, but this...
View ArticleGet Device UID (naa) from datastore
Hi, I want to get the Device UID (naa) from a datastore (VcHostDatastoreSystem).But I don't seem to find it.Can someone help me with this? Kind regards,Jonathan
View ArticleDeveloping vCO actions from a shell?
I'm very new to vCO but have done a lot of automation using powershell. One thing I miss -a lot- is the ability to play around with objects and code in an interactive shell. By contrast, testing what...
View Articleguestcustomizationsection.Adminpassword not available.
Hi All, Am am attempting to retrieve the "AdminPassword" for a virtual machine via vCenter orchestrator, however it appears to be missing from the GuestCustomizationSection XML, and is therefore...
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