Use Orchestrator to import an ova file.
I found information and a plugin on how to import an ovf using orchestrator but I can't find a way of importing an ova. Since I can do this via the viclient I figure it must be supported in the api...
View ArticlePowerCLI - UpdateManager
Hi All, I am new to vmware. Our requirement is to automate ESX upgrade process through VCO workflow. One of option is by executing powerCLI commands in VCO. Currently I am trying out powerCLI commands...
View Articlemaven command to update package to vCO from directory tree (xml)
Hello everyone, I'm using this maven command to pull info (xmls) from vCO package, to a folder (git folder)mvn o11n-package:import-package -DserverUrl=user:pass@localhost:8281Now I would like to put...
View ArticlePython wrapper for vCO?
I see more and more libraries and example code for Python, and it is sort of the powershell for Unix at this point. Has anyone written a wrapper for Python in vCO yet? Or some simple code to handle...
View ArticleUsing vCenter 5.1 plugin to connect to vCenter 5.5 from vCO 5.1.1
We recently upgrade our vCenter and hosts to 5.5. We still have vCO 5.1 in our environment which has been using vCenter 5.1 plugin to connect to vCenter inventory. Can I continue to use vCenter 5.1...
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Possible bug in createUserGroup Active Directory action - SamAccountName not...
vCO 5.5.1 I have been using the createUserGroup Active Directory action to create a new group in AD. However, the SamAccountName does not get populated with the name of the group, rather a random...
View ArticleNTLM authentication in vCAC-integrated vCO does not work
Hi everyone Across a few different installations, all involving Windows 2012 AD (UCP Pro, converged solution), I'm desperately trying to get the vCO (integrated in the vCAC 6.x VA) to talk to any web...
View ArticleSlow workflows when taking snapshot
I have a question about vCenter connections. Is there a limit on the maximum number of request that can be sent per second for a specific connection to vCenter? The reason why I’m asking is that we...
View ArticlePowershell and AD plugins lose connection
Both powershell and AD plugins are working about 60% of the time. But in a seemingly random time frame they both lose connectivity for about 20-30 min spans. During that time they both show as "error...
View ArticlePossible ssh plugin bug under 5.5.1? Seeing this error in the logs...
When issuing the session.execute() command I am seeing the error logs java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "true" . It seems like the input string is "true" if I am starting a session...
View ArticlePowershell 1.0.4. plugin not installing in vCo 5.5.1
I just downloaded the new vCO 5.5 plugin and no matter how many times I restart services /restart vCO confi manager it keeps telling me "will perfrom installation at next server startup." Would anyone...
View Articlecustomize applications to install
Hello! I am new on the virtualsation world and especialy on the Vcac Solution. I have a basic question. with Vcac, is it possible to customize the choise of applications(eg: Apache, SQL, .... ) we...
View ArticleGet host WWPNs
I am new to VCO. I currently automate a lot of stuff in powershell, but I am now in the process of porting those over to vCO workflows and am trying to keep everything native to vCO without having to...
View ArticleFinding Virtual Machines based on a property
Hello,What I want to do is find a set a VMs in vCAC and based on the property value I want to perform an action on them so far this is what I have but keep o getting an error. Any help would be...
View ArticlevCO cluster mode not working with vCAC 6.0.1 plugin? vCAC inventory not...
I am trying to setup a vCO cluster to work in conjunction with our vCAC deployment. When I set clustered mode on though all of my inventory disappears. All of my other plugins seem to work fine so...
View ArticleGet vCloud VM Custom Properties
Hi I'm trying to get the custom properties (product section) from a vCloud VM via the api, I can get the label and description but the value I get is undefined.When trying to retrieve the custom...
View ArticleVCO & Powershell Best Practice?
Hi all, apologies if this question has been asked before... I've been working with VCO 5.5 and Powershell for some time and as my script is developing/maturing I'm struggling a little to keep the...
View Articlevco 5.5.1 and ipam 2.1.0.1 plugin error?
Has anyone loaded the newest ipam 2.1.0.1 plugin with the newest vco 5.5.1? I'm getting a plugin error. I tried uninstalling it but I'm not sure I did it right as when I upload/install the plugin again...
View ArticleStandard vswitch Portgroup Addition Issue
Hello there. I'm brand new to orchestrator but not really new at all to powercli. What I've been trying to do over the past day or so is configure a workflow for brand new esx hosts as we don't have...
View ArticleVCO 5.5 Intermittent VC Plugin NULL
Our Vcenter instance has over 2K VMs and upgraded my vcenter plugin from 5.5.0 to 5.5.1 and noticed a huge increase in performance, but intermittently gives me back no results when querying VM's using...
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