run program in guest fails
Hello all, I am performing some testing with vCO 5.5 before putting it into my company's environment.Although I can run some workflows successfully (create, clone VMs and things like that), I am...
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HiI am trying to get the file path of the VMDK but unable to get the same var devices = vm.config.hardware.device; if ( devices != null ) { for ( device in devices ) { if (...
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I have setup a workflow that uses a username - password combo to log into a system and execute a script per the guest operations plugin. It works fine when i plug in all the details manually. I am now...
View ArticleGetting the "Login failed: user/password mismatch when using IE accessing the...
When provisioning a vCO 5.5.2 appliance, I cannot log in into the configuration page https://:8283/ using IE as the browser. I continuously get the message: "Login failed: user/password mismatch or...
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What is the input type to use if you wanted a file browser dialog? There are many default workflow that requires that you type in the exact path of a file when it would be easier to browse to it. I...
View ArticleReset password for Orchestrator Configuration "vmware" account for an appliance
Today I updated our Orchestrator appliance to the latest version to fix the bash shell bug. Before I did this I logged into the appliance using both the root and vmware accounts (root used for the...
View ArticleChange administrator password on provisioning template windows host
Hi,I must change the administrator's password on provisioning microsoft windows template from orchestrator's workflows. How can I do? Regards,Alessio
View ArticleIs there a way to Start a VCAC Clone from VCO?
Is there a way to Start a VCAC Clone from VCO?I Have a running VM in Production that I want to clone to Test. I'm using NSX.So, I want to "Push XaaS" a button in vCAC, got this...Collect appropriate...
View ArticleGuest script manager
vco version 5.5.1 Im using the default guest operations workflows found here. Guest script manager package The workflow for "run script in guest vm" works if i plug in the password each time. If in...
View Articlekerberos authentication with PowerShell Plugins
I added a krb5.conf file to my vCo server for use by my newly installed PowerShell 1.0.4 Plugins, but I was wondering if I can put multiple domains in there? We have about 5 domains that we provision...
View ArticleVCO Rest API working through browser rest clients but throwing HTTP Status...
I'm trying to make a get request to /plugins to get a list of all plugins installed on my VCO setup. I'm using Basic authorization and encoding the SSO username and password. This works in firefox and...
View ArticleCould not register or update vCenter Server extension on vCenter Orchestrator
Hell All, We could not register or update vCenter Server extension on vCenter Orchestrator. Flowing error occurs when try to a add vCenter, com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.exception.InternalException:...
View ArticleGet metadata from OrgNetwork
I've written a custom workflow that uses an external IPAM. However since i need to allocate a IP address from a specific VLAN, i figured the best way to keep track of what VLAN the vApp is created in...
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vCO flow to deploy a new VM from template to DRS Cluster and SDRS Storage Pod
I'm pretty new to Orchestrator. I've got the general gist of it, but I'm really struggling to get something done that is inherent vSphere functionality, but there are no workflows (that I can find!)...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Disks consolidation is needed - A quick fix needed once the...
I have done some alternatives to fix the Virtual Machine Disks consolidation is needed and consolidation failshttp://aikitsupport.com/snapshot-consolidation-needed-fails-lock-message/But there is a...
View ArticlevCenter Plugin error.
Hello, I have recently added a new vCenter host via the vCenter plugin to my VCO environment but when I try to access the contents of said host I receive a "Error in plugin" message with various...
View ArticleVCloud API for remote connection
There is any API support for remote connection (programmatically using c#for example) after a app with a virtual machine is instantiated? What i need is, to be able to connect to the instance (a W8...
View ArticleSetting an attribute value with in a scriptable task
Hello VMware communities. My question is how do I set the value of an attribute from with-in a scriptable task? I've tried several different javascript functions(push, append, etc.) but they do not...
View ArticleVCO 5.5 Kerberos authentication fails:
Hi guys, The winrm commands are executed smoothly through cmd.exe using kerberos.I followed this guide http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/author/vco-rd-team for configuring VCO with kerberos but it...
View ArticleVCO 5.5 Kerberos Authentication not working for PowerShell Plugin
Hi I am trying to setup VCO PS plugin and can only make it work if my host is in the same realm as the one defined in"default_realm" in the krb5.conf. See krb5 example below: [libdefaults]...
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