vCloud | Virtualisation | Cloud | Strategy

Create a vCloud Director OS template

Posted on 07/06/2021
/Under Template, vCloud, vCloud Director, VMware

Build VM of OS choice in vCloud Director in it’s own vApp. Logon and customise OS settings (disable firewall, IES, Install vmtools, etc). Download any OS updates and reboot. Place the current password in the VM notes section from within vCenter. Power down the guest OS. Stop vApp Right click...Read more

VMware, vCloud Availability failover procedure

Posted on 12/03/2021
/Under migration, vCloud, vCloud Director, VMware

Issue: How do I invoke failover with vCloud Availability and where from..? Resolution: You’ve got two options for invoking DR/Failover once you have the tenant source side setup. Your deployment should match the below high level topology: Onto the options: First, you can use the Service Provider self-service DR portal...Read more

VMware, ovftool vmx to ova

Posted on 07/01/2020
/Under convertor, transformation, vCloud, VMware

Issue: I want to upload my vcenter vmx/vmdk virtual machine to vCloud Director which requires the OVA format… Resolution: Download the VMware OVFTool. The VMware OVF Tool converts VMX-based VMs to OVA images. Because OVA files are compressed. Download and install the VMware OVF Tool utility on a local computer...Read more

VMware, Health Analyser Reporting

Posted on 03/12/2019
/Under Datacentre, Networking, Reporting, transformation, vCloud, VMware

Issue: I need to verify that my deployment of vSphere, Horizon or NSX meet industry best practice… Resolution: To delve deeper into whats configured on your deployment and confirm that it meets current best practice, VMware provide their service providers a great tool called Health Analyzer. The step by step...Read more

vCloud, Publish a Service – Part 3 | Customer/Tenant

Posted on 17/09/2019
/Under Datacentre, vCloud, VMware

Flex Cloud | vApp Templates | Subscriber Catalog – Part 3 Welcome to Part 3 of my blog to publish your Services in a repeatable and easy to consume way, whether it’s a website, application, e-commerce site or IoT’s solution. Part 3 is the End Customer who will be consuming...Read more

vCloud, Publish a Service – Part 2 | App Provider

Posted on 03/09/2019
/Under Datacentre, vCloud, VMware

Flex Cloud | vApp Templates | Subscriber Catalog – Part 2 Welcome to Part 2 of my blog to publish your business Services in a repeatable and easy to consume way, whether it’s a website, application, e-commerce site or IoT’s solution. To recap, in Part 1, you’ve already setup...Read more

vCloud, Publish a Service – Part 1 | Service Provider

Posted on 30/08/2019
/Under Datacentre, vCloud, VMware

Flex Cloud | Publish a Service | Subscriber Catalog – Part 1 Accelerate you business by creating a low touch, multi-tenant service proposition on vCloud Director with the ability for your Customers to self-service and consume your pre-canned Services in the Cloud. Sounds great, lets’ see how you do...Read more

vCloud Director Tenant vRealize Operation (vRops) – Setup

Posted on 29/08/2019
/Under Operations Manager, vCloud, VMware, vRealize, vRops

Issue: How do I expose to Tenants vRealize Operations on vCloud Director? Resolution: Easy, if you’ve got vRops deployed already, all you need is access to the tenant server. Prerequisits to confirm you are good to go: Verify that the Management Pack for vCloud Director is installed and configured in...Read more