Re: How to change catalog default storage policy?

Had the same issue and found this forum. After a lot of trials and errors I found a solution.

#Set thew new catalog profile

$orgvDCStoragePolicy = search-cloud -querytype AdminOrgVdcStorageProfile | where {($_.Name -match $StorageCatalogPolicyName) -and ($_.VdcName -eq $orgvDCName)} | Get-CIView

$orgvDCStoragePolicy.UpdateServerData()

#Create a private Catalog and share it to all Org members with Read/Write access

$privateCatalog = New-Object VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Views.AdminCatalog

$privateCatalog.name = "$orgName Private Catalog"

(Get-Org $orgName | Get-CIView).CreateCatalog($privateCatalog)

New-CIAccessControlRule -Entity $privateCatalog.name -EveryoneInOrg -AccessLevel ReadWrite -Confirm:$False

#Update catalog storage policy

$catalog = Get-Org -name $OrgName | get-catalog -name $privateCatalog.name

$catalog.ExtensionData.CatalogStorageProfiles.VdcStorageProfile = $orgvDCStoragePolicy.href

$catalog.ExtensionData.UpdateServerData()

You have to use the ".href" to reference the object instead of the catalog name. I was hoping to set the catalog storage policy at the creation with this line:

$privateCatalog.ExtensionData.CatalogStorageProfiles.VdcStorageProfile = $orgvDCStoragePolicy.href

It won't take it, I get the following error:

The property 'VdcStorageProfile' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.

As a result you end up with "Version 2" of every newly created catalog.

Hope that helps.

-Alex