Re: Advanced Services: Using an Action to populate a dropdown?
When you use a custom action to populate a field, the values and the labels on the form are both equal to what is returned. I have been using custom actions to populate these fields but have not found...
View ArticleRe: need to re-register cloned vm in DNS?
The OS is using a volume licensed (MAK) key. Sysprep seems to have completed successfully: setuperr.log is empty, console was logged in as the administrator, and customization changes were all in place.
View ArticleRe: Trouble connecting gdb to VMWare Fusion
Hi Gerry, and welcome to the VMware Communities! Which version of gdb are you running? If it's an Apple build of gdb, try launching gdb with -arch x86_64 as a command-line argument. Either way, try an...
View ArticleRe: vRealize Automation API - Create a Machine Prefix
No way to do it via REST AFIK but you can do it through vRO: var modelName = "ManagementModelEntities.svc";var entitySetName = "HostNamePrefixes";var entities =...
View ArticleExternal IdP Example
I'd like to delegate authentication to another IdP (which is not the Horizon Workspace IdP). I've added my IdP as an Identity Provider in Identity Manager, but I'm not sure what to do next. I'm...
View ArticleRe: Setup virtual serial ports
Did you disable Thinprint ? - a default VM uses serial0 for that feature.Please start your VM and try to use the serial ports - then power off and attach the vmware.log
View ArticleRe: App Volumes 2.9 and ESXi 6
Do you know the release date for the 6u1a version of the patch?
View ArticleRe: ASD Resource Actions - Form not loading in vRA unable to find resource error
Was the machine provisioned using an advanced service blueprint? If so what is the item type it is provisioning as? Does the same error happen when you use a generic machine blueprint and try to run...
View ArticleRe: Set StoragePath in VCO during WFStubBuildingMachine
Same problem here! I need to accomplish exactly the same thing but I cannot find a way. I've tried with the following Custom Properties with no result, the VM disks are always deployed on the Storage...
View ArticleRe: Identity Based Rules (AD) in NSX Firewall
I don't believe you can make the rule on the user, it has to be on the AD group. Other than that, the rule will work. You need to have the domain registered within NSX and make sure you have the guest...
View ArticleRe: BuildingMachine State - VcVirtualDisk
Once you install the vRO customizations to your vRA environment and create a BuildingMachine workflow you can do pretty much whatever you want to the properties of the VM and they will be applied when...
View ArticleNSX, vRA and Infoblox
Has anyone implemented vRA with NSX using Infoblox and not utilizing network profiles at all? If so, any gotchas that have come up? Any insight would be helpful. We are going down this path for the...
View ArticleNeed specific event that gets triggered when the host gets destroyed which...
hi, I need the exact event that gets triggered when host that has a VM attached gets destroyed but it has a HA host which becomes active .Marianne
View ArticleRe: Ways of passing property values to Powershell
I'm assuming you are talking about this.You can always use the Run Script in Guest workflow (not Run script in VM guest) and edit the script inside of a workflow then kick it off. I use that method on...
View ArticleRe: error when I moved vmdk (hard disk)
Thanks,I can't remember what I do to obtain these error:The vmware image has some snapshots.The log2015-11-30T22:29:34.457+01:00| Worker#1| I125: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [10]: "SUSE Linux Enterprise 11...
View ArticleRetire legacy ESX 4.1 cluster
Hi all, We currently have two clusters managed by a single vCenter server. One is the newer ESXi 5.1 cluster and the other is the legacy ESX 4.1 cluster. We have already migrated all our virtual...
View ArticleRe: Allocate reservation operation failed Error: Not enough capacity...
Best I can give you is check again. Check to make sure your are looking at the correct business group and are provisioning the machine in the correct business group if you are a member of multiple...
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Re: NFS 4.1 export mounts as read-only (RECLAIM_COMPLETE FS failed)
I am having the same issue. When I mount a datastore to a location using NFS 4.1, without Kerberos, and the access mode is read-write, the share mounts but as read-only. In vSphere when I check...
View ArticleRe: vRealize Automation API - Create a Machine Prefix
Kericmiles, I'm trying to understand this...What I believe I would need to do is create a vRO Action with this snippet in it.var modelName = "ManagementModelEntities.svc";var entitySetName =...
View ArticleRe: error when I moved vmdk (hard disk)
There are files referenced in the log file which do not show up in the list. Please ensure that you post the complete file list.In addition to the file list, please compress/zip the vmware.log, the...
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