Today the VMware vCloud Client for iPad has been released. To find out further information or to download this iPad from iTunes click here Listed below is an overview of what the application can do VMware vCloud Client for iPad | The Cloud at your Fingertips The VMware vCloud Client for iPad empowers VMware vCloud users to inspect their virtual machines (VMs), provision cloud computer systems (vApps), and perform basic workload operations – all from the convenience of an iPad. What can I do? Inspect: View your VMs and vApps, perform basic troubleshooting, and e-mail error logs as needed. Provision: Easily provision a cloud computer system from your catalog of vApps. Operate: Power cycle your VMs or possibly extend the lease. Key Features Simple Installation from App Store •Simple install onto your iPad from the Apple app store •Once installed, use the same vCloud URL and login credentials as used […]
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Changing the IP address of a vCloud Director cell
Working on a solution with Chris Colotti and other colleagues, we came across a KB article that details how to change the IP address on a vCD cell. I had never thought about this previously, having never changed an IP address of a cell. When you build your vCD cells, you bind specific services to IP addresses. You need to make the database aware of these changes once you have re-ip’d the operating system. This KB Article explains the full procedure on how to do this. These are the steps how to reconfigure the vCD database from the KB article above: o change the IP address of an installed vCloud Director server: Ensure to shutdown all the cells.To shutdown a cell, run this command from within the Red Hat system which is hosting the vCloud Director software:service vmware-vcd stop Change the column value of PRIMARY_IP in the CELLS table to the […]
Looking up Managed Object Reference (MoRef) in vCenter Server
I have been playing around today looking up the MoRef’s within vCenter to match up with the ones being shown within the vCloud Director logs. The kb article below shows how to look up the MoRef’s in vCenter. This is a really handy way of finding out which VM is referred to from another product. The easiest way to lookup the MoRef is to open your browser and point to: https://[FQDN_vCenter]/mob/ Extract from the KB article: This article provides information about looking up a Managed Object Reference (MoRef) in vCenter Server. This helps you determine which virtual machine, host, or datastore a product is referring to in its log bundle. For example, a virtual machine is denoted by vm-xxxx in the VMware Site Recovery Manager logs or the vpxa logs on an ESX host. KB article :: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017126