Can we copy an existing Blueprint as template ?
Hello folks, I'm looking into expanding our blueprints options in vCAC but for every new change (increased RAM or more number of CPU's or similar) I end up creating a new blueprint. Is there a way...
View ArticleDoes vCAC support integration with vCOPS ?
Hello Folks, Does vCAC support integration with vCOPS (vCenter Operations Enterprise) product? We are interested in learning if vCAC can provide capacity aware placement advice based on real time...
View ArticlevCAC integrated with vCloud Director - Information not updating in vCAC
Hi all, I am doing a vCAC inegration with vCloud setup in a customer site. I had integrated the vCAC using a cloud endpoint and vDCs created in the vCD is now visible in the vCAC as computing...
View ArticleCreate workflow for a New Blueprint
I tried to create a blueprint with create action in the build information tab and assigned the Basic VMWorkflow, but after saving it, the blueprint was not available from the self service portal. I...
View ArticleDoes vCAC support provisioning virtual desktop?
We are trying to configure vCAC accordingly to support some of out internal requests but didn't find much information in the documents. We are hoping if any one of you would be able to help and...
View ArticleAllocation or Utilization based cost model ?
Hello folks, In vCAC we have options to define cost values per VM, also there's no current integration set up with VMware Charge back product either. I was wondering if vCAC supports utilization based...
View ArticleHow to bring unmanaged servers(VM's) under vCAC management
Hello, I'm trying to understand how we can bring the unmanaged VM's as part of vCenter under vCAC management. There are certain VM's running before the vCAC was implemented but with vCAC I see those...
View ArticleHow does vCAC configure with Citrix Xen ?
Hello, When we configure an endpoint for vCenter, vCAC will run a workflow in the background to discover and gather all the information from vCenter and make it transparent to vCAC management. Is the...
View ArticleWant to customize you Self Service portal in vCAC?
I wrote some things customizing the self service portal for you needs: http://mighty-virtualization.blogspot.de/2012/11/vcac-vcloud-automation-center.html best regardsChristian
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Workflow "ProcessMachineRequests" failed with the following exception
Hi, We have below error when trying to provision a Virtual Machine, We are using vSphere (vCenter) as the endpoint. Any idea ? Many thanks. Error4/24/2013 4:38...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center API HTML Reference
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vcac-51-extensibility-guide.pdf “For a detailed reference to the core entity types accessible through vCAC API, see the vCloud AutomationCenter API HTML Reference.” Where is...
View ArticleCreate requestable services in vCAC
Hello folks, So far, we have created a few blueprints to help provision VM's but I'm not sure we can create blueprints for requesting services. Ex: a blueprint for a service such as email (for a new...
View ArticleEdit OOTB workflows in Designer
Hello, vCAC provides a few OOTB workflows when we choose the 'create' option while building a blueprint. Ex: WIM Image workflow, Basic VM workflow, External provisioning workflow, Linux kickstart...
View ArticleRun script after VRMAgent activities in WinPE
I'm trying to figure out a way to run a batch script after the VRMAgent applies a WIM image but before it restarts the computer. Windows has the nasty habit of dropping partition info from the BCD when...
View ArticleHow does HP iLO and Dell iDRAC be configured in vCAC?
Hello folks, While creating new Endpoints to configure physical severs, we have a few options: HP iLO, Dell iDRAC and Cisco UCS. When we create a new reservation with physical servers, does vCAC...
View ArticlevCAC to vCO to VCM (or) vCAC to VCM? Best practice?
Hello folks, Its been documented and said that vCAC integrates well with vCO out of the box. But from a overall solution point of view, does vCO integrates with VCM/vCOPS and then have vCAC integrated...
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Machine Prefix Error and Bug on vCAC and vCloud Director
Hi there, Can someone please help me - I am pulling my hair out regarding this at the moment. Basically the problem I am having is: I create a vApp in vCloud Director and add it to my global catalog....
View ArticlevCAC Self Service Portal - File transfer and .ISO mount capability
Good Morning I'm currently working on a solution whereby a private cloud platform will be provisioned using the vCloud Suite; I intend to offer IaaS and PaaS. I have a requirement for users to be able...
View ArticlevCAC virtual machine provisioning
Hi,How to create a template for a virtual machine to be used in vCAC and be visible for data collection template ?
View Articlevcloud vsphere inventory discovery task in progress for 2 hours 30 minutes...
Hello, we started a inventory discovery task for a vcenter. This task finished once according to the log file before. The first run took 20 minutes. Today I started the discovery task again but thought...
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