Tag Archives: vcd

vCloud Director – retain IP/Mac

Posted on August 30, 2016 by josh@sostechblog.com

I found myself in need of changing a network setting on a bunch of vCD vApps.  The setting in question (“Retain IP/MAC Resources” in the GUI, “RetainNetInfoAcrossDeployments” from the API) causes the vApp to retain it’s assigned IP (apparently by retaining … Continue reading →

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vCloud Director 5.1 cell – change the database

Posted on November 15, 2012 by josh@sostechblog.com

Adding a cell to an existing deployment requires accessing the same database (and using the responses.properties file from the initial install) but if you decide to make the second cell stand-alone or made a mistake during deployment or just want … Continue reading →

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vCloud Director and guest customization

Posted on November 5, 2012 by josh@sostechblog.com

Guest customization (specifically Windows 2003) is done a little differently in vCloud Director. While you still create a properly-named directory tree containing the sysprep files, you then run a script that combines all of the Windows sysprep files into one … Continue reading →

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