Configure RabbitMQ for vCloud Director 9

In this example we will be using the Web interface for configuration. 1. Login via http:\\{IP}:15672 to with administrator credentials   2. When logged in. Click Exchanges tab -> Add a new exchange -> {Enter details like below}   2. Create user  Select Admin tab -> {Enter credentials like below) -> Add user   When created Read More…

VCD: A General System Error Occurred: Weak Password: Not Enough Different Characters or Classes

Problem When trying to prepare a host (after an unprepare) in vCloud Director 8.20 (ESXi 6.0) I got the following error:   Remote call failure on host [vcId=8af60e1e-3f9d-4d01-a69b-0f4c94e7f09a, moref=host-590541]. Error string was " A general system error occurred: Weak password: not enough different characters or classes. Please refer to the log for more details.".     Read More…

In Order to Perform This Operation a Successful Bind Must Be Completed on the Connection

Problem When trying to connect vCloud Director 9.1 to Active Directory I was presented with the following error when trying to test LDAP Settings LDAP_SEARCH_ERROR  – [LDAP: error code 1 – 000004DC: LdapErr: DSID-0C090A22, comment: In order to perform this operation a successful bind must be completed on the connection., data 0, v3839   Resolution Ensure you Read More…

vCloud Director 8.20 – API to Grant Privileges to Advanced Gateway

Problem: After upgrading to Advanced Gateway Edge in VCD 8.20 the user is unable to access the new tenant portal due to a permissions issue Example of error message: You need some or all of the following rights [ORG_VDC_GATEWAY_CONFIGURE_SSH, ORG_VDC_GATEWAY_VIEW_SSH] to perform operations [GATEWAY_VIEW_SSH] for (com.vmware.vcloud.entity.gateway:c2c63647-82e7-4a40-8167-xxxxxxxxxx) Solution: To fix the issue a vCloud Director administrator will Read More…

Download vCloud vApp using OVF Tool

The following command will download a vApp from vCloud Director (8.20). Note the vApp needs to be in a stopped state. vCloud URL:         myuatcloud.jordansphere.co.uk Org Name:           Jordansphere Org VDC Name:  JordansphereUAT vApp Name:        CentOS Username:          auser Password:          Read More…

Failed to Delete Interface of Edge Gateway

Problem: In vCloud Director 8.20 I was trying to remove an org network when the following error appeared : Cannot delete organization VDC network Failed to delete interace of edge gateway Resolution Re-deploy the Edge gateway then remove the org newtork once again.  

PowerCLI – Script to Output Usage from vCloud Director

The following PowerCLI command will output all the Organization VDCS with status, CPU, memory and storage usage & provider VDC which it belongs to   1) Connect to the vCloud Director instance Connect-CIServer myuatcloud.jordansphere.co.uk -user administrator -password {password}     2) Run the following query Get-OrgVdc | Select Name,Enabled,CpuUsedGhz,CpuLimitGhz,MemoryUsedGB,MemoryLimitGB,StorageUsedGB,StorageLimitGB, ProviderVdc