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…

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.  

SSL VPN-Plus Client Fails to Connect

After upgrading from vShield Edge 5.5.4 -> NSX Edge 6.2.4 -> then converting to Advanced Gateway in a vCloud Director (8.20) environment all of my SSL VPN connections failed to establish. The following appeared:   "Error: Connection to gateway failed. Please contact your administrator for SSL VPN-Plus gateway settings."   Looking at the version it appeared I Read More…

VCNS 5.5 – Upgrade Failed. Root Fileystem Full

When trying to upgrade VCNS 5.5.3 to 5.5.4 I was presented with this error: Message: Could not untar /common/em/downloads/image/image-vsm-vsm-5.5.4-2504419.img.dist   This suggested to me there was a partition full somwhere on the vShield Manager VM To check this: Open the console of the VSM VM. Default username/passwords are:  Username: admin Passowrd: default Enable: default #' show Read More…

Connect to vCloud Director Instance using SSL VPN

This post follows on from how to create SSL VPN users for a vCloud Director deployment:  http://www.jordansphere.co.uk/create-ssl-vpn…ector-instance/   To connect to your vShield Edge using an  SSL VPN client you'll need to firstly login to the portal via https://{external-ip-of-edge-gateway}:8443   When logged in select the  Full Access tab then click Default (which was created earlier)   This brings up a download page. Read More…

Create a Site-to-Site VPN between vShield Edge and Draytek

Components: vCloud Director 5.1.1/ vShield Edge 5.1.1 Draytek 2820n (FW 3.3.7.5)   Create VPN from vCloud to Draytek Firstly we need to create the VPN in vCloud Director. Login to your virtual data centre then go to Administration -> Edge Gateways -> (right click vshield edge) -> Edge Gateway Services -> VPN. Tick the Enable VPN then click Add.     We will also need to ensure that Read More…