In a two cell vCloud setup I was having trouble booting the second cell when the first cell was already running. When investigating this issue I noticed that there was something wrong with the permissions on the transfer directory. In the cell.log files I found the following error: “Transfer spooling area is not writable”. The transfer […]
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How to move vCloud Transfer Directory
VMware’s instructions on how to install multiple vCloud Cells are rather clear, you first create a NFS share and mount that to the location “/opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer”. Then install both vCloud Cells and you’re done. In a single vCloud Cell install, the cell will use the local disk for the transfer directory. For a multi cell environment […]