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 […]
Will MS Patch 2744842 break vCenter functionality?
Just got a call from a systems administrator who applied Microsoft Patch 2744842 on his vCenter Server 4.1.0 U3 / Windows 2008R2 and ran into some issues after that. You might want to think twice before applying this new Microsoft Patch without proper testing. As you know this MS patch fixed some issues with Internet […]
VMware vSphere 5.1 iPXE problems with AutoDeploy
Short story: Can I replace the new vCenter 5.1 iPXE boot with good old vCenter 5.0 PXE? Yes you can !!!! I called on twitter for help for someone to send me the contents of their AutopDeploy 5.0 FTPRoot directory and I promptly received a response from Roman ( @medea61 ). After placing the AutoDeploy […]
Adding AD authentication to VMware SSO 5.1
With the release of VMware vCenter Server 5.1 an important new component has been released: the VMware Single Sign-On (SSO) server. It is one of the components of vCenter Server and is a requirement for installation. Through the SSO server a user now gets authenticated and receives a token that authenticates the user with other […]
AutoDeploy Failed to convert ItemList
When working with VMware vSphere AutoDeploy and creating or editing rules I sometimes get the following error when running a Get-DeployRule: “Failed to convert ItemList to VI Object: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object” (See screenshot). Often I also have one or more rules not working correctly then. Turns out […]