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• Auto deploy a Post Install Actions

  I'm trying to find a good solution which will create a VM to a model as a post install activity after a 5.5 ESXi host is created via Auto deploy.  Here's the general idea...

  Bare metal-> ESXi (deployed self)-> create Virtual Machine (s)

  The whole process needs to be automated.  Power on the host, ESXi installed, created virtual machines... done.  I thought that vRealize Automation (VRA) that comes with vCenter might be the way to go, but I don't know how would be VRA called/activated at the end of the auto deploy processes.  Are there other options?

  I was talking with a guy on IRC #vmware and he stressed the vRealize Auto deploy plugin which can be the way to go.  Post the link here in case someone else needs it...

  https://my.VMware.com/en/group/VMware/get-download?downloadGroup=VCO_AUTODEPLOY_PLUGIN_510

• vSphere 5 Auto deploy

  Hi people,

  I try to get Auto deploy working, but a few problems. I have DHCP enabled for the mgmt VLAN to which the ESXi host is connected. We use InfoBlox here and the bootfilename is set to undionly.kpxe.vmw - cable and next server is set to the IP address of the TFTP server. I run Auto deploy and the TFTP on the same VM. When I start a host and the attempt to PXE boot, I get "PXE - E51: no DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received." This host has already ESXi installed on it. When it is the DCUI, I can configure the DHCP management network and almost immediately a DHCP IP address is provided within the specified scope.

  My question is, someone out there has managed this work by the following:

  -Equipment of IBM xSeries

  -DHCP InfoBlox

  -SolarWinds TFTP (running on a virtual machine, 2008 R2)

  -Auto Deploy (installed on a virtual machine, even though the Protocol TFTP, 2008 R2)

  Let me know if yes or if you can provide guidance.

  Thank you!

  Post edited by: RonCrbc

  Just to understand. Are rising the host connected to access ports or ports trunk/tag management (i.e. the VLAN tagging on the ESXi host)?

  André

• Auto Deploy, host profile and answer files

  Hello

  I'm busy trying to learn a little more about Auto deploy. I'm trying to figure out what is the best practice when it comes to the part host profiles of the automatic process of deploy. The way I see there are two ways to use host profiles.

  (1) for each host, I create a separate host profile and create necessary deployment rules, one rule per host.

  (2) I create a host profile and only one rule of deployment and then use the response file option to create the unique settings of the host.

  I've set up two option, option 2 seems less reliable while option 1 works every time. So my main question is what is the recommended method to use profiles to host with Auto deploy.

  Thank you

  Hello

  It is usually done through your supplied option 2.

  Create a profile from a host of reference and apply this profile to a host or a cluster.  Usually a cluster or however you define your deployment rules.  Update of the personalization of the host, then remove it from maintenance mode.

  Documentation on the profiles of the host.

  Here a documentation to Auto deploy

  I am a big fan or Pluralsight and Nash did a great job in this series.

  Training, Pluralsight

  Course: VMware vSphere Optimize & scale series

  Part 3: Monitoring & Automation

  Section: Self help to deploy for the deployment of ESXi

  So, that is the 'best practice' or ' recommended?  Good question.  Which is usually answered by - what is best for you!

  I hope this helps a little.

• Auto deploy hangs to the pxe boot

  Has anyone seen this error before?  AutoDeploy hangs during the boot process.  It loads iPXE, retrieves the URL https://my.autodeploy.server:6501 / vmw/rbd/tramp.  It crashes and eventuall fails when trying to post to/vmw/rbd/host-register? bootmac = ${mac}

  I restarted the server autodeploy. Run vmware vsphere auto deploy v5.1.0.4058 version 774808.  My next step is to upgrade auto deploy later.

  

  Did you use stateless-cache option (defined in the profile of the host). This would have created the partition on your drive, remove it and try.

  Another possibility could be, downloaded to autodeploy image would be corrupted.  Download the image once more with the name of profile of different image and set to host and try to start the stateless person once more.

  Nithin-

• Deploy a new virtual machine from a template

  Is there a workflow avaiable to deploy a new virtual machine from a template?  I tried using the Clone Virtual Machine, no workflow customization but receive an error saying, "task"CloneVM_Task"error: a specified parameter was not correct."
  "Spec.Location.pool (name of the dynamic Script Module: vim3WaitTaskEnd #20).

  When I use a template as a source of VM.

  I can't find any documents pointing to the deployment of the model.

  Hello

  It's the right workflow, but you must provide a pool of valuable resources for this workflow. If you do not resource pools, it can be shown in a vCO to root in the inventory (vCenter does not work).

  Christophe.

• Can I deploy the same virtual machine to VMWare Player running of several PCs without network problems

  Hi all

  I am a newbie so please forgive if this is a stupid question...

  Can I deploy the same virtual machine (XP Pro), with the same machine name and the same GUID for several machines on a network without going through issues such as errors of names duplicate etc. Or will I sysprep prior to deployment.  If so, is there an easier way to do it?

  Not sure if this is important, but I need to use Bridged networking due to problems with our personal firewall.

  You will need to deal with the dupe GUID. Sysprep is a method.

  Rick Blythe

  Social media specialist

  VMware Inc.

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• Cisco ucs with VMware 5 auto deploy

  Hello

  In our lab, I test with 5 VMware and Cisco UCS. We run UCSM 2.0 (1 m). I am now to test the auto hand deploy. I have auto configuration to deploy in VMware and it works (first of all, I had some problems with DHCP on windows which is solved in version 2.0 of UCSM (q)). vSphere gets deployed to the blade. When the blade (vShpere) wants to connect to vCenter I get an error of vCenter has enough licesing for this action. I loaded a lot of low-income VMware. When I create a virtual machine, it starts perfectly and apears in vCenter.

  I search on the internet for people who have the problem of the simailer, but could not find.

  Some body the same problem our help me?

  Thanks in advance,

  Robin

  Robin,

  This looks more like a VC related question (UCS) platform.  UCS has no effect on the functionality of licenses of the VC.

  If the host does not connect to the CR, how are you VMs to "start perfectly and appear in vCenter?

  Kind regards

  Robert

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• Deployment of a virtual machine from a store of data with less space, but enough for the virtual machine

  I received this delicate task, and I can understand not just how to replace all parts.

  I need to create a script that will be smartly decided what data store to deploy a virtual computer.  We do not want to deploy in a data store that has the most space, we want to deploy to the data store that has the least space but can still account for the space for the (vm + 5%) and still leave 50 GB free on the lun after the move.

  Thus, for example, if the virtual machine is 40 GB, we want the script to select the data store that has a close to 90 GB available without being under.

  So my thought for this approach is:

  • Create the query to get all the relevant LUNS.  This excludes all the LUNS with the 'local' name in it and excludes all LUN owners (who have a slightly different naming convention then our general shared storage LUNS)
    • This piece, which I partially understood
      • Get-datastore. WHERE-object {($_.)} Name: corresponds to "PAR0 [1-4] _ [edp] * disk *")- and ($_.) "." Name - notmatch 'local')}
    • Now, I need to get all of their total size and free space.  Perhaps export this list to a CSV, however if I have to.
    • Create a variable that contains: the size of the total virtual machine to the virtual machine that is deployed before its deployment.
    • Deduct vm size against each data store size and pull in some way that that also close to 50 GB free on the data store and still facilitates the deployment of the vm.
      

  I have a few other scripts, I scrounged on the internet that I tried to restore... but I just don't calm not having all the pieces...

  • Get-Datastore. Where-Object {$_.} ParentFolder-match 'Internal'} ' | Select-Object - property data center, FreeSpaceMB, CapacityMB name, ' | Tri-objet-property FreeSpaceMB
  • Select-Object Name,@{n="CapacityGB";e={[math]::round (($_.)) {{(CapacityMB/1024))}}, @{n = "FreeSpaceGB"; e = {[math]: round (($_.))}} {{(FreeSpaceMB/1024))}}, @{n = "FreeSpacePercent"; e = {[math]: round (($_.))}} FreeSpaceMB / $_. {{(CapacityMB*100))}} | Sort-Object FreeSpaceGB

  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  -Knotz

  Try something like this

  # Get all data warehouses

  $ds = get-Datastore. Where-Object {($_.)} Name: corresponds to "PAR0 [1-4] _ [edp] * disk *")- and ($_.) "." Name - notmatch 'local')} |

  Select-Object Name,

  @{n = "CapacityGB"; e = {[math]: round (($_.))}} {{(CapacityMB/1024))}}.

  @{n = "FreeSpaceGB"; e = {[math]: round (($_.))}} {{(FreeSpaceMB/1024))}}.

  @{n = "FreeSpacePercent"; e = {[math]: round (($_.))}} FreeSpaceMB / $_. {{(CapacityMB*100))}}

  {foreach ($vm in Get - VM)

  # Find possible candidates

  $candidates = $ds | where {($_.)} FreeSpaceGB - $vm. (UsedSpaceGB-50) - gt 0}

  # Find the best candidate

  $target = $candidates | Tri-objet-property FreeSpaceGB-descending | Select - 1 first

  Write-Output "VM $($vm.). Name) can go to $($target.) (Name) ".

  }

• deployment of a virtual machine in a paralytic using the api

  Hello

  How to deploy a vm in to an existing paralytic using the vcloud director api? I see this:

  POST /vApp/ {identifier} / action/deployment

  But I how to simply deploy a virtual machine in a public catalog in this paralytic?

  Thanks - Oli

  I found what I was looking for here:

  http://pubs.VMware.com/VCD-51/topic/com.VMware.vCloud.API.doc_51/GUID-667B71BD-6F00-4223-9A12-3CCBE5D215AF.html

• Orchestrator can be used to deploy applications in virtual machines?

  Hey guys,.

  It is a matter of general features.  I spent a few hours trying to figure the best technology to use for deployment of applications within virtual machines.  It looks like vFabric Application Director would be the * best *, but I am also looking to vCenter Orchestrator.  He seems mature, but I don't know if it can be used to deploy applications within a virtual machine (for example, install IIS in a Windows Server 2008 VM).

  Any input would be appreciated, marketing white papers are not totally clear!

  Thank you

  Drew

  You can use the workflow operations comments to run commands install or a complete script to do. This says that you can also use vCO to orchestrate the Application Director as part of an workflow provisioning of end-to-end.

• Auto deploy several error Script of VMS

  Hi guys,.

  I am creating several virtual machines with unique IP address and the name NetBIOS for each VM thrugh a Powershell script. Here is my scenario:

  I have 2 virtual machines on one of my server x.x.x.x

  
  1 Autodeploy-1 - the virtual machine on which I run the script through vSphere PowerCLI
  2 AutoDeployVM - model that I use to create other virtual machines.

  #Script

  # Virtual Center details

  $server_address = "xxxx".
  $username = "xxx".
  $password = "xxxxxx".

  # Vm details
  $destination_host = "xxxx".
  $template_name = "AutodeployVM".
  $datastore_name = ' dataStore1 (9).

  $customization = "customfile"
  
  

  # Name of the VMs in this table
  $array = "VPS-Test1″,"VPS-Test2″»"
  $iparray = "x.x.x.1″, x.x.x.2″ «»
  $a = 0

  SE connect-VIServer-Server $server_address-protocol https - User $username - Password $password

  foreach ($vm in $array)
  {

  Get-OSCustomizationSpec $customization | Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping | Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress $IParray[$a] -SubnetMask z.z.0.0 -DefaultGateway y.y.y.y -Dns x.x.x.35,x.x.x.36

  $vm = New-VM-name $vm - model $template_name - host Datastore $destination_host - $datastore_name -OSCustomizationSpec $customization

  -Confirm: $false $a = $a + 1

  }

  I placed the customization file (customfile) in the same folder where the script is. Here is the content of my customfile:

  New-OSCustomizationSpec-name Spec - OSType Windows - FullName administrator AdminPassword-*-domain abcd.com - DomainUsername abc - DomainPassword *.

  I get following errors:

  1 set-OSCustomizationSpec: a parameter cannot be corresponding parameter name «IpMode» found

  2 New - VM found no model with the name "AutodeployVM".

  3 New - VM model parameter: did not find any object specified by its name.

  You guys can help me with this. Have I missed something. I am very new to this thing. Appreciate your help.

  Thank you

  Kiala

  The New-OSCustomization cmdlet creates the form of customization in the vCenter database, not in a file.

  You must create this technique of customization by running

  New-OSCustomizationSpec-name Spec - OSType Windows - FullName administrator AdminPassword-*-domain abcd.com - DomainUsername abc - DomainPassword *.

  from the prompt of PowerCLI.

  Once the entry is created, you can execute your deployment script.

• API call for the deployment of computer virtual model?

  Hi all

  Could someone tell me how to deploy a virtual model computer using vsphere sdk webservice with the names of methods?

  Thanks in advance

  You use the method CloneVM_Task() (http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk41pubs/ApiReference/vim.VirtualMachine.html#clone)

  You're going to treat it just like the deployment of a model non - VM, the only difference is that the model has a property that marks it as a model if you can not make any changes or it turn, but essentially a virtual computer model is identical to a virtual machine. Simply locate your model VM mor and pass while in the clone, spec and deploy as you normally would.