vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Preventing vCAC from Deleting Destroyed Virtual Machines
The default behavior in vCAC when destroying a vSphere virtual machine is to delete it completely and permanently. In some environments and use cases, this
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vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Example CMDB Integration
I keep getting asked for an example of integrating into a CMDB. The challenge with this is which CMDB, Asset, or Ticketing system do you create an example
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Enable Connect Using SSH
You may have noticed on the security tab of a blueprint there is an option you can enable to "Connect using RDP or SSH". You may have also noticed when you
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Creating Relational Drop Down Fields
One of the great benefits of vCloud Automation Center is it''s Self-Service capabilities and although vCAC has a great Self-Service experience right out of
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Workflow Designer Walk-Through: Add Computer Account to Active Directory OU
OK so in this article we are going to create our first workflow that executes a powershell script that adds a computer account to active directory in whate
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Installing the Workflow Designer
The VMware vCloud Automation Center Designer is a great tool that allows you to modify pre-built workflow stubs that are included with the designer. These
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Installing Self-Service Portal
vCAC comes with a self-service portal outside the standard portal. The self-service portal is included with the vCAC-51-Extensibiliy installation files. Th
HP MoonShot: Hardware is catching up with the cloud
HP is taking cloud computing to the next level with their MoonShot servers . Cloud isn''t just software anymore. Now I don''t know if HP MoonShot can solve
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Automated Installation Of Windows Guest Agent
In this article I''m gong to walk through automating the installation of the Windows Guest Agent. There are advantages to automating the guest agent instal
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Executing Scripts with the Windows Guest Agent
There are a few components to executing scripts in a Windows Guest OS which I’m going to cover in this post. Those items are: Windows Guest Agent Custom Pr
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Creating Custom Drop Down Menu''s
To create a custom drop down menu that can be presented to users at request time we will be leveraging the Property Dictionary. The Property Dictionary giv
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Using Custom Properties
In this example we are going to configure a few different types of custom properties. The properties we are going to configure are: VMware.VirtualCenter.Fo