Recently, I encountered an issue while trying to add a cloud provider in vCloud Application Director 6.0.1. It turns out that, depending on the vCloud Automation Center identity source, you may need to capitalize the domain name in the user's UPN. … [Continue reading] about Active Directory tenant identity sources & vCloud Application Director 6.0.1
Adding a cloud provider in vCloud Application Director 6.0.1
If you've tried to add a new cloud provider within vCloud Application Director 6.0.1, you may have run into an issue where the credentials can't be validated. The (less than helpful) UI error message is: Could not connect to the Cloud Provider at … [Continue reading] about Adding a cloud provider in vCloud Application Director 6.0.1
#AWS Glacier & SNS #PowerShell cmdlets
So, yeah, I finally finished writing this. In terms of coding projects, this one has been the most challenging for a number of reasons. First, AWS Glacier is cold storage, which means that vault inventories and archive retrievals have (approximately) … [Continue reading] about #AWS Glacier & SNS #PowerShell cmdlets
Search-Cloud is cooler than you might think
PowerCLI 5.0.1 delivered new vCloud Director functionality including a cmdlet named Search-Cloud. If you've taken a look at Get-Help Search-Cloud, you'll see a parameter named -QueryType used to "Specify what types of objects you want to search for". … [Continue reading] about Search-Cloud is cooler than you might think
VMworld 2012: My schedule
In the spirit of "everyone else is doing it, so why shouldn't I?", I decided to go ahead and blog about my VMworld 2012 schedule. This VMworld promises to be a non-stop barrage of awesome technical content, learning new things, and hanging out with … [Continue reading] about VMworld 2012: My schedule