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Orf Gelbrich
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee
Task NameOVF deployment / passing attributes to vCenter
Description
Prerequisites
  1. Tested on 5.2.0.1
CategoryWorkflow
ComponentsvSphere 5.x
User Inputs

Instructions for Regular Workflow Use:

  1. Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer.
  2. Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFD file.
  3. Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges.
  4. Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import".
  5. Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFD file resides. Choose the .WFD file and click "Open".
  6. Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next".
  7. Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all checkboxes and then the "Select" button.
  8. Click "Submit".
  9. A new folder should appear in "Policies-->Orchestration" that contains the imported workflow. You will now need to update the included tasks with information about the specific environment.

Both Workflow Task1 and Workflow Task2 do the modification of VM property attribute.

Workflow Task 1(Modify vDC VM Property Attribute.wfdx):

By using this workflow we can modify the attribute of  existing VM.

For this task we have to give the below Inputs

  1. 1.Select vDC
  2. 2.VM Name(Existing VM name)
  3. 3.Key
  4. 4.Value

Workflow Task 2(VMWare OVF Deployment Clone.wfdx):

By using this workflow we can  deploy the new OVF(creating the new  VM) and modify the property attribute of  created VM.

For this task we have to give the below inputs

  1. 1.Select vDC
  2. 2.OVF URL
  3. 3.VM Name
  4. 4.user Name
  5. 5.Password
  6. 6.Key
  7. 7.Value

Workflow Task3(Print VM Properties.wfdx):

By using this workflow we can print all properties of VM.

For this task we have to give the below input

  1. 1.VM Name

Please find the below default keys(created by our UCSD while deploying the OVF) for the corresponding properties.

Example :

If you want to change the property of “mgmt-ipv4-addr” have to give the key as 2 and value as your input.

Property Name

Key

login-username

0

login-password

1

mgmt-ipv4-addr

2

mgmt-ipv4-gateway

3

hostname

4

enable-ssh-server

5

enable-http-server

6

enable-https-server

7

privilege-password

8

domain-name

9

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jdfreimark
Level 4
Level 4

Hi Orf,

I'm getting a java heap error when running the "OVF Import to VMware Cloud" task, even after increasing the max heap size. Might you be able to share the underlying code?

Orf Gelbrich
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

The import is a built in task.  The code is not 100% visible.  A wrapper version is visible when you clone the task.  I would suggest opening a TAC case for the built in task issue. 

jdfreimark
Level 4
Level 4

Okay, thanks fro the reply, the built in task doesn't completely fit my needs anyhow. Might you know if it is just a wrapper for OVFTool, or if it leverages the OVFManagerImportVApp classes in the VMWare Java SDK?

Orf Gelbrich
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Sorry - no I don not know. I would suspect the VMware API gets called for the vCenter since all communication happens via that vCenter connection.  You could turn debug on (Administration-> Support Information) and then tail -f the log (/opt/infra/inframgr/logfile.txt) and maybe get further insight why it is creating a problem on your system.

jdfreimark
Level 4
Level 4

I will try that. Thanks again!

Orf Gelbrich
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Is this on UCSd 6.0.0.0 or 6.0.0.1 or 6.0.1.1. ?

jdfreimark
Level 4
Level 4

No, it's on 5.5.0.1.

Orf Gelbrich
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

That explains it. That is for Java 1.6.  and you are on java 1.8. 

Hello Orf,

What should be the entry given to "OVF URL" field?

Thanks,

Sheriff

Orf Gelbrich
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Picture 1 and two have the info…. /opt/infra/….

Hello Orf,

Thank you.

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