Setting vCloud Information for an Instance (VMware command line)

Use the command line to set the vCloud server hostname and user credentials for a specified virtualization client and VMware instance.

Before You Begin

  • To update the vCloud information for an instance, download the update_instance_vcloud.xml file and save it on the computer where the command will be executed.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the CommServe host using the qlogin command.

  2. Execute the following command from the software_installation_directory/Base folder after substituting the parameter values.

    qoperation execute -af update_instance_vcloud.xml -appName 'Virtual Server' -clientName xxxxx -instanceName xxxxx -vcloudhostName xxxxx -vcloudPassword/password xxxxx -vcloudPassword/userName xxxxx

    Example

    qoperation execute -af update_instance_vcloud.xml -appName 'Virtual Server' -clientName vmware-client -instanceName VMware -vcloudhostName cloud.mydomain.company.com -vcloudPassword/userName admin -vcloudPassword/password pass@@329

The following table describes the XML parameters used to set the vCloud information.

Parameter

Description of Parameter Values

clientName

Name of the client computer.

instanceName

Name of the VMware instance.

vcloudhostName

Name of the vCloud host computer.

vcloudPassword/userName

Name of the user with the credentials to log on to the vCloud host computer.

vcloudPassword/password

Password of the user with the credentials to log on to the vCloud host computer.

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