{"id":1547,"date":"2012-01-04T11:07:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T16:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscolotti.us\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2012-05-10T12:02:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:02:29","slug":"how-to-convert-from-vcloud-linked-clones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriscolotti.us\/vmware\/how-to-convert-from-vcloud-linked-clones\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Convert From vCloud Linked Clones"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is just a really quick note to let folks know that yesterday on my Virtacore vCloud Express I\u00a0happened\u00a0to determine that the Organization vDC I was in was running Fast Provisioning. \u00a0Not hard to tell when things are deployed very fast actually. \u00a0I inquired and\u00a0because\u00a0I was an early Beta tester it had been enabled, but new accounts are not. \u00a0Once they disabled it I was stuck trying to\u00a0figure\u00a0out how to convert them. \u00a0In my home lab as a system administrator this is easy since you can “Consolidate”. \u00a0Notice below the “consolidate” is not an option.<\/p>\n

However as a normal Organization Administrator you can still do it pretty\u00a0easily. \u00a0Either way you need to shut the vApp down first. \u00a0Once you have them shut down you do not have the\u00a0consolidate\u00a0function. \u00a0However you can select “Move To”, and in the next field simply select the SAME\u00a0Organization\u00a0VDC. \u00a0In the case of a vCloud Express Provider it is the only one available. \u00a0If you have multiple Organization VDC’s then just select the same one you’re vApp is currently in.<\/p>\n

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I was pleasantly surprosed that this worked and kept all the IP information on the vApp. \u00a0I had never tried this as an Org admin since in my lab I am always a system administrator. \u00a0This little trick works pretty well to handle the conversion task if you have nothing more than organization admin level access and want to convert from fast provisioned to standard, provided it was disabled on the Organization vDC.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> \u00a0if Fast\u00a0Provisioning\u00a0is still enabled it can only be one on a per vApp basis by the system admin. \u00a0If you do the “Move To” you will just get another linked clone copy! \u00a0This also does require accessing the standard vCloud Director Portal if the provider’s custom portal does not have the functionality exposed using the API.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is just a really quick note to let folks know that yesterday on my Virtacore vCloud Express I\u00a0happened\u00a0to determine that the Organization vDC I was in was running Fast Provisioning. \u00a0Not hard to tell when things are deployed very fast actually. \u00a0I inquired and\u00a0because\u00a0I was an early Beta tester it had been enabled, but 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