Not able to prepare host in vCD? Remove the vCD agent....

When you try to prepare the host(s) you get below error,

The host is managed by another  vCloud Director system "vcd". Unprepare the host from the other system or uninstall the agent software on the host...

Hosts not visible in the vCD vSphere resources?

Here I would check and do,

1. Make sure the time synchronization is accurate among vCD, vShield Manager and vCenter server. Use of NTP server is recommended.

2. Make sure vLookup service is responding and correctly configured.

3. Check if the PvDC is throwing any error, this issue is most probably related to the PvDC. If possible remove the PvDC and re-create it.

4. Once PvDC re-created the hosts should show up.

vCloud Director Initial setup

So whats next after installing the vCloud director...

1. Login to the vCD using the browser IP, if you see something like then you are going good so far, read the welcome note (if you really want to) and click next...

vCloud Director Install - Appliance

So here how we will install the vCloud Director (vCD). These are the appliance guidelines,

1. Login to the vCenter, deploy the vCD ovf file using the "Deploy OVF Template" wizard. This is a very straight forward process so I have not detailed all the steps here.

Register the vCenter server in the vShield Manager

Once you are all set with the vShield Manager,

1. Login to the vShield Manager using the web address.

2. Click on "Edit" button under the Lookup service and enter the details.

3. Enter all the details along with SSO credentials.