Replace the vCD Transfer Storage

If you have a new NFS share and want to replace it with the existing one, you can follow something below,

For example you setup a new share name: 192.168.1.5:/mnt/esxsan/nfs/vcdshare

• Stop the VCD service (Follow correct procedure to shutdown the vCD service here)

        #service vmware-vcd stop

• Goto transfer directory

       #cd /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer/

• Compress the current data to a safe location

        #tar cvf /tmp/copy-of-transfer

• Remove the existing data in transfer

        #rm -rf

• Unmount the current share

        #umount /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer

• Modify the fstab file to match the new share

       192.168.1.5:/mnt/esxsan/nfs/vcdshare /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer/ nfs rw 0 0

• Mount the share

       #mount -a

• Verify the permissions on the new share

       #chmod 750 /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer

• Start the VCD service

        #service vmware-vcd start