While this is my 1st post on this site about Docker, and I’m sure ill write an introduction at some stage, I assume you are aware of the concepts as I have jumped straight into the CLI of Docker. The main reason for this is to; Help digest the content of a course I have just been on. As a …

The Rest API that you can use to access both UCSD and ICFB have similar origins therefore they work in a similar way. I have written blogs on how to access the API but thought it would be useful to break down the key elements involved in the calls. In the URL syntax 3 values are specified; opName - …

I will do a write up on Intercloud Fabric (ICF) in the near future however as I was playing with the API I thought I would detail those first. The ICF API works very much in the same way as the UCS Director API currently works (not surprising as the base code has the same origins). I won’t go …

Over the last year one of my main focuses has been around data centre automation and over this time I have found more and more customers either looking or actually embracing automation. This is great news as I have always seen the great value in this (maybe the lazy side of me coming out). Which is …

So what does MSP/Service Provider feature (Managed Service Provider) give me with UCS Director, I’ve see the option when I am in the system configuration (Administration->System->Service Provider Features) section? To enable you click the box and you then get the option of what to call …

If you have a legacy device you want to manage via UCS Director that doesn’t have any richer way (API etc.) to be interacted with or an out of the box task commands can be issues via SSH. These can be used as a quick solution rather than going down the full SDK route or creating a custom task. …

The platform is built on Javascript (Cloupia is based on Javascript Rhino – a server side language that is a mixture of Java and Javascript). Rhino : JavaScript Library For Java Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. It is typically embedded into Java …

During development of code it is sometimes useful to test syntax using an interpreter. Depending on what you are developing will depend on which method best suits you. I thought I would run though a couple; Chrome Developer Console Rhino UCS Director interpreter I’m sure other options exist …

This can be a confusing concept in UCS Director, mainly because people have preconceptions of what a VDC (Virtual Data Centre) is due to multiple uses of the acronym. Personally I would have probably called it something different but such as life we don’t always get what we want. What a VDC is …

Lets say you offer a number of storage locations that VM’s can be deployed to within your organisation or as part of a service offering, for example; Gold (Expensive, top of the line) Silver (Middle cost and performance) Bronze (Cheapest option with low performance) Wouldn’t it be useful …