Association of DC to a Zone was introduced as part of [1]. With this change VCenter details at the "Add Cluster" page should be optional to take care of legacy zones(zones created prior to [1] support). This could be a bug in UI
[1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Mapping+model+for+CloudStack+zone+and+Vmware+datacenter > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > Sent: 11 July 2013 01:57 > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Ahmad Emneina > Subject: Re: Using VMware from CloudStack > > Hi Ahmad, > > Yeah, it seems to ask for vCenter credentials both when adding the VMware > Datacenter to the Zone and when creating a CS Cluster based on a VMware > Cluster. > > Interesting > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Ahmad Emneina <aemne...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > one typically adds a cluster during zone creation or adds the cluster > > as a unit (which maps to the vmware dc/cluster). I believe at the > > cluster addition phase, is where you should be prompted for > > credentials. Give that a try, see if you get any miles out of that. > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Mike Tutkowski < > > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've been primarily working on the 4.2 branch as of late and was > > > setting > > up > > > a VMware cluster for the first time in a while. > > > > > > I noticed from an error message that before I can set up a cluster > > > based > > on > > > VMware that I must add the VMware Datacenter to the Zone. I went > > > ahead > > and > > > did this. > > > > > > I then came back to the Add Cluster dialog and am wondering why at > > > this point we ask for the vCenter host, username, password, and > > > datacenter. It would seem I already filled in this info when I > > > associated the VMware Datacenter to the Zone. Am I missing something > here? > > > > > > Thanks for filling me in on this! > > > > > > -- > > > *Mike Tutkowski* > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > o: 303.746.7302 > > > Advancing the way the world uses the > > > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > > *(tm)* > > > > > > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *(tm)*
