Extra Configuration is not pushing to VM when deployed from VCD through OVF

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

Extra config for VMs are skipped while uploading OVF

Environment

10.x

Cause

User/Role does not allow upload of ExtraConfigs

Resolution

Steps to confirm if permissions are there in VCD:

Extra config key

As per KB make sure we have required values configured.

• To list existing values of "vApp: Allow Matching Extra Config":

VCLOUD_HOME/bin/cell-management-tool manage-config -n vapp.allowed.extra.config -l

• To update values of "vApp: Allow Matching Extra Config":

VCLOUD_HOME/bin/cell-management-tool manage-config -n vapp.allowed.extra.config -v numa.nodeaffinity

Example:

Rights:

• Make sure the user account has below highlighted rights for pushing Extra configuration.

Note: Refer for more information about roles and rights details.