Screen resolution for VM's inside vCloud director.

[jocoll75]

I've been trying to figure out how to increase the screen resolution on my CentOS vm inside vCloud director. The resolution for my centos vm was maxed out at 1176 x 885. In Order to get a higher resolution on my vm, I had to increase the video memory for the vm. I wasn't able to add the video memory from inside vCloud director, I had to go to vCenter to increase the video memory. (right click on the vm, go to edit settings and select video card.) you will also see a video memory calculator to calculate the proper amount of memory for the resolution you desire. I know its a simple thing, but it took me a minute to figure this out. I figured I'd put it on the discussion board in the event that someone else needed or wanted this information.

Thanks,

J

[IamTHEvilONE]

I don't think video memory is exposed via the vCloud Director web UI.  We have a specific overhead value for calculation purposes, and video memory is included in that.

let me see if there is some workaround to this which doesn't require manual interaction in vCenter.

[mikgioia]

Four years on.. I have an issue with this also...

[IamTHEvilONE]

I don't think this was ever exposed.  The default memory assignments are usually enough.  I think if you change them in vCenter, they should persist since everything is a clone or linked clone of the original.

I'm no longer with VMware, so I can't really look into this further from that side.