A while ago, this question was asked and answered (http://communities.vmware.com/message/1020415) for VIMA, but the answer no longer seems to work.
If you've assigned the wrong IP, or need to change the hostname, it would be great to restart the initial wizard.
It used to be that you could run:
sudo /usr/bin/system-config-network
But this no longer exists. Any idea what it is now?
Hi all,
I have vMA fresh download from vmware web site. Then:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/wsman status
openwsmand is stopped
$ sudo /etc/init.d/wsman start
wsman is already running
$ sudo /etc/init.d/wsman status
openwsmand is stopped
$ sudo /etc/init.d/wsman status
openwsmand is stopped
$ sudo /etc/init.d/wsman start
wsman is already running
$ sudo /etc/init.d/wsman status
openwsmand is stopped
There isn't service in process list (ps -aef). Any idea?
Thanks
Kris
hi, guys:
I have just installed a new vCenter 4.1 with 1 esxi 4.0u2 and 1 esxi 4.1.
I have downloaded vMA 4.1 and try to use AD auth to connect vCenter.
I have joined the vMA into domain and restarted vMA.
However, when I tried to add vCenter with --authpolicy adauth, it asked me to type in username for vCenter server.
I typed mydomain
myaccount
It gave me Error: Failed to add users
Can you tell me why?
Thanks alot
- Silver
My Vmware blog: http://geeksilverblog.com
Hello,
I'd like to install the package hpsmh-6.2.1-14.x86_64.rpm from
that is the download page of the drivers for HP proliant servers.
In the installation instructions is written:
Installation:
Download the rpm package to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory.
Type rpm -ivh hpsmh-< version >.x86_64.rpm to install.
The problem is that the RPM is not present on my ESXi installation. I tried to use ipkg but the error was:
/vmfs/volumes/4c895c80-e7b9fb9a-751b-00237dd0c11a/INST/PATCH # ipkg install hpsmh-6.2.1-14.x86_64.rpm
ipkg: invalid magic
Any suggestion?
Thank you in advance,
Davide
hi guys
I need an idea!
For my monitoring, i have to get some custom information about the vCenter environment, but this info's are not include in VC by default.
So my client is an linux server with installed vSphereCLI and the server an W2k8 with installed vCenter 4.1.
My idea was to set an custom attribute on the vCenter Server and fill it with my technical information.
Is there an option to poll this custom value from vCenter, with the CLI from the linux server?
greeds
stony007_de
How can I use the vMa to mount a vmdk file to read the geometry information? I know I can do this with the VDDK but the call is sorta slow, depending on how the network is.
I'd like to be able to open up a vmdk file or a -flat file, but I'm not sure how to mount /vmfs/volumes in the vMa?
thanks,
- h
I like to know Howto restart vmware-vpxa on an ESXi host using the vMA 4.1
Currently i do it with a PowerCLI procedure
Connect-VIServer «hostname»
$vpx = Get-VMHostService | where {$_.Key -eq 'vmware-vpxa'}
Restart-VMHostService $vpx -Confirm
But dont know how to do it using the vMA
I need to get some vSwitch specific information like - whether the MAC Address Change, Forged Transmits and Promiscuous Mode policies are set to Accept or reject. I can get the information directly from the host using the vim-cmd. Need to know if I there is a way to run the vim-cmd command from the vMA on the ESXi target to get the vSwitch policies information?
Regards,
SK
I've been googling this for a while and just can't seem to find what I'm looking for.
Is there a way to use the vMA to start up a powered off or suspended VM?
Thanks!
h
Does anyone out there know the reason why VMware removed the vi-logger functionality out of the vMA appliance in vSphere 5?
I can understand adding an easy to use facility on vCenter as this is a great solution for SMB, but for large corporate's I wouldn't use it as it adds an unnecessary level of complexity for the vCenter server. Think upgrading or reinstalling vCenter servers in a linked mode environment with hundreds of hosts. Needing to add and setup that functionality for logging adds a extra couple of hours to a change that I would really rather not have to do.
Also many of the corp or Gov environments I work in have syslog setups, but setting it up requires communicating and liaising with other teams who are often not helpful or co-operative. Having a dedicated syslog system for VMware Admins makes life so much easier but as above I don't want it on my vCenter server and I don't want to pay for another Windows license just to get the seperation I'm looking for.
I've seen the the virtuallyGhetto post about re-enabling vi-logger in vMA 5.0 which is great and I'll probably do a blog at some point similar to my end-to-end walkthrough for setting up a vMA 4.1 syslog server. But I would really like to know the logic behind disabling vi-logger in vMA 5.0. Also if people start re-enabling this functionality in vMA 5.0 does that mean VMware will break future releases so that you can't? That would be crazy annoying.
Cheers,
Paul
vMA 5.0.0.0
can anyone tell me the vMA's default web and shell login?
i tried below username:password combinations but no success so far
admin:vmw@re
root@vmw@re
admin:default
how do I reset them?
I'm attempting to install an rpm to 5.1 that I previously installed to 5.0. On 5.0 it installed without issue. On 5.1, I get the following errors:
Preparing... ##################################################
opensuse-pasda ##################################################
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: warning: script 'S01vmware-vifpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'S01vmware-vma' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
insserv: warning: script 'vmware-vma' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'vmware-vifpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Script jexec is broken: incomplete LSB comment.
insserv: missing `Required-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty.
pasdad 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
The 4 references to vmware scripts are normal, and expected. The ones for jexec are not.
What do I need to do to resolve this.
Cheers.
Hello vMA specialists
Today I installed vMA 5.1.
What i did:
- vMA joined in AD
- vCenter Server added as target with Authpolicy adauth
- added an ESX 4.1 and two ESXi 5.0 hosts to vMA. All ESX Hosts are joined in the same AD.
My goal is:
- Login to vMA with my personal AD login (not vi-admin) and run all vMA commands in this context.
Problem:
- Although vMA is joined to AD I can't login (ssh) with my persoanl AD account which is member of AD Group "ESX Admins"
- as William posted on his Blog he logs into vMA using a valid AD account. How can I do this?
- because I'm only able to login with ssh to vMA using vi-admin I always have to enter root password for each ESX hosts
vi-admin@vma51:~> sudo domainjoin-cli query
Name = vma51
Domain = AD.SOMETHING.COM
Distinguished Name = CN=vma51,OU=VMWareESX,OU=Servers,OU=Company,DC=AD,DC=SOMETHING,DC=com
vi-admin@vma51:~> vifp listservers -l
vcenter.ad.something.com vCenter adauth
esx1.company.com ESXi adauth
esx2.company.com ESXi fpauth
esx3.company.com ESX adauth
ESX Host with Active Directory Authentication (adauth)
vi-admin@vma51:~> vifptarget -s esx1
vi-admin@vma51:~[esx1.company.com]> esxcli
Enter username: root
Enter password:
Usage: esxcli [options] {namespace}+ {cmd} [cmd options]
ESX Host mit fastpass Authentication (fpauth)
vi-admin@vma51:~> vifptarget -s esx2
vi-admin@vma51:~[esx2.company.com]> esxcli
Usage: esxcli [options] {namespace}+ {cmd} [cmd options]
What did I miss?
Thank you very much for your help.
Regards, Manuel
Hello all,
I have been setting up vSphere 5 in my test enviroment and I have run into a problem with the "vSphere Management Assitant (vMA) - 5.0.0.0 build 472630". I have set it up with a static IP address, and I can login to the console just fine. When I try to SSH to the ip address using putty I get an error "server unexpectedly closed network connection". With the vMA 4.x series SSH worked out of the box. I have tried a few thing, even redeloying the VA but SSH still fails. All of the other functions I have tried work just fine in the vMA, i.e. adding servers and hosts, joining domains etc.
I am at a bit of a lose as to why this isn't just working. I can SSH to the older vMA 4.0 just fine, so i don't think its a network issue, and the SSHD service is running,
Thanks,
Matt Nichols
Hi,
I am using an Eaton UPS, and have written a script to shut down all my VM's in case of power loss.
When I run the script manually while sshed into the vMA 5 machine it works like a charm, the moment I try to run it from the Eaton IPP when I simulate a power outage (turn the power to the UPS off), it runs the script, but wont run any of the vmware-cmd commands.
Have I missed something somewhere?
I am trying to use the health script which is located at http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9420
Using health script version 0.9.4
VIMA 1.0
The below command runs perfectly for a ESX host and gives me a detailed html report
./vmwareHealthCheck.pl --server esx_server_ip --username esx_username --type host
However, when I run
./vmwareHealthCheck.pl --server vCenter_IP --username administrator --type vcenter
I get the error
No clusters found.
Does that mean that I need to create a cluster and then add hosts within it or I am missing something in the command syntax? All I need is a way to get report of all esx hosts which are being managed by my vCenter server.
Also, is there a script available which lists
1. the virtual machines that are part of DRS/HA enabled cluster
2. orphaned virtual machines in a vCenter.
I have 2 ESXi 3.5 hosts and APC SmartUPS RT 6000 and i was following the steps in Joseph Holland guide to make VIMA shut down my VM's i case of power failure.So the problem is that when i came to start the apcupsd daemon, VIMA couldn't connect with the UPS. The apcupsd.conf file is same as the guide, then i set up apcupsd on a windows machine and it worked without any issue. So my guess is the problem is somewhere inside the VIMA. i'm not very experienced with VIMA, so if any of could gave me i tip how to work this out i'll be very thankful.
My apcups.conf file is attached.
Thanks in advance
Hi,
I have downloaded VIMA appliance and booted in ESX server. After booting I have setup hostname and password for it.
1. Now in my ESX server I have more Linux and Windows VM's, so using VIMA appliance can I execute commands like process check, disk space check, IP address in those VM's?
2. Also for doing this, do I have to install any agent inside the VM's?
Regards,
Ashish
Hi
I installed vMA and during boot I get the error shown in the attached screenshot. My CPU was identified by the INTEL CPU utility and gave the following:
Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility
Version: 4.10.20090310
Time Stamp: 2009/06/19 17:52:03
Number of processors in system: 1
Current processor: #1
Active cores per processor: 1
Disabled cores per processor: 0
Processor Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
Type: 0
Family: F
Model: 4
Stepping: A
Revision: 2
Maximum CPUID Level: 5
L1 Trace Cache: 12 Kµops
L1 Data Cache: 16 KB
L2 Cache: 2 MB
L3 Cache: None
Packaging: 604 pin µPGA
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(R) Technology: No
MMX(TM): Yes
Intel(R) SSE: Yes
Intel(R) SSE2: Yes
Intel(R) SSE3: Yes
Intel(R) SSE4: No
Enhanced Halt State: Yes
Execute Disable Bit: No
Intel(R) Hyper-Threading Technology: Yes
Intel(R) 64 Architecture: Yes
Intel(R) Virtualization Technology: No
Expected Processor Frequency: 3.0 GHz
Reported Processor Frequency: 3.0 GHz
Expected System Bus Frequency: 800 MHz
Reported System Bus Frequency: 800 MHz
So, it should work, no? If not is there a 32bit version of vMA?
Hi,
I'd like to find out what my ESX host's IP is from within vMA but i don't see a esxcfg-vswif command in vMA. Is there another way when connected to an ESX host via vMA to get the IP of vswif0?
Thanks in advance