Access host datastore from vMA
Hi Guys! I haven't found the way how can I access the EXSi host datastore and copy files from there to the vMA guest. Do you know something about it? Thanks,RobertJ
View Article"Virtual Ethernet card 'Network adapter 1' is not supported..." when...
Hi, We've successfully deployed vMA in our ESX cluster and noticed that when we try to VMotion the virtual machine to another host we get the following warning message: Virtual Ethernet card 'Network...
View ArticleRPM Package on ESXi 4.1
Hello, I'd like to install the package hpsmh-6.2.1-14.x86_64.rpm from...
View Articlehow to get custom values from vCenter
hi guysI 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...
View Articleautomation for viftarget -s only on startup (for PCNS)
Hello out there Atm I'm working on a vMA specially for APC's PCNS.So far everything works fine but if the vMA itself reboots I have to run a vifptarget -s manually, otherwise PCNS won't be able to...
View ArticleLink to download vMA offline bundle
Can anyone plz advice me the link to download vMA offline bundle installable to upgrade vMA offline. Thanks in Advance RegardsPrashant
View ArticlevMA 5 unable to SSH
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...
View ArticlevMA, PCNS & HA
I am using PCNS 3.0 on vMA 5.0 (esxi 5.0) and looking to have a complete shutdown in the event of having x number of minutes of battery time left. My testing has been successful and is down to one...
View ArticlevMA Update Best Practice
Hi everyone,I apologise if this is a basic question but I had trouble finding any relevant documentation. Simply, what is the best practice for keeping vMA (v5.0+) up-to-date? I'm currently running a...
View Article"SNMP Get" Support with VIMA?
Does VIMA enable the SNMP GET command? (esxi doesnt support GET natively. It only support TRAPs) Thanks in ADVANCE Barry Weinstein
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How to install VDDK 1.1 on vMA 4.0 (libfuse.so.2 fix)
For those of you that might be interested in installing and giving Virtual Disk Development Kit 1.1 a try on VMware vMA, you may run into an issue with the following: The following libraries could not...
View ArticleDeploy URL VMA 4.1
Hi, I am used to deploy the vMA directly from the VI Client. For the Version 4.0 the URL is documented : "When you use the vSphere Client to deploy vMA to an ESX/ESXi host, you can enter the following...
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vMA: No virtual machine found
Hi there, I have trouble with controlling vms with the CLI remote AND the vMA.I read this problem in other threads, but I don´t find any solution for that. When I am ask for the inventory with...
View ArticlePacket capture of traffic from vMA
I'm deploying a new vMA VM. I have the VM on a different subnet than my regular production network. All is good so far except for when I try to run the "vma-update" command. When I do this I get a...
View ArticleESXi and VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
We are a care home company looking to virtualise our environment using ESXi 4.1. I need to connect the ESXi running on a DELL poweredge R610 to a UPS. I have downloaded the new VMware vSphere...
View ArticleVMA 5.0 hostname "localhost"
I deployed VMA 5.0 and despite it asking me for Host name during deployment, it still shows as localhost. What's the proper way to change it's name?
View ArticlePCNS doesn't work after upgrade VMA
Hello, I use PCNS 3.0.1 on Vsphere ESXi 5.0.1 and VMA to shutdown the VM's and the host in case of a power outage. Last week I upgraded VMA 5.0.0 to the latest version 5.0.0.1 (not really an upgrade,...
View ArticleHow to find out what is a issue while booting vMA?
I deployed vMA 5.1.0.0 Build 782391. Too long time delay for network to come up while booting vMA. The console screen while vMA is booting. == Provisioning Agent: starting ==Waiting for network to come...
View ArticleDisabling vMA 4.1 log collection
Our Hosts are getting an event storm from our vMA server causing some abnormal table growth in our vCenter server DB. We identified the likely root cause as log collection setup on the vMA. Rather than...
View ArticlevMA 5.1.0.0 does not retain name/domain upon reboot
I'm trying to the latest vMA (5.1.0.0 Build 782391) build and cannot figure out why it will not retain it's hostname. I follow the 'Deploy vMA' steps completely and verify the name is updated, but when...
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