how to get hostname by providing VM guest name
Hello I need a Perl script that run on vMA 5.0 I need a script that accept VM guest name and returning me which ESX it attached to Can someone help me? Thanks
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...
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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 ArticleAPC Powerchute Network Shutdown - ESXi 4.1 and vMA 4.1
We are taking our first venture into the ESXi world. We've used ESX a lot but not ESXi. We have multiple clusters in vSphere (1 cluster for each physical location). Most of the clusters have 2 physical...
View ArticlevMA 5 vmware-cmd getguestinfo displayName
I read somewhere that you could retrieve any information stored in the .vmx using vmware-cmd getguestinfo <variable>. I've been playing with this a little, and while it does return a number of...
View Articlevdf equivalent in vSphere 5.0?
Hi,I have installed Nagios on vMA 5.0, which is useful extension of vMA functionality beyond managing UPS (PCNS) or Adaptec RAID (Arcconf). However, I would like to monitor Datastores (warnings on...
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 Articlefastpass doesn't work if vCenter is configured with a domain user
I installed vMA 5.1 with vCenter 5.1.1a. ssh vi-admin@vma_ip #vMA has been joined to the AD domain:vi-admin@vma:~> sudo domainjoin-cli queryvi-admin's password:Name = vmaDomain =...
View ArticleHaving issues with "vmclone.pl" and "vmreconfig.pl"
I'm running into an issue when trying trying to execute the RCLI command "vmclone.pl" located on VMware's VIMA Here is quick look at the environment: [vi-admin@vima-primp-industries vm]$ uname -a...
View ArticlePassword for VIMA?
Dumb question, but I can't find the passwod in the Admin guide? Can someone help?
View ArticleCan't Install VMa
I'm new to VM Ware and I'm trying to install VMa for my education. Currently, I'm running ESXi 4.0 on a Dell PowerEdge. When I try to install VMa, I get the following error when it tries to start:...
View ArticleAccess 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 ArticleHow to restart the ESX/ESXi Management Agents via vMA ?
Hi, I could not find a way to perform the "Restart Management Agents" operation that is available on the DCUI, through a perl script on a vMA. ESX has the "service mgmt-vmware restart" command...
View ArticlevSphere Client main window periodically jump into foreground
I'm running vSphere Client Version 4.1.0 on Windows 7 Enterprise x64 and Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise, and I'm encountering problem with the client... When I open up a console window on one of the...
View ArticleAPC PCNS for VMware
I am trying to install PCNS for VMware on vMA so our UPS can shutdown our hosts. I'm getting the following message (see attached screenshot): "This version of Powerchute Network Shutdown only supports...
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 unable to authenticate via web ui?
Hi there... Have installed the latest vMA in order to get UPS graceful shutdown working but am having a strange problem. It is all setup fine and have followed the instructions to the letter in the...
View ArticlecreateTime not returning?
I am trying to return createTime (the time a snapshot was taken) for each virtual machine. I've tried traversing the tree just like every other metric, but it won't return it. Currently, I have this...
View ArticleChange subnet mask and default gateway for vMA
We've made some changes to our network and vMA is the last one to receive the new subnet mask and default gateway. Can anyone tell me how to change those details? I've done stuff like this on several...
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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