Need some help with my cron-fu...
Howdy. So here's my trouble. I've recently upgraded to the vMA 4.1 for my environment. I have several legacy scripts that I'm working on converting to pCLI when I've got time, but for now I need to get...
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I just setup my vMA.. I didnt setup AD authentiction to my esxi host.. I added my target server as my vc Server... then I tried to add my esxi host via running add server commands.. and I am getting...
View ArticlevMA AD integration with ESX fastpass auth
hey, I have vMA 4.1 with AD integration and ESXi 4.1/4.0 with fastpass authentication,now, when I log in with domain user, I need to enter user name and password for each command.is this normal...
View ArticleghettoVCBg2 and Crontab Issue
Hey guys I have ghettoVCBg2 running fine on my VMA 4.1 machine, so now I decided it was time to automate the backups. I followed all the instructions I could find wrt Crontab. Basically I do the...
View ArticleProblem adding servers with vMA
I am having an issue with vMA being able to add ESX4.0 servers. The error I get is unable to add users. Looking in the vifp.log I can see that root is successfully logging into the ESX server, but...
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 Articleresxtop not found on vMA
HI,I am new to using the vcenter server appliance, and not comfortable in the linux world, so bear with me. All of my previous hosts have been of the esx flavor, NOT esxi. I have created a new cluster...
View ArticleHow to monitor ESXi 4.1 hosts using HP OVO agent
Working on client site upgrading ESX 4 hosts to ESXi 4.1u2. HP OVO agent connected to ESX via console but this doesn't exist in ESXi 4.1. Have only found that vMA server is needed to install OML9...
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 Articleesxi UTC vma5 syslog
Hi I have setup syslog on my vma 5. My vma is set to a NTP source which use GMT+2. Logs coming in from esxi hosts are received in UTC. Is there any way to increment these timestamps +2, so they equals...
View ArticleProblem to execute script from cron
I have a script that i would like cron to execute every day and it works fine if I logon to the vMA and execute it from the command line, but cron just throws back "Server version unavailable at ......
View ArticlevMA vi-logger why was it removed?
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...
View Articlecli remote shutdown command not working anymore on esxi 5.1 ?
Hello everybody i'm with the free version of esxi 5.1 and i try to create a ups shutdown script to power off gracefully my vm and my host. On the previous version (5.0) i used the following command...
View ArticlevMA 5.1 WebUI not working
Hi, I can't access to WebUI of vMA. The reason is vami-lighttpd is not listening to the ipv4 address: netstat -tulpen | grep 5480tcp 0 0 :::5480 :::*...
View ArticleUsing VMA to edit vpxa.cfg on multiple ESXi
I am replacing the IP address on one of our vCenter servers. I have all the info for the Update Manager and the info for changing the vpxa.cfg but I wnated to know if there is any way for me to run...
View ArticlevMA 5.5.0.0 Refreshed Build
Hi there, I note that a newer build of vMA 5.5 has recently been made available (and indicated by a notice in the vMA forum I'm posting in). The newer build appears to be v5.5.0.0 Build 1387931 while...
View ArticleCommand to find vm,host the vm running on, cluster name & data center name...
Hi Can anyone pls share vma command if any to to find vm,host the vm running on, cluster name & data center name the VM is part of Thanks in advance
View ArticleGetting frustrated trying to get a password in vMA 5.5.0.0-1387931
I'm trying to set up vMA to get the APC Network Shutdown installed, and I'm really getting annoyed here.I'm on a danish keyboard, so I'm trying to do it as simple as possible, to elimitate problems...
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Best way to transfer files to vMA
My first experience with vMA was very painful. I needed to transfer some files to it but found that the only way to do so, at first glance, is using some CD/ISO image!? Come on, I'm not going to burn...
View ArticleHow to send an email from vma?
Hi together, does anybody know how to send an email from vma?i don't find the command "mail". Thanks Timm
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