Using VIMA to shut down an EqualLogic PS5000E SAN
Currently I'm working on setting up a VIMA to handle shutting down hosts in the event of a power failure (Talking to an APC UPS) Has anyone had much experience with Dell/EqualLogic's host scripting...
View ArticleESXi shutdown via vMA and apcupsd. ssh issue.
Hi, I'm trying to set up a safe shutdown of our ESXi U4 (free) host using the method described by jholland here. I have set it up as described in the article and am attempting to test it, for testing...
View ArticleCan't run VMa 64 bit compatability confusion
I've just installed VMA on my ESXi server, but when I start the Red Hat Linux guest OS I get "Your CPU does not support long mode". when I look this up I found the following thread.[...
View ArticlevMA corrupt, stuck in fsck boot-loop (how do I get in as "root"?)
Subject line fairly says it all. I have a vMA that somehow got its filesystem torqued and I am now stuck in the "you can't log in as root" - "please log in as root and manually fsck" boot loop. Am...
View ArticleEnabling Veeam FastSCP with a vMA source
I installed vMA and the HealthCheck script with no issues on Workstation 7. I need to get the HTML report off the vMA vm. I had FastSCP on a Windows VM and on my desktop (workstation host). I can...
View ArticleHow to install GUI software on vMA
Hi All, I developed one software which uses GUI(java swings) to install it but now I want to install it on vMA which is headless linux and we can uses commands only. How can I install it on vMA? Is...
View ArticleFirstboot
Hi! I've reconfigured the vMA with aditional log disk and added some jobs with my scipts.Now I want to deploy these to several environments. Is it possible to re enable firstboot from vMA before I shut...
View ArticlePerl Metric Scripting Question
To start, ultimately, I want these (among other metrics which I have already written the script to collect) to go into a CSV file. I would like to grab the names of the datacenters, and then the number...
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 ArticleWhy can't I install gcc or git in vMA 5.0.0's SLES 11
I'd like to build some 3rd party software and have it available as a service in vMA 5.0. The source is in a git repository and would require gcc (among other things) to build it on the VMware SLES 11...
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 with AD
Hello vMA specialistsToday 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...
View Articlevmware-cmd register command
I have been running the following command successfully in a script for several months now. vmware-cmd --server 192.168.5.29 --vihost 192.168.5.28 -s register...
View ArticlevGhettoLinkedClone script and additional documentation
I was an avid fan of GhettoLinkedClone and so when vSphere came out I started trying out vGhettoLinkedClone. Some of the readme's in the Perl script were helpful, but I am still lost on somethings....
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 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 ArticleRPM Package on ESXi 4.1
Hello, I'd like to install the package hpsmh-6.2.1-14.x86_64.rpm from...
View Articlevma update not working
Hi, I installed vma4.1 new, on my vsphere 4.1 environment. I added my servers without a problem (great manual!). The problem starts when I want to run the update command. Here is what I do:...
View ArticlevMA login issue
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 ArticleHow can I run the vim-cmd on the ESXi target from 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...
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