inquiry about vmware-vilogd (vilogger daemon)
Does the vilogger daemon not run all the time? I setup the vilogger up to collect logs for all of my ESX hosts and it appears to work, but when I log of the Management Assistant virtual machine and...
View ArticleScripting a few deployment parameters
Does anyone have any success on scripting either of the following two changes in an ESXi deployment? I'm not seeing options for these in the vMA. PowerShell is an option however ideally I'd like this...
View Articletrying to run vmware-cmd
when I try to run vmware-cmd from a putty session on the host the commands work greatbut when I try to do it via vma it tells me Host not foundI have tried by IPFQDNper the cli guide I am...
View Articlesshd_config + AllowGroups + AD group
I am doing some tests with the AllowGroups settings in sshd_config.We have a security group which contain all our administrative accounts that should have access to the vMA. I only want to allow this...
View ArticlevMA causes rapid database growth
Hey all. Have a question and I wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing this. I deployed vMA 4.1 a while back and I believe I followed the deployment guide correctly. However, I had a problem...
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 Articlevi-logger can't connect to vSphere4.1 hosts - Message Queue does not exist
Greetings all,I'm running vMA4 .1. It has been monitoring a number of ESXi 4.x hosts for some time. I have attempted to add a new cluster of hosts, and it fails. I run this command: sudo vifp...
View Articleremove server from fastpathtarget
Hi, some weeks ago I added my vSphere 4.1 ESX as fastpathtarget to my vMA. Now I formatted the old ESX server and installed vSphere 5.0. The new installed server has the same FQDN and IP address as the...
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 ArticleHow to set advanced host options w/ Perl SDK?
I want to write a script that will let me set advanced host options, so I can roll them out to all of my hosts in one go vs. touching each host. I have the Enterprise license so I don't have host...
View Articlevifptarget command not found
I just downloaded and setup the vMA vapp this week and while trying to get things setup I have added server using the vifp addserver command. I can list the 6 hosts that I have setup but I cannot use...
View Articlevma 5.0/5.1 joined domain... but can't use vifp addserver??? kind of urgent :-(
Hi, I joined my vma to my domain. I pointed it at my ESX Admins OU when I did so. I put the users I want to be able to use the vma in my OU, and gave them admin privileges in vcenter. I can login to...
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 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...
View ArticleFailed to add vmkernel nic: A specified parameter was not correct. vSphere...
Hi. I try to add vmknic with Jumbo Frames to my distributed virtual switch. I read the guide vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide:"vicfg-vmknic -a -i DHCP "vmk5"I see error...
View ArticleCronjob
Hi guys, I got my whole environment up and running, I can manually create backups with ghettoVCBg2.pl and it works perfectly. Only thing I want to do now, is make it a cronjob.I tested the cron feature...
View ArticlevMA - Still asking for username/password
I have run all the commands to set and verify that the ESXi host I want to manage via the vMA is functional. vifp listservers --long returns the correct server (complete hostname), type (EXSi) and...
View ArticleIs resxtop on vMA ever going to be either fixed or adequate workaround provided?
I used to make use of the vMA more during the pre 5.1 days to avoid having to enable SSH on all of my hosts and to have a central point of host management for CLI type stuff. Version 5.1 broke resxtop...
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 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...
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