How 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 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...
View Articlesetting up vMA with AD
Hi,I am trying to set up vMA and i am up to page 15 of the guide (http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/vma41/doc/vma_41_guide.pdf).Where it says to go to a windows PC and run this commandktpass...
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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 ArticlevMA 5.0 Logging?
Hi, I have setup an esxi 5.0 environment and deployed the linux vcentre appliance as well as the new vma 5.0 appliance. Aside from some password/timezone glitches etc everything seems to be fine....
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 ArticleIs it worth installing vMA 5 if I already use PowerCli to do a lot of my...
I have been using PowerCLI for a while now and love it. I have the vMA 5 installed in my home lab and I have used it a little. The main reason I have used the vMA is to collect syslogs. I can also...
View ArticlevMA 4.1 Network issue
I have issue with vMA 4.1 , From vMA i am able to ping all host / VCenter but from VC neither I am able to ping or putty vMA
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 ArticlevMA 5.0 - PCNS auto startup?
Hello guys,We have a ESXi 5.0 host with a vMA 5.0 VM running.We have successfully installed PCNS 3.0 on the VM. We can access the PCNS management page just fine. If we restart the vMA, the web page is...
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 ArticleCustom splash screen in VMA console?
I was wondering if there was a way to add some content to the console screen displayed by VMA? I have added web administration to my VMA and would like to show a link to the start page. I happened...
View ArticleRaw events/Logs of vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
HI Please let me know the location where vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) logs are stored and also how to find the logs of vSphere Management Assistant (vMA). Vijay
View ArticleShutdown script not working
Hi, I am using an Eaton UPS, and have written a script to shut down all my VM's in case of power loss. When I run the script manually while sshed into the vMA 5 machine it works like a charm, the...
View Articlevifp addserver: failed to add users
All, I've got a weird problem I wish someone could help me with. I have google this and found the error, but all the info is regarding vMA that is active directory enabled and mine is not. I have two...
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 ArticlevMA 5.1 fails with fsck problem
I am running a vma 5.1 on every esx 5.1 host in a local store with installed APC shutdown software. Everything worked fine for some weeksI did a backup of the vma with veeam after installing every...
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