Scripting 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 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 ArticleProblems registering hosts with vMA and ESXi 4.0
We currently can not update our ESXi host to update 1 until other testing is complete, so we are running at pre update 1 I installed the OVF of vMA and deployed it according to the documentation I made...
View ArticleShutdown & Restart VMs from remote server
I need to shut-down VMs running under ESX 4(1) hosts from a remote server (IBM System i). The remote server actually controlls the storage used by the ESX and VM OS's, so I'll have scripts running on...
View ArticlevMA scripting wonders
Ok, so I have been working on scripting from the vMA. I am pretty familiar with what you can and cannot do with it, but this is my first attempt at scripting a complete configuration. One thing I am...
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 Articleproblem with esxcfg-volume on vMA 4.1
Hi, I'm a beginner with vMA. I use vMA 4.1 with ESXi 4.1. I make vifp addservers and vifptarget --set on a ESXi, but the esxcfg-volume -l or --list command return nothing! What did I forget?
View ArticleBest Practice for AD authentication in vMA
I use ad authentication in vMA, but authenticating each time to run scripts with ESXi and vCenter .have any Best Practice for AD authentication in vMA ? ========for example:$ vifp addserver...
View Articlevifp addserver - Error: Host is not reachable.
I'm trying to add an ESXi 4.0.0. to a freshly installed VMA 4.1. I keep getting "Error: Host is not reachable." after issuing "vifp addserver" command.Issuing vifp listservers" gets me a "Error: No...
View ArticleRemote Host directory listing, file viewing and file editing from vMA
We are transitioning to ESXi and will be using vMA for Host management. I have everything configured for AD auth and can do several Host tasks. Here are a couple things I haven't figured out how to do...
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 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 ArticleSuggestion for next release: ask for keyboard before asking for password
Here's a little suggestion / wish for next vMA release:it would be nice if it asks us to choose a keyboard layout (other than the ENglish one) before asking for password. For English-keyboard users,...
View ArticleWorking with the Dell Equallogic MEM Adapter...Need help
I'm trying to use vMA fast pass to install the Dell MEM package on my ESXi host and I am running into a issue. I can save my credentials and I can successfully run the vicfg-vswitch -l command against...
View ArticleVMA Error Messages on Load
Hi. I just downloaded and installed the VMA 4.1 so that, like everyone else here, I could deploy the APC PCNS software. <-: When I start up the appliance I get this: Memory for crash kerner (0x0 to...
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 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 Articlevma 5.0 update to 5.0.0.1 fails
Hi,when I try to update my vma 5.0 appliance via the web interface, I get the following error:"Failed to install updates (Error while running installation tests)"Any ideas? Raoulst
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 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...
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