Error when issueing vifp addserver command
I have a vsphere 4.1 host, that seems to work fine form most actions, I wanted to install the dell/Equallogic multipathing plugin, which requires VMA, when I did, I am hitting a stange roadblock. $...
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...
View ArticleAdding an Active Directory group to sudoers file
I found an article "virtuallyghetto.com" that describes how to add an AD group to vMA sudoers file. I am getting this message when trying to run certain scripts on ESXi Hosts. I'm assuming this is...
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 ArticlevMA with active directory problems
I've read a few posts with people having issues, and William mentioned there may be a bug, but has it been resolved? Using ESX4.1 u1. vMA 4.1.0 For some of my esx hosts, when trying esxcfg-nics -l for...
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 ArticlevMA 5.0 unauthenticated console users change network/timezone?
It appears to me that with vMA 5.0 any unauthenticated user that can open a console in vCenter to the vMA can change the eth0 network parameters and timezone. To me this seems like a huge security...
View Articlevima 5 and USB
Unable to connect to a USB using apcusbdThe contents of the file /var/log/messages cut===Nov 18 14:05:29 vMA2 apcupsd[3024]: apcupsd exiting, signal 15Nov 18 14:05:29 vMA2 apcupsd[3024]: apcupsd...
View ArticlevMA 5 to 5.0Patch1 Failing with 403 Error?
Hi all,I have a vMA 5.0.0.0 installed with PCNS running on it... I have looked around and saw the post about VMtools but I haven't touched VMtools on this app. When I try to use the webportal to update...
View Articlevma 5 root account
i am trying to enable vma 5 root account. I've followed same procedure as with vma 4.1 - root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash is set in etc/passwd and a password has been set for root account. When i...
View ArticleIs it possible to Telnet to a VMA server
I have spent days trying to find out if there is a way to telnet to a vma server. Is this possilble? any help appreciated thanks.
View ArticleHow can I get the vma to shutdown the whole data center?
Hi How can I get the vma to shutdown the whole data center? We have two esxi4.1 hosts I would like the vma to be able to shut down the whole environment. I have scripts that will close down all the...
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 Articlevmclone.pl customization error
Hi, fairly new to using the perl sdk... I am trying to deply from a template using vmclone.pl. It works fine when I don't customize the vm or guest, but when I do I get the following failure when...
View Articlefastpass doesn't work if vCenter is configured with a domain user
I installed vMA 5.1 with vCenter 5.1.1a. ssh vi-admin@vma_ip #vMA has been joined to the AD domain:vi-admin@vma:~> sudo domainjoin-cli queryvi-admin's password:Name = vmaDomain =...
View ArticlevMA Tools, VM hardware, etc....
Not a lot of guidance on the vm config options, but can the tools be upgraded vm hardware upgraded from v7 to vmx-09 without any issue?
View ArticleCannot set password when deploying vMA 5.0
Hey all- OK, I've looked around and can't seem to find anybody else with this issue. I've jusy deployed a brand-new insance of vMA 5.0, but I can't deploy it as I am stuck setting the vi-admin...
View ArticlevMA Update Best Practice
Hi everyone,I apologise if this is a basic question but I had trouble finding any relevant documentation. Simply, what is the best practice for keeping vMA (v5.0+) up-to-date? I'm currently running a...
View ArticleUnable to shutdown guest & host in vMA
Hi All, I installed ESXi 4 and then vma on esix.Now I am trying to shutdown all the guest OS and then host server through vM.I am using the script ghettoUPSHostShutdown.pl(check the link...
View ArticleConfiguring automatic startup with perl in VIMA
I have 3 ESXi hosts running in a vCenter cluster. I need to configure the virtual machines on them to start up automatically as they could potentially be shut down by a UPS. I have HA enabled which...
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