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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 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 ArticlevMA 5.1.0.0 does not retain name/domain upon reboot
I'm trying to the latest vMA (5.1.0.0 Build 782391) build and cannot figure out why it will not retain it's hostname. I follow the 'Deploy vMA' steps completely and verify the name is updated, but when...
View ArticlevMA 5.1 vs 4.1: Slow SSH connections and slow network response
I just deployed the latest vMA 5.1 after attempting vMA 5.0 Patch 2 and being unable to resolve issues with the proxy settings. IMO vMA 5.0 and vMA 5.1 are just simply awful. Anyway, I need some help...
View ArticlevMA keeps prompting BAD PASSWORD
When trying to configure vMA for the first time I enter pretty long passwords, for example (VMw@53de or T5s1ng#3) but Unix keeps on saying the passwords are too simple!! passwd= Authentication token...
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PowerChute Shutdown Server VMA 5.1
Anyone experience issues with the PowerChute Shudown Server (PCNS) install? I'm able to get everything installed and can run the config, but constantly run into the following: The folks @...
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 ArticlevSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5 Problem update
Hi to all,i have a problem when run, via WEB GUI , the update. I check the new updates 5.0.0.1 Build 643553 But when run Install updates , i have this error; Failed to install updates (Error while...
View Articlerunning IBM ServeRaid agent in vima
Hi. Is there a way to get ESXi ServeRaid`s health using VIMA? I tried to install IBM ServeRaid agent to VIMA, but ServeRaid Manager shows only virtual LSI logic controller:( The hardware is IBM 3650...
View ArticleUpdate vMA without internet access
We are not allowed to let our servers to connect to the internet. Not even a proxy.Is there a way to update the vMA offline?
View ArticleHow 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 Articleinstalling PowerChute Network Shutdown on a vMA
When I try to install the PCNS software for VMware, the vMA is connected to the cdrom when I do a ls to see what is on the cd, look at the attached screen shot.when i do sudo ./install.sh i get the...
View Articleesxplot
Hi I am running an resxtop -b > esxi.csv from vMA and afterwards import the csv into esxplot but i pops up a Warning which says "c:\users\username\esxi.csv doesn't seem to be an estop dataset,...
View ArticleResxtop with VMA 4.1 batch mode capture not opening in perfmon
I've created an hour long batch capture using resxtop with the following command: resxtop -b -n 720 --server servername.domain > vmacapture.csv However when I add the Data Source to perfmon I get:...
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 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 ArticleLink to download vMA offline bundle
Can anyone plz advice me the link to download vMA offline bundle installable to upgrade vMA offline. Thanks in Advance RegardsPrashant
View ArticleVMA 5.0 hostname "localhost"
I deployed VMA 5.0 and despite it asking me for Host name during deployment, it still shows as localhost. What's the proper way to change it's name?
View Articleghettohostshutdown vma 5 apc shutdown the cloud
Hi, we have two rooms with esxi hosts running in one cluster.if one room (or both) are in a power fault there are apc ups which have power for ~40minutes. Till now we had vSphere 4.1 with the...
View Articlereading vm powerstate
Hi together, i have a virtual machine that is "Powered On". This powerstate i wanna read by a vma perl script. i tried the following:$vmstate = $_->runtime->powerState; As output i...
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