how to configure NTP client in vMA 5.0
Hi All, Can you please provide me the steps to configure NTP client in vMA5.0 appliance?
View ArticlevMA 5 script command to start up a VM
I've been googling this for a while and just can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Is there a way to use the vMA to start up a powered off or suspended VM? Thanks! h
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 ArticlePCNS on vma 5
I'm working on setting up PCNS 3 on our ESXi 5 servers. Our servers are in a vmware cluster and I have 1 vma (for 2 ESXi servers) (should I have one vma instance on each host?). Anyhow, how do I...
View ArticlePerl Metric Scripting Question
To start, ultimately, I want these (among other metrics which I have already written the script to collect) to go into a CSV file. I would like to grab the names of the datacenters, and then the number...
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 Articleshell script for VMA commands
Does anyone know how to write a shell script for the following VMA commands? Thankssudo vifp addserver ESX.domain.comvifptarget -s ESX.domain.comvicfg-vswitch -B both vswitch0
View ArticleError: Unable to communicate with vmware-vilogd daemon.
I've just been speaking to someone who got this error every time he tried to add a new server to vilogger. He tried: sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-vilogd restart but this made no difference. Only once he had...
View ArticleError connecting to server at 'https://localhost/sdk/webService': Connection...
Hi there, Im trying to setup a cronjob to email the vmwarevSphereCheck report daily/weekly. However setup in the crontab - nothing happens. I don't get an email. This is a snipnet from my crontab....
View ArticlevMA Error with APC PCNS
I have an ESXi Server 5 running PCNS on the vMA.This is not using AD. It is configured with DNS. I have followed the instructions for setting up PCNS on ESXi including fastpass. I was running a test...
View Articlehow to get hostname by providing VM guest name
Hello I need a Perl script that run on vMA 5.0 I need a script that accept VM guest name and returning me which ESX it attached to Can someone help me? Thanks
View ArticleNavigating ESXi Command Line via VMA
I have VMA 5.0 installed in my ESXi environment and I have added all the ESXisevers via "sudo vifp addserver xxxxxxx" and I see all my ESXi servers when I do "vifp listservers". I just cannot figure...
View ArticlevMA vi-logger why was it removed?
Does anyone out there know the reason why VMware removed the vi-logger functionality out of the vMA appliance in vSphere 5? I can understand adding an easy to use facility on vCenter as this is a great...
View ArticlevMA 5.1 with AD
Hello vMA specialistsToday I installed vMA 5.1. What i did:- vMA joined in AD- vCenter Server added as target with Authpolicy adauth- added an ESX 4.1 and two ESXi 5.0 hosts to vMA. All ESX...
View ArticlevMA 4.1 error Failed to add users.
hi, guys:I have just installed a new vCenter 4.1 with 1 esxi 4.0u2 and 1 esxi 4.1. I have downloaded vMA 4.1 and try to use AD auth to connect vCenter. I have joined the vMA into domain and restarted...
View Articlekerberos/ktpass/kinit problems
I've set up a version of ghettoHostShutdownESXi41 to shut down my VMs and hosts when my Dell UPS's lose power. I'm using adauth, and everything works as planned (shuts all VMs, sends email, shuts...
View ArticleREAD ONLY
Hi, I try to modify a config file in /var/tripplite/poweralert and the system refuse. ACCESS DENIED. Any idea plz
View ArticlePCNS v2.2.3 with VIMA
To all, I have recently been testing VIMA with a niffty set of shutdown scripts and have created single script, to shutdown the client servers, the SAN Mass Storage and finally the ESXi Host. My next...
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How to install VDDK 1.1 on vMA 4.0 (libfuse.so.2 fix)
For those of you that might be interested in installing and giving Virtual Disk Development Kit 1.1 a try on VMware vMA, you may run into an issue with the following: The following libraries could not...
View ArticlevMA CPU long mode error
Hi I installed vMA and during boot I get the error shown in the attached screenshot. My CPU was identified by the INTEL CPU utility and gave the following: Intel(R) Processor Identification...
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