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 ArticleChecking version of vMA
How would one programmatic from a perl script check the version of the vMA or CLI that the script is running on?
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 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 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 Article"SNMP Get" Support with VIMA?
Does VIMA enable the SNMP GET command? (esxi doesnt support GET natively. It only support TRAPs) Thanks in ADVANCE Barry Weinstein
View ArticleSending e-mail from VIMA
Hi, I have created a very simple backup script, which works just great, but I am tryng to get the VIMA appliance to e-mail me a copy of the log file the script makes,can any one help with some code...
View Article"Virtual Ethernet card 'Network adapter 1' is not supported..." when...
Hi, We've successfully deployed vMA in our ESX cluster and noticed that when we try to VMotion the virtual machine to another host we get the following warning message: Virtual Ethernet card 'Network...
View ArticleCan't connet vMA to the management network
Hi When trying to install vMA 4.1 I do not have the option of choosing "Management Network" which should be important regarding to the installation notes.The only option I get is to choose between Vlan...
View ArticleNeed some help with my cron-fu...
Howdy. So here's my trouble. I've recently upgraded to the vMA 4.1 for my environment. I have several legacy scripts that I'm working on converting to pCLI when I've got time, but for now I need to get...
View ArticlevMA 4.1 Active Directory (AD) Integration Login Restrictions
Hi, I recently deployed the vMA 4.1 in our environment with Active Directory (AD) Integration. My question is how do I restrict login access? Any domain user can login to the vMA as it is now. Thanks
View ArticleUPS shutdown from Windows host to ESXi 4.1
There is this thread http://communities.vmware.com/message/1493654#1493654 as reference. Worked well when ESX was on the hosts. The enviroment has been upgraded and now I no longer have a way to...
View ArticleHow can I run the vim-cmd on the ESXi target from vMA?
I need to get some vSwitch specific information like - whether the MAC Address Change, Forged Transmits and Promiscuous Mode policies are set to Accept or reject. I can get the information directly...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 4 Enterprise for 1 processor (Max 6 cores per processor)
Hi Guys I'm newby on this, rigth now I finished an installation of ESX-4.1, everything was Ok, but I had an error message when I try to apply the license. The physical server has 2 physical processor,...
View ArticleHow to set advanced host options w/ Perl SDK?
I want to write a script that will let me set advanced host options, so I can roll them out to all of my hosts in one go vs. touching each host. I have the Enterprise license so I don't have host...
View ArticleHow do you use vMA
If there are multiple VM admins, do they need each vMA or can one vMA serve the purpose for all of them ? I know, we can use vMA with AD but I am not sure, how this will work when multiple users are...
View ArticleUse vMA to standardize settings on multiple ESXi hosts
If you don't have enterprise plus and cant use host profiles, can you use vMA to configure multiple vSwitches on different ESXi hosts with the same settings? Can you create one script that will hit...
View ArticleUsing VMA to edit vpxa.cfg on multiple ESXi
I am replacing the IP address on one of our vCenter servers. I have all the info for the Update Manager and the info for changing the vpxa.cfg but I wnated to know if there is any way for me to run...
View ArticleScript download
Where I can download the script from? There is no link in the doc page. Thanks!
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
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