Error contacting apcupsd @ localhost:3551: Connection refused
Good day! Faced with a trouble while trying to setup apcupsd on vMA. Here is config: /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf:UPSCABLE ether UPSTYPE snmp DEVICE 10.99.64.254:apc:public #(this is IP-address of my...
View ArticleRPM install in VIMA?
So I want to install apcupsd (a daemon for controlling APC UPSes www.apcupsd.com) on VMWare's VIMA virtual appliance. Is this possible? I'm sure others have installed rpms on VIMA before. I usually...
View ArticlevMA 4.1 Network issue
I have issue with vMA 4.1 , From vMA i am able to ping all host / VCenter but from VC neither I am able to ping or putty vMA
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 Articleany way to copy VM disk to another datastore only connected to VCenter,...
Hi This is a little confusion why not connect to ESX host. This is because of the policy! And I was asked to automate the backup jobs. Our manual backup works like: create a snapshot, download the VM...
View Article"Find entity by IP" when PCNS gives shutdown command.
I recently installed PCNS 3.1 on vMA 5.5. This in an ESXi version 5.5. I installed vMA and added my ESXi with 'vifp addserver server.domain.name' .with 'vifp listserver'I can see that it is...
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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 ArticlevMA 5 unable to SSH
Hello all, I have been setting up vSphere 5 in my test enviroment and I have run into a problem with the "vSphere Management Assitant (vMA) - 5.0.0.0 build 472630". I have set it up with a static IP...
View Articlefailed to add users
vi-admin@localhost:~> sudo vifp addserver vc --authpolicy adauth --username domain\\administratorError: Failed to add users any idea why im getting error?
View ArticleChange subnet mask and default gateway for vMA
We've made some changes to our network and vMA is the last one to receive the new subnet mask and default gateway. Can anyone tell me how to change those details? I've done stuff like this on several...
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 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 ArticleYour CPU doesnt support long mode.
I have installed ESXi 4.0 server as a host on Dell OptiPlex 755 with 4 GB ram(Intel Core2 Duo E4600@2.4GHz 2.39 GHz).I am using 32-bit system.Now I also installed vMA and when I am put the power on,it...
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 ArticleHow to View resolv.conf and other file of remote ESX4i host from vMA host
Hi All; I am new to vMA, i have it set up and added 5 esxi 4 servers to it and i can list them fine using vifp listservers and works fine but my problem is that i wish to query those remote servers...
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 ArticleCleanup needed after removing vMA prior to deleting targets
vMA 4.1.0 BUILD-268751 I removed my vMA prior to removing it targets. Is there a preferred way to cleanup the residual "vi-admin00" and "vi-user00" account information on the esx hosts prior to...
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 Articleautomation for viftarget -s only on startup (for PCNS)
Hello out there Atm I'm working on a vMA specially for APC's PCNS.So far everything works fine but if the vMA itself reboots I have to run a vifptarget -s manually, otherwise PCNS won't be able to...
View ArticleThe vifs command on a VMA (--copy)
Hi, I have a question, I am trying to get the vifs command to work in copy mode, but I can not seem to get it to work. I receive the following error. [vi-admin@vma ~][esxi01]$ vifs --server esxi01...
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