How 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 Articlevma update not working
Hi, I installed vma4.1 new, on my vsphere 4.1 environment. I added my servers without a problem (great manual!). The problem starts when I want to run the update command. Here is what I do:...
View ArticleRemove VM from ESXi via vMA
I have a VM that I can not delete or remove from inventory in my ESXi environment. I have never used vMA and am trying to do it under the guidance of numerous google searches. But I cant seem to find...
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 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 ArticleUnable to open /dev/sdb after adding 2nd HD to vMA
I am trying to setup the vMA to use for ESXi SysLogs as outlined here: http://www.simonlong.co.uk/blog/2010/05/28/using-vma-as-your-esxi-syslog-server/ Everything is going fine until I go to format...
View ArticleHow to change keyboard in vMA5?
This post is actually a follow-up to my thread at http://communities.vmware.com/thread/318603 but I think I'd better start a new discussion. First, a little summary:In vMA 4.1, it was possible to press...
View ArticleProblem to execute script from cron
I have a script that i would like cron to execute every day and it works fine if I logon to the vMA and execute it from the command line, but cron just throws back "Server version unavailable at ......
View ArticlePLEASE HELP! Using vMA to run script using cron fails!
I am trying to revert a guest to the latest snapshot using snapshotmanager.pl and all works fine when I run it. However when I try to run it using cron it fails! I redirected output from the...
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 login issue
I just setup my vMA.. I didnt setup AD authentiction to my esxi host.. I added my target server as my vc Server... then I tried to add my esxi host via running add server commands.. and I am getting...
View ArticlevMA 5.0 Logging?
Hi, I have setup an esxi 5.0 environment and deployed the linux vcentre appliance as well as the new vma 5.0 appliance. Aside from some password/timezone glitches etc everything seems to be fine....
View ArticleHow to send an email from vma?
Hi together, does anybody know how to send an email from vma?i don't find the command "mail". Thanks Timm
View Articlehow 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 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 ArticlevMA 5.1 AD authentication/target issues
Hello, I'm attempting to setup my first vMA 5.1 server in our environment. I've successfully (from what I can tell) joined vMA to our AD domain. When I attempt to add our vCenter 5.1 server as a target...
View ArticlevMA 5.1 - rielloUPS - ghettoHostShutdown5.pl - not working as daemon
Hi all, this is my first post so please don't hurt me ;-). and thanks for your patience Our System-Environment:- we have a rielloUPS with netman (ethernet) running and a small ESXi System with two...
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...
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