esxi UTC vma5 syslog
Hi I have setup syslog on my vma 5. My vma is set to a NTP source which use GMT+2. Logs coming in from esxi hosts are received in UTC. Is there any way to increment these timestamps +2, so they equals...
View Articlefastpath authentication does not appear to work - pcns
I believe we are having a problem with fast path authentication.I can set the host and set the target and run commands successfully against the target without authentication prompts. Once I close the...
View ArticlevMA 4.1 and non-standard vCenter port
I just set up vMA 4.1, everything is working fine, even got AD auth working. However, when I try to run a command as an AD user, I get this: [vi-admin@vma01 ~][vcenter01]$ esxcfg-mpath -l --vihost...
View ArticlevMA 5.0 - PCNS auto startup?
Hello guys,We have a ESXi 5.0 host with a vMA 5.0 VM running.We have successfully installed PCNS 3.0 on the VM. We can access the PCNS management page just fine. If we restart the vMA, the web page is...
View ArticlevMA 5 to 5.0Patch1 Failing with 403 Error?
Hi all,I have a vMA 5.0.0.0 installed with PCNS running on it... I have looked around and saw the post about VMtools but I haven't touched VMtools on this app. When I try to use the webportal to update...
View ArticlevMA 4.1 with vSphere 5
Is it possible to use vMA 4.1 with vSphere 5 hosts? I am doing all my backups using a modified version of ghettoVCBg2. I also do UPS control with vMA. Just wondering if I need to get all of this...
View Articleresxtop 5.0 batch can't get small set of stats
I have been working with resxtop 5.0 and I am having an issue collecting only a subset of the available stats. I have configured resxtop in interactive mode, saved the configuration to a new config...
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 ArticleIs there a way to look up the localhost name on a vMA?
I'm new to this and am unfamiliar with linux. A co-worker set up the first vMA. I'm setting up the second. I input the IP numbers and it's asking for the Host name [localhost]. I'm not sure what to put...
View Articlehow to get custom values from vCenter
hi guysI need an idea! For my monitoring, i have to get some custom information about the vCenter environment, but this info's are not include in VC by default.So my client is an linux server with...
View Articleconsole appears to hang
Hi On esx 4.1 VM is running with redhat 32 -bit OS VM is running fine tools are upto date .The problem is when i click on console from Vcenter it's hanging so long not able to see VM inside...
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 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 ArticleCan I distribute vma with other software, is this legal or not?
hi all,I install a software(that I develope) in vma and then I export the vm to the virtual appliance,can I distribute the file in virtual appliance market, is this have any legal responsibility ??
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 ArticlevMA and pcns
I wasn't sure where to post this, figured this was the most suitable place. This isn't a vmware thing really but I'm hoping someone out there knows what I should do here. I am trying to use pcns...
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 Articleip pools vma 5
what is the purpose of creating a ip pool? I had to do this before I could startup the vma5 appliance. any idea?
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 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...
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