VMA Network Permissions Denied
Hello,Im deploying a 5.5 vMA and when I try and configure the network it keeps coming up as permissions denied. This is logged in as VI-Admin. I run:/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_netthen thru the...
View ArticleReconfigure IP settings in vMA (vSphere Management Assistant)
It's quite natural that it might come a moment when we need to change (ie reconfigure) IP settings of the vMA. But nowhere it's written how to achieve this! All we know is that if we fire up a newly...
View ArticleUPS Shutdown script for VM`s (vMA). ESXi 5.5
Hi! Anyone, help me, please. I have vMA 5.5 with conneсtions to some servers, ESXi 5.5 Update 2, APC UPS`s together with servers, customized NUT - software for work with UPS. Purpose is shutdown...
View ArticlevMA 5.5 Error: Failed to add users /
Hi. I need add 3 hosts to vMA.I dont have domain controller. 1. I deploy fresh vMA from OVF and configure IP and password for vi-admin.2. Add first ESX01 host with success. ( vifp addserver esx02...
View ArticlevMA 5.5 The session is not authenticated after connect to target ESXi
Im trying add targe ESXi 5.5: vi-admin@localhost:~> vifp addserver esxi1 --authpolicy fpauth --username root --password Passw0rdvi-admin@localhost:~> vifp listserversesxi1...
View ArticlevMA 6.0 Active Directory user login
I've successfully joined vMA to AD domain, however AD users can login to appliance only using local console (login: class\Administrator) but not using ssh.Here is example:login as:...
View ArticlevMA unable to authenticate via web ui?
Hi there... Have installed the latest vMA in order to get UPS graceful shutdown working but am having a strange problem. It is all setup fine and have followed the instructions to the letter in the...
View ArticleZypper update of freshly installed VMA 6 makes SSHD unstartable
Hello, Just installed a fresh VMA 6, update with the web GUI to VMA 6.0.0.1 Build 3755529 So as everybody knows several security flaws in Linux have been discovered. So we need to update the packages...
View ArticleVersions
Hi Guys Can I run a vMA 5.5 version to manage and an Esxi \vcenter 6 deployment? I have a tool that utilises the vMA to monitor my esxi 6 environment. .. but it doesn't support running a later version...
View ArticlevMA Migrate Virtual Machine
I am having a heck of a time trying to find documentation on how to use vMA to migrate a VM from one host to another. I'm not talking storage vMotion, just simply migrating a machine from one host to...
View ArticleConfigure powerfail on different ESXi hosts with rccmd
Hello,i`m quite new to VMWare and i`m trying to set up the shutdown behavior on powerfail with our ups. We have two hosts on different sites, each of them plugged into an ups.The hosts are configured...
View ArticlevMA keeps prompting BAD PASSWORD
When trying to configure vMA for the first time I enter pretty long passwords, for example (VMw@53de or T5s1ng#3) but Unix keeps on saying the passwords are too simple!! passwd= Authentication token...
View ArticleWhere can I find vmwarevSphereHealthCheck.tar.gz ?
Hello, I just installed Free ESXI vSphere 5.5 in a lab environment to try and configure Health alerting since it is not including on Free. I have my vMA installed and configured on my host but now I...
View Articleresxtop on vMA6.5
Hi, If I run resxtop on vma6.5 I get the following error message: /usr/lin/vmware-vcli/bin/resxtop: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so cannot open shared object file: no such file or...
View ArticleVMA going away in 7.0 ... how to APC UPS shutdown?
I am in the process of setting up VMware free ESXi 6.5, and during the setup process it is stated that VMA support is going away in the future. As we all know, the power failure shutdown method so far...
View ArticleVMware/VIRuntime.pm in @INC
Hi, After, when i deploy my vMA and install vCLI with perl, ggc still working, but overnight I find myself with this error Can't locate VMware/VIRuntime.pm in @INC (@INC contains:...
View ArticlequeryDeletevms.pl with some questions
Is this script "queryDeletevms.pl " could not be used in vma6.0 ? I download this script and tried to use it but there's no response thanks !
View ArticleHP System Management Homepage in vMA
Hello! I've read that it is possible to install hardware agents in vMA. I would need HP System Management Homepage and the Compaq Array Configuration Utility. Can I use the Linux versions or those for...
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 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...
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