Alert on Hyper-V host status based on guest status
Hi Everyone, We have been having a particular problem with one of our hyper-v hosts, the production LAN goes into a suspect state and takes the server offline. This server is a member of a two node...
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IVIM: Network Usage Rate limit too low
Hi,we have several VMs which report a critical error because the upper limit of "Net - This VM" is exceeded.13MB/s is not so much - about only 130 MBit/sec. In the virtualization settings I can only...
View ArticleVIM_ResourcePools - what do columns represent?
We have SAM, Virtualization Manager and VMWare/vSphere/vCenter installed. I'm trying to develop a report of Resource Pool utilization using the VIM_ResourcePools table. I'm having trouble figuring out...
View ArticleHow to switch from Thin Provisioning to Full Provisioning in VMan?
I just upgrade from v6.1.x to the latest v6.2.x. The console is now showing "Datastore Overallocation" which it's variables are tied to storage being Thin Provisioned. Our HP StoreVirtual (aka...
View Articlehow to find a VM with MAC Adress ?
Hi all, today an admin asked me details about a machine. ip was know but I could not find it as vmtools were down. As I was wondering if it was really a VM, the admin gave me the MAC address. I...
View ArticlePlanning Virtualization Manager Upgrade
I'm planning upgrading our Virtualization Manager appliance and was wondering if I can upgrade to 6.2 from 6.0.0 or if I need to upgrade to 6.1/6.1.1 before going to 6.2.
View ArticleChart show in years
Hello, I have one of my charts (could be others, not sure) that show up in years, instead of milliseconds.Does anyone have any idea why?It's probably a time setting somewhere, just not sure where to look.
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VCenter 5.5.0 Polling Issues
Hi everyone,We have been encountering polling issues with VCenter 5.5.0. For the record, my installation consists of Orion Platform 2014.2.1, SAM 6.1.1, QoE 1.0, IPAM 4.3, NPM 11.0.1, NTA 4.1.0, WPM...
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High Percent Co-Stop (%CSTP)
Co-Stop (%CSTP) is the percentage of time that a SMP virtual machine was ready to run, but incurred delay due to co-vCPU scheduling contention. To remedy Co-Stop on a VM, decrease the number of vCPUs...
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Guest CPU Usage - NPM vs VMAN - Which one is right?
We're getting ready to fully integrate VMAN into our NPM instance. Learning where specific data is being collected and how it compares to our existing data is essential to developing appropriate...
View ArticleIVIM versus Virtualization Manager
Hey all, I was wondering if there was anyone out there who was running IVIM (the virtualization tab in NPM) side-by-side w/ Virtualization Manager. Are there any major benefits to this approach? We're...
View ArticleHost level CPU Ready
I would like to know if there is a way to get a host level CPU ready charts. I see how to get guest level, but not by host... Maybe I'm not looking in the right spot?
View Article"vmStatsProvider" causing Solarwinds to give false "down" alerts?
Hi Everyone, Does anyone have experience Solarwinds giving false "down" alerts on with virtual servers?It happened on a server yesterday morning, twice. We received alerts from Solarwinds that a...
View ArticleDatastore I/O latency reporting as years
Hi All, Wonder if someone could help. We are having an issue with Virtualization Manager and the Top-N: Datastore I/O Latency Latest widget on the Dashboard. Whilst the Read and Write latency seem to...
View ArticleQuerying phantom snapshot files
We seem to be in a situation where a large number of phantom snapshots have accumulated on some of our datastores. I would like to be able to run a query or report which shows the list of orphaned...
View ArticleHow To Add Hyper-V Host and VM's
Hello,I am not the Hyper-V guy in our office. I am a network guy trying to add a Hyper-V host into Orion so we can see all the hosted VM's.The Hyper-V guy turned on SNMP and I was able to add the host...
View ArticleStill hunting phantom snapshots
I have a feeling that I have significant opportunity to hunt down and eliminate many phantom snapshots. Unfortunately, the Orphaned VMs report is broken in version 6.1 and later, but the Alert for VM...
View ArticleVMAN Alert for New Node
I would like to have an alert for when a new node is added in my virtualized environment; is this possible? I am new to VMAN so any help with this would be very appreciated, thanks in advance!
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High Percent Co-Stop (%CSTP)
Co-Stop (%CSTP) is the percentage of time that a SMP virtual machine was ready to run, but incurred delay due to co-vCPU scheduling contention. To remedy Co-Stop on a VM, decrease the number of vCPUs...
View ArticleData collection fails for some vCenter Servers after upgrading to...
A new KB article was posted today to the address issue where Virtualization Manager 6.1.1 fails to connect to vCenter after being upgraded from version 4.0 or below. The issue is caused by the RSA key...
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