veeam backup and replication
we are using veeam to backup and replicate our virtual servers is there any way to monitor the veeam jobs to get alerts if they complete/fail?I call myself searching for the answer and i have not found...
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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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ESXi Status Alert
I am trying to setup an alert in Orion for when my ESX hosts are not in a good state. Orion will show the ESX status as down (as seen in the screenshot below) when there is a problem. This value is...
View ArticleVirtualization Manager - What is the Orion Module?
Inside the download for Virtualization Manager 6.2 there's a 800MB file called SolarWinds-Virtualization Manager Orion Module-v2.0-FullWithSql.exe What's is this application?
View ArticleFederated data collectors failing to validate. Upgrade from 6.2 to 6.3
Has anyone upgraded from VMAN 6.2 to 6.3 and found the federated data collectors no longer send data to the master VMAN appliance? I have upgraded VMAN and the collectors with the appropriate upgrade...
View ArticleCurrent KPIs and long-term capacity are equally important metrics
When people hear the term “key performance indicators”, they often think of management metrics. But, if you’re here, you also know – or at least suspect – that there are a variety of key performance...
View ArticleSolarWinds License Management: Failed to get managed item count for this...
Hello Everybody, I am new to SolarWinds Virtualization Manager and this is the first time I am trying to set it up. If I run the configuration Wizard under Setup, I can go fine up to "Collection...
View ArticleEmail Notifications
I am trying to set up email notifications for certain things such as High CPU usage, memory usage, etc. I can't seem to get the email to send when this happens, where do I set this up to make this work?
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 ArticleSpace used by vmware.log files
Hello, I am new to Virtualization Manager, and really like it.Can you please tell me if there is a way to report on the space being consumed by the vmware.log files for each vm on the datastore, and...
View ArticleESXi Host does not appear in Virtualization Summary
I have added my vCenter server and 'supposedly' all of my VMware/ESXi hosts into inventory using Network Sonar Discovery. Everything was found perfectly, and when browsing Settings > Node &...
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 ArticleTrying to find ESXi host installation date
Hi, everyone, I have a task to determine when our ESXi hosts were put into service, and so far I'm coming up empty. Does anyone know if VMAN has the information about when a given host was put into...
View ArticleHow to list VMware snapshots and space used by a VM
I am new to Virtualization Manager and trying to get used to the navigation as things aren't very intuitive for me in this product. I have found multiple places where an alert or trend will show that...
View ArticleVirtualization Manager - What is the Orion Module?
Inside the download for Virtualization Manager 6.2 there's a 800MB file called SolarWinds-Virtualization Manager Orion Module-v2.0-FullWithSql.exe What's is this application?
View ArticleUpgrade 6.1.0.10003 VMAN to 6.3
I would like to upgrade our VMAN to the latest build 6.3 ( in order to activate the new keys as well) below are the following components running on our Orion Server, can I upgrade? without any issues....
View ArticleIs multi-hypervisor support a must-have in management tools?
Hello, fellow thwackers!Let me ask you a question: When you look at buying virtualization management tools, whether you’re looking for tools to perform comprehensive management of the virtual...
View ArticleCurrent KPIs and long-term capacity are equally important metrics
When people hear the term “key performance indicators”, they often think of management metrics. But, if you’re here, you also know – or at least suspect – that there are a variety of key performance...
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Query Help - Finding Missing Data post-VMAN Integration
We're currently running VMAN 6.1.1 and we've integrated our instance with our NPM instance. Ta-da -- magic datastore data appears for hosts and VMs and -- oh, wait a minute? Why doesn't that host...
View ArticleRoot password
Hi,What is the root password for the appliance? I have had a power failure on the machine running the virtual instance of Solarwinds Virtualization Manager, which means i need to run fsck before it can...
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