Root 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...
View Article3. VMWare Datastore details are not available
vMAN is configured with the administrator privileges of vCenter, but still we are unable to get the details of vmware datastores in VMAN. ? Kindly find the below screenshot for your reference.
View ArticleHigh Percent CPU Ready (%RDY)
CPU Ready (%RDY) is the percentage of time that a VM is ready to execute but has not been schedule for CPU time because it's waiting for a CPU to become available. This most often comes up when CPUs...
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 ArticleUSB GSM Modem on VMWare
Hey all, We recently purchased APM and NPM, they are running on a VMWare server and we're looking at integrating SMS text alerts to our oncall engineers, we have purchased a GSM modem and we have...
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vCenter Server not polling
I have just added a vCenter server to my solarwinds. Everything checks out but for some reason it shows the status and status details as being "unknown", but shows the polling status as ok. I have...
View ArticleESXi 5.5.1 host suddenly missing from vCenter cluster with IVIM
One of ten ESXi hosts running 5.5.0 dropped off the list of hosts for its cluster as displayed in Orion/NPM 11.5.2 (IVIM 2.1.0). It is polled fine by VMAN 6.3 with its data visible in that console. It...
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 ArticleView Limitation fails in NOC View
We have some wall mounted screens and use the "NOC Dashboard" view to keep an eye on our equipment. My team are responsible for only a few, of the thousands of devices we have, so the "View Limitation"...
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 ArticleVMAN on Orion - Now with Global Search
Hello VMAN customers, We on the Orion Global Search team have been hard at work adding module support to OGS. I'm happy to announce that a Beta of OGS with VMAN on Orion support will be available...
View ArticleExcluding a folder from phantom snapshots query
Hey everyone, Our NetApp SAN has the ability / option to show snapshots on the volume from within the volume. For instance, we have an NFS share called Vol001, and it has a snapshot from 30 days ago....
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...
View ArticleUnable to process login error
Hi, We had an issue with our SAN which is now resolved but have been unable to login to Solarwinds Virtualisation Manager since. The login page displays but when we enter a username or password we get...
View ArticleUnlicensed Sockets - How to find them?
I have a big environment. Really big. We had originally spec'd out our environment a few months ago and purchased the appropriate licensing. Lo and behold, by the time we got VMAN rolled out people...
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...
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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 Articlevmware VM replication.
Hi all We use Vmware SRM and VM replication.I would like to create a dashboard, alerts... with Virtualization Manager based on the "property" VM replicated or not. I did not find any field I could use...
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Ghost nodes in Virtualization assets
Hi Everyone, I'm having trouble getting our Virtualization assets listed correctly in Orion so hoping someone can help. We have a Hyper-V cluster named BEDHVDEV with fives nodes, BEDHV01 thru...
View ArticleMaster.log showing 'sending results to VIM failed: Connection refused' on...
VMAN integration with NPM/SAM can be a little tricky when you get multiple polling engines and multiple federated collectors in the mix. We've been struggling with data not showing up in the Orion...
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