Virtualization Manager Versus IVIM
Can someone explain the difference between Virtualization Manager and IVIM? What do I get from Virtualization Manager that I don't get from IVIM? Does it require a separate machine and cannot be...
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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...
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Create Report for Virtual Machines Including its Host Server Name
Hi Team, I'm currently creating a custom report of all my virtual machines in hyper-v, however I can't find a way to add its host server name to the report for example: SERVER1 192.168.0.1 Windows...
View ArticleSWQL query on VMware VM tags , Vreplication
Hi all I need to make on report on VM tags and vreplication value. in which tables may I find the TAGS and the datas about replications ? thanks a lot Gildas
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Finding Delted virtual machines/datastores
If i use time machine on a cluster that i know contained a deleted VM or datastore,i can find it and look at details. But I have not figured out how to do a map of a deleted vm and find the last place...
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VMan and Custom Attributes / Annotations from vCentre for Hosts
At present we are still embedded in vMan usage and attempting to do alerting from the Orion core as we progress with our alerting.One thing that has popped up is the inherited use of some attributes...
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Virtualization Manager 6.4 - Beta 1 Now Available
I am proud to announce that Virtualization Manager(VMAN) 6.4 Beta 1 is now available!!!! The team has been working hard at producing the next release for VMAN with some exciting new features. The...
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 ArticleStorage Reclamation Report
How can I generate a report that will list all virtual machines, with their respective drive letters, volumes or mount points that are > 75% Free Space and are larger then 20 GB in size? Using the...
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 ArticleMemory utilization doesn't match memory used?
I've created an alert to trigger when Memory Utilization within a VM goes over 70%. There are two (relevant) lines in the email:${N=SwisEntity;M=Node.Stats.PercentMemoryUsed} memory used of...
View ArticleReport on VMs not Managed by Orion
I am looking to create a report of all VMs that are being collected through VMAN / VIM but are not managed nodes in Orion. Since the Nodes and Virtual Machines are separate datasources, I can't find a...
View ArticleSolarwinds Vitualization Manager - Versioning
Does Solarwinds list the versioning on the website? I see 6.2, 6.3, etc. Looking for more specific versioning. The reason I ask, is I cannot get 6.3 Hotfix 1 to install and I'm trying to find out if...
View ArticleErrors in their VIM.CollectorJobs_[xxxx].log: 'VMware Job Polling node XXX -...
So it seems that we have found yet another limitation of VIM as well as vCenter.During an ongoing migration of our vCenter servers from 5x to 6x, we have observed instances where SolarWinds Virtual...
View Articlenetwork utilization for individual vnics?
Hello, We're looking at vman as a product. I've checked out the online demo, but I can't seem to find a way to see network utilization for individual vnic's, unless the guest itself is being polled. I...
View ArticleDatastore IOPs daily
Hi Guysi want to work out what each datastore's iops are for the day and over maybe a week or month. Anyone any tips on how to build a query to do this and add the widget to the storage dashboardexcuse...
View ArticleQuery to find VMs without notes
Hi,Does anyone know of a query I can run to list Virtual Machines that don't have any text typed into the notes (under Annotations) in the Virtual Machine Summary tab.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 ArticleOrion reports ESX host does not poll, but all polling tests succeed and VMAN...
Orion is saying that it could not poll an ESX host, but it also says that ESX Polling Status is OK, Operational State is Connected. I have tested the creds in the VMware settings and the VMware polling...
View ArticleVirtualization Manager and Phantom ESX Hosts
Hello, I have been having an issue with Orion Virtualization Manager where it keeps adding hosts that already exist or are being duplicated. There seems to be some corruption, and I cannot figure out...
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