VMware Tag support in 6.2?
Hi,just one question for clarification: VMware tag support hasn't made it into 6.2, correct? I saw it it on the "what we are working on" list but not in the release notes of 6.2.Many thanks!Joern
View ArticlePossible to give VMan 6.3 more than 4 CPUs?
New to SolarWinds virtualization manager, our environment has been up less than 2 weeks. Running VMan 6.3 with hotfix 1. I see the CPU pegged at 99% on the Configuration Summary page during data...
View ArticleMonitoring RAID Status for ESXi Servers
Hi! Is VMan capable of monitoring the RAID Array status of ESXi servers? I specifically mean the direct-attached disks that are RAID-configured on a VMWare server. Can't find anything in the VMan...
View ArticleCompatibility of Solarwinds Apps with VMWare 6.0 Update 2
Hi, We are evaluating updating to VMWare 6.0 Update 2 and were wondering if there were any compatibility issues with Solarwinds products. Thanks in advanceBranks
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 U3
Has anyone upgraded vCenter to 5.5 U3? Any issues with Virtualization Manager communicating with vCenter 5.5 U3? I see some warnings about Veeam not being able to communicate because of the higher...
View ArticleVirtualization 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...
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 ArticleMonitoring VMware View
Are there any plans to add VMware VIew (VDI) specific monitoring to this platform.Being able to monitor things like: - connection servers- pools- desktops- connection statistics Also be able to drill...
View ArticleAlerting using SWIS variables - The Datastore Story
So I have built a couple of datastore alerts in the Orion alerting engine. I won't bore you with the technical details of the alert logic, etc. because it doesn't really matter. My issue is with...
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Adding large number of VMs
If I have 200 VMs on an ESX host, do I have to click on each VM and select "Manage Node" to get it monitored in Solarwinds? Is there a way to do this for all VMs on a host without going through every...
View ArticleModify Search Results Output
Is it possible to change the columns displayed in the search results? I would like to change the column from Total Storage to Capacity (essentially eliminating extra storage due to Snapshots.
View ArticleFinding 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...
View ArticleIntegration IVIM
Hello, I want to integrateVMANwith the trialNPMserverand test it.And thende-integrating, andintegratingwith productive server.Canthere beany problemsafter that?
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 ArticleVirtualization manager and Integration with Orion
Hi, I have Virtualization manager running as an appliance, we also have NPM and other products, is their a way to integrate with Orion? Thanks Mike
View ArticleVM CPU Underallocated recommendation bug
Oddly enough, this bug/issue is triggered by another SW product, Log & Event Manager. When I loaded up the vSphere appliance with the default resources (2 vCPUs), I noticed that VMan was alerting...
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Top-N Vm Memory Underallocated
Memory Hi, Just getting to grips with Virtualization manager and it produces some out of the box reccomendations one of which is Vm's that have underallocated memory.whilst I appreaciate vmware can...
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...
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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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