Virtualization 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 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 ArticleVirtualization Manager 6.0.1 has been released
It is my pleasure to announce that VMAN 6.0.1 has been released and is available in the customer portal for customers under maintenance. Improvements include:Upgraded packaged CentOS Operating System...
View ArticleReport for Peak IOPs per ESX & Datastore
Hi guys,I'd like to create a report that shows the peak I/O usage per ESX and per Datastore.I'd also like to have that report show the peak I/O usage for all ESX servers combined and all Datastores...
View ArticleChange Date format in console
Hi Guys,, How do you change the date format displayed thoughout in the web console?Right now, by default, it displays Fri 11/30/12I would like it to display Fri 30/11/12 What needs to be changed?...
View ArticleSetting up alerts to display free space and drives.
Hello,I'm trying to set up an alert notifications to trigger less than 700 MB of free space and one triggering between 700MB and 1GB of free space. The output should look similar to below. Any...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with this query
Hello,I have what I think is a very simple query. Trying to gather the free space percentage from all vm's in a folder. My type is set at VMvm.vol.freeSpacePercentage:[0 TO 100] and...
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Error in Hyper-V (Could Not Poll)
Any see this error today morning It appeared the followingerror in theHyper-V servers asimage belowDidall proceduresfoundinSolarwinds, the last wasasthe theimage,whichisrequired tobe changedthe...
View ArticleUnable to poll VMware (it was after 5.5U3 on some and 6.0U1)
Anybody have having/had issue polling their vCenter? I opened a case (963304) with support three weeks ago, but they haven't made any progress and are trying to get me to adjust my retention. We...
View ArticleMS April "Convenience Update" breaking VMXNet3 vNICs
Just got this from our VMware guy. I thought I should pass it along. Mods, if this should be someplace else let me know.------------------------------------------------------- If you have VMXNet3...
View ArticleMonitor SCVMM Service
How do I setup an alert to monitor the SCVMM Service (not the Agent)?
View ArticleVirtualization manager showing incorrect number of hosts in Vsphere
Hello, We are running the latest version of VMAN and are using VCenter to access our Host and VM information. However, Virtualization Manager is only showing 175 hosts when we have 191 in Vcenter....
View ArticleHyper-V VM Real-time Memory Calculations Correct or Not? - No Graphing
In VMAN v6.3 (& v6.2), VMAN's equation for collecting current memory usage within the VM is (Assigned Memory / Maximum Memory = Current Utilization). I feel this is incorrect and should be...
View ArticleCustom datastore report
To assist in the palcement of new virtual machines I'd like to run a report which lists the following information about each datastore.Number of VMs | Amount of allocated space | Amount of free spaceI...
View ArticleSupport for Citrix Xenserver
Do you know if there will be any special support for Citrix Xenserver in the next year? Specifically, getting the same kinds of information like VMware: number of VM's; VM names; if they are in NPM;...
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 Articleveeam 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...
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 ArticlevCenter VM Migration
Hello everyone, Would like your feed back. We migrated from vCenter01 to vCenter02, but now some of the virtualization assets don't show that the VMs moved to vCenter02 in Orion. Do we have to...
View ArticleOrion advanced reporting with SQL SWQL DBQ
Hi all, I am going crazy.I can't find "Orion" in products. Anyway in my case it is more related to VMAN I see that I can do some good reports with Orion.I want to replace those from Vman and do better....
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