datastore ignore directory
Is there a way to get Virt Manager to ignore a directory within datastores? We are running NetApp filers with snapshots for our backend disk, which shows .snapshot folders within each datastore. I...
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 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 ArticleUnable to remove Ghost nic from VM node
I have a few nodes that show up in my nodes with problems resource, both warning and unknown. Details show that it has two nics, one green one not. One the VMware team had made changes on their end,...
View ArticleHost Hardware Status Alerts
We are currently testing out virtualization manager and there are a few things i was wondering about with regards to host level hardware status warnings and alerts. Currently all hosts are sending...
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 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...
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Rounding off values displayed on email alerts
Hi all, I am duplicating and configuring some alerts on VMAN. Basically I setup the VMs with large Snapshots alets. I need to get the snaps displayed in Gigabytes as opposed to bytes. Therefore I added...
View ArticleWill Virtualization Manager Work with Java 1.7?
For PCI compliance, we are at the end of the road with 1.6, according to Sun. Will the current Virtualization Manager work with Java 1.7 (latest... u21 I think)? Has anyone tried it? Thanks! -Mike
View ArticleReduce database size
We are running Virtualization Manager v6.0.0.10001. My goal is to reduce the size of the database and the length of time that the data is retained. I have changed the "Days to Retain Performance Data...
View ArticleVMAN integration after NPM migration
After migrating Orion to a new server i am unable to integrate Virtualization Manager I get the following error Error: Virtualization Manager server is unable to connect to the main Orion server using...
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Virtualization Manager integration with SAM
I have gone thru the steps to integrate Virtualization Manager with SAM and I have gotten the "Virtualization manager integration is currently enabled" message. But when I go into SAM and try to view...
View ArticleDashboard slow refresh status
Hi,Firstly congrats for the new 6.0.1, it is fill in many boring gaps. My question is why all parameters and statuses are so sluggish on the dashboards?I mean when we see a bad status for some...
View ArticleUnable to remove Ghost nic from VM node
I have a few nodes that show up in my nodes with problems resource, both warning and unknown. Details show that it has two nics, one green one not. One the VMware team had made changes on their end,...
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 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 ArticleHow do I get latency stats for my NFS datastores?
running 6.0.1. we use almost exclusively NFS. I'm not getting much useful data for the datastore latency and IOPS widgets. Suggestions? thank you
View ArticleSkip certain volume label or drive letter in the Guest Storage Space...
Dear,I would like to ignore the S:\ drive letter (label SWAP) from this report.Since the pagefile is stored on that drive and the disks have been created with only a few extra 100 mb's, all my VM's are...
View ArticleVMWare DPM - How does VMan deal with this?
Hi All I have been asked the question by our virtualisation team "If we switch on DPM (Distributed Power Management) within VMWare how will Solarwinds Deal with it?" At present we have not purchased...
View ArticleHow can I change the default SolarWinds logo?
Hi to all, How can I change the default SolarWinds logo on Virtualization Manager v5.0 RC? We already change the default logo on NPM and Storage Manager.
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