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 ArticleIOPS vs. Peak IOPS
I'm trying to understand the difference between IOPS and Peak IOPS in SWVM. My understanding of these metrics, which I believe to be faulty, is that the IOPS metric is an aggregate of the stats over...
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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Incorrect Memory usage on Virtual Machines using Vman 5.1.1.1
Hi All New to this forum and this product. I have been trying to get this setup and things have been going well until I found that the Vman memory reports on virtual machines seem to give me different...
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 ArticleMonitoring SolarWinds VMM
Hi,I'm looking for a way to monitor the virtual appliance with something other than ICMP. I use IPCHECK to monitor critical systems, is there a service I can monitor on the virtual appliance that I can...
View ArticleAlert Widget filtering
I'm having a bit of trouble filtering the Alert widget. In our deployment, multiple managers use the system and have their own logins and associated dashboards. Unfortunately the only way to filter the...
View ArticlePossible limitation with Labels
I've deployed the label "isExcluded" inside our Virtualization Manager configuration. Its sole purpose is to exclude unique items which have created an alerts. So for an example: We have a host.vol...
View ArticleWhat is difference between Virtualization Manager and NPM Virtualization Tab?
I am trying to understand the benefits of Virtualization Manager over what the Virtualization tab in NPM provides. Can anyone help me with this?
View ArticleOnly Monitor Certain Clusters
Hi, Is it possible to only monitor certain clusters in vCenter 5.1? I have a lab environment that I don't need monitoring and have exceeded my license count because of it. Any help is...
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 level CPU Ready
I would like to know if there is a way to get a host level CPU ready charts. I see how to get guest level, but not by host... Maybe I'm not looking in the right spot?
View ArticleCustom Dashboard
I am looking to make a custom dashboard with all the same content as the Administrator Dashboard but for only a small subset of servers. Is this possible and how would I go about doing it?
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 ArticleHow to update VMware tools
Hi guys, When attempting to update tools i get an error telling me that i need to uninstall existing tools.There is no documentation on where these files are and what to execute in order to uninstall...
View ArticleSharepoint RSS
Has anyone successfully used the RSS Reader in VMAN with a Sharepoint provided RSS Feed?? When i tried, i got prompted once for credentials. Once I entered then it just said there was an error and...
View ArticleAdd Virtualization Manager as an additonal tab to NPM
I believe I saw this a while back, but cannot seem to find it. Looking for a little help. Thanks.
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 ArticleCan the web console redirect HTTP to HTTPS?
Hello Thwack community,Just got VMAN v. 5.1.1.10000 (virtual appliance) up and running, and was wondering how I can make the web console redirect HTTP users to HTTPS.Obviously I don't want users...
View ArticleHow do I find disk space free/used (GB) on a specific VM?
I noticed today that one of my VMs has triggered the "VM disk near full" alert, so I added it to the list and then drilled into it. The only disk space metric, though, that I can find is the static...
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