How 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 ArticleDashboard widget "subtitle" not showing in Dashboard PDF report?
Hi, is there any way of showing the Dashboard widget "subtitle" field in the Dashboard PDF report? I have used this text field to explain in further detail what the information that is being...
View ArticleIntegrate Virtualization Manager
I am currently unable to view Storage/Sprawl/resources while inside solarwinds Orionit simple tells me to integrate with virtualization manager.. WhenI try to re integrate it and it fails saying'Unable...
View ArticleVirtualization Manager 6.1 Beta 2 Now Available!
VMan 6.1 Beta 2 is now available. A detailed Product Blog post will follow shortly, but I didn't want to wait to get this out to interested folks. All you need to do is fill out a brief survey to...
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 ArticleChange default SSH admin account (VMAN 5.1.1.10000)
I'm having trouble finding documentation on how to change the default SSH admin account. I'd like to have the SSH terminal allow the same credentials as the users of the web interface (which are...
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 ArticlevCenter versus Orion Cluster CPU?
Below are graphs of the Cluster CPU utilization for the same cluster for the past 7 days. One graph is from VMWare and the other is from Orion. Clearly these two are not at all the same, any ideas...
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 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 ArticleAdministration dashboard resets
I just upgraded to SWVM 4.1, and I mostly think it has some useful improvements, but the default "Administration" dashboard keeps resetting to a strange view that has multiple instances of several...
View ArticleRemoving Custom Dashboards
Been playing around with this great new tool and have found myself needing to do some cleanup. I am looking to remove several dashboards that we are no longer wanting. Been playing with it and not able...
View ArticleEmail Notifications
I am trying to set up email notifications for certain things such as High CPU usage, memory usage, etc. I can't seem to get the email to send when this happens, where do I set this up to make this work?
View ArticleVirtual Machine Latency Top-N:VM Latency Hour
Hi Everyone, I am new to the forum and also to the Virtualization Manager product so I was wondering if you could offer some advice please. One of the things I am using the product for is to try and...
View ArticleUsing VMan to monitor/alarm on vCenter alerts/notifications
Hi, Is it possible to use Virtualization Manager to read vCenter alerts/notifications and create an alarm for specific events? If so, has anyone had success if configuring this? From my understanding...
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.
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 ArticleSWQL Query tool
Can i attach the SWQL Query tool to Virtualization Manager? If not, what is the process to get attached to the database for queries?
View Articlepcoip
Does anyone have a way to create a report that would show PCoIP latency on a set of VDI machines?
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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