Utilizing vSphere Tags to create server groups in SWVM
Is it possible to search on tags assigned to objects in vSphere in order to create SWVM system maps? I have about 200 systems running instances of SQL Server that are all tagged "SQL" in vSphere, and...
View ArticleVMAN data does not jive with vSphere data.
For example, last night we had a VM experience unusually high write latency which caused our monitoring software to trigger a page. When I review the data, I find that VMAN and vSphere are completely...
View ArticleVirtualization Manager 6.1 Release Candidate 3 Now Available in Your Customer...
VMAN 6.1 RC3 bits can be downloaded from your Customer Portal and installation instructions can be found in the attached PDF. Please read these instructions carefully before proceeding. Note that...
View ArticleIs there any way to pool several Vman instances from one federated collector?
Hi folks, As mentioned, is there any ways to make several Vman appliances to be pooled from one federated collector. We are looking for the ability to have Vman appliance with actual data for each...
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...
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...
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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 Articlelabel showing duplicate data
I have a label with the vm's owner's name.For some reason the name gets duplicated when I run a report.
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vCenter 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 ArticleIs there a feature comparison doc for IVIM and Virtualization Manager?
We're in the process of implementing the Integrated Virtualization Infrastructure Manager (IVIM) with ORion Npm 10.7, and I'd like to find a document that lists the features of each tool for comparison...
View ArticleAlerting from Virtualization manager
When Virtualization Manager is integrated with NPM 10.7 is possible for Vman to send alerts within Solarwinds itself?
View Articleremove local datastores
Is there a way to remove the local datastores that are on a host from the widgets? since our local datastores only have the ESXi installation I just care about our SAN datastores. Wondering if there...
View ArticleVMan - Copy all widgets in a dashboard to new dashboard
Good afternoon, To start off, we are only using VMan, no Orion in place. I state that because it seems like most of the new features, updates or innovations that relate to VMan are implemented in Orion...
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 ArticleDashboard widgets for depletion by VC?
Is it possible to create dashboard widgets that show predicted depletion, for only one VC/cluster?Predicted depletion, per cluster – CPUPredicted depletion, per cluster – RAMPredicted depletion, per...
View ArticleIs there a feature comparison doc for IVIM and Virtualization Manager?
We're in the process of implementing the Integrated Virtualization Infrastructure Manager (IVIM) with ORion Npm 10.7, and I'd like to find a document that lists the features of each tool for comparison...
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 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...
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?
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