Alert for VM guests that reboot
alertI would like a little assistance in configuring an alert for vm guests that reboot. I have one that works well on a shutdown but when I followed that same pattern for reboots I get no results. Any...
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 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 ArticleIs anyone having issues removing labels from vm's?
I seem to be able to add labels to vm's, but I have been unable to remove labels from the vm's. Looking for help.
View ArticleTOP-N vMotion Count
Hello I look for a query which shows me the vmotions count within the last 7 days. this one doesn't work cluster.vMotionCount:* cluster.timestamp:([now-7days TO *] -now-7days) any one may can help...
View ArticleVirtualization Manager 6.1 Beta 3 is Now Available
VMan 6.1 Beta 3 is now available. All you need to do is fill out a brief survey to participate in the Beta program. VMan 6.1 Beta 3 is cumulative with Betas 1 and 2 and provides support for...
View ArticleHIGH CPU PEAKS
To monitor virtual machines I want to see the CPU average and peaks value of a virtual machine.For the peak CPU value I am using the query: vm.cpuloadSumpeak.month (%). However, many virutal machines...
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 ArticleQuerying phantom snapshot files
We seem to be in a situation where a large number of phantom snapshots have accumulated on some of our datastores. I would like to be able to run a query or report which shows the list of orphaned...
View ArticleCluster vmotion activities report
We use solarwinds Virtualization Manager v6.0.0.10001. I have 5 cluster and host is vmware ESXI 5.1We use DRS and HA in each cluster. How many VMs machine moved in a day? How do I learn?
View ArticleHost Partition Storage Free Space Alert Problem
We have Virtualization Manager running in our environment and i'm having a strange issue with it. One of the alerts that comes up is in regard to Host partition storage free space. It states that if...
View ArticleVirtualization Manager 6.1.1 Service Release RC is Now Available
Hi All! The VMAN 6.1.1 RC is now available in the Customer Portal for all customers on Active Maintenance through 8/1/2014. Several important issues were addressed in this Service Release including:...
View ArticleUse AD Group for authentication
I am trying to use an AD group as the authentication method for Virtualization Manager, I can get the AD portion working without much issue but it looks like I will have to use an LDAP query in-order...
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 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 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 ArticleMonitoring VMware View
Are there any plans to add VMware VIew (VDI) specific monitoring to this platform.Being able to monitor things like: - connection servers- pools- desktops- connection statistics Also be able to drill...
View ArticleSpace used by vmware.log files
Hello, I am new to Virtualization Manager, and really like it.Can you please tell me if there is a way to report on the space being consumed by the vmware.log files for each vm on the datastore, and...
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 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...
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