VMAN 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...
View Articlepast 30 days granular performance metrics in vman
Hi All, I'm trying to get a performance graph / data export from vman showing a number of VMs network throughput for the past 30 days. I can do this fairly easily by adding the required vms to the...
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 Add Hyper-V Host and VM's
Hello,I am not the Hyper-V guy in our office. I am a network guy trying to add a Hyper-V host into Orion so we can see all the hosted VM's.The Hyper-V guy turned on SNMP and I was able to add the host...
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 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 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 ArticleData collection fails for some vCenter Servers after upgrading to...
A new KB article was posted today to the address issue where Virtualization Manager 6.1.1 fails to connect to vCenter after being upgraded from version 4.0 or below. The issue is caused by the RSA key...
View Articleno information shown 2 days after upgrading to vman6.1.1
So i upgraded vman from 5.1.1 to 6.0 to 6.1.1 which seemed to work fine. however after 2 days of collection, the collection just stopped. we are licensed and under maintenance but when I log into the...
View ArticleIs multi-hypervisor support a must-have in management tools?
Hello, fellow thwackers!Let me ask you a question: When you look at buying virtualization management tools, whether you’re looking for tools to perform comprehensive management of the virtual...
View ArticleLooking for a way to parse out the internal date created field
I am trying to create a trend for when a VM is created and segment by month. The only way I can see to do this is to parse out the internaldatecreated field to only give the month and year (not the day...
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 ArticleMonthly performance graphs only showing in 12-hour segments
We are looking to provide performance data and graphs for certain metrics to our business groups. If done weekly, we keep a pretty accurate amount of data via graphs, as the data only normalizes in...
View ArticleESX Host CPU Polling stopped after deleting a SAM Application assigned to the...
I hope someone can help me understand if this is a bug or not. Yesterday I added 2 SAM Application monitors for our VMWARE vCenter server. Then, I deleted one of them. [The monitor was a WMI service...
View Articleremoving a collector in virtualization manager
I cannot seem to find where this is done. anyone mind giving me a quick set of instructions on how to do it?
View ArticleReports are in Bytes
I'm trying to create a report that show how much space is being used from VM but the reports show it as Bytes i need to change this to MB or GB
View ArticleRECOMMEND Virtualization Manager ON SPREAD THE WORD FOR A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD!
Let the community know how impressed you are with Virtualization Manager and earn a $25 Amazon gift card! Simply post your review in Spread The Word with the questions answered below: What was...
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 ArticleIs there an easy way to get per host vCPU to pCPU ratio from VM?
I found the trend for cluster level vCPU to pCPU ratio, but I'd like to see it broken down to the host level is this possible with virtual manager? thanks,jb
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Announcing GA of Virtualization Manager Service Release 6.1.1
VMAN is now generally available in the Customer Portal for all customers on Active Maintenance. Several important issues were addressed in this Service Release including: Significant security updates...
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