how to acknowledge an alert after resolving issue with VM
I was just wondering how to remove an alert after resolving an issue with a virtual machine
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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...
View Articleaggregate storage i/o consumption
Hi Guys, Doing a capacity plan, and I'm a tad confused by the results of the above it.I cant figure out how it has defined its raw capacity for this field or where its getting its observed usage from...
View ArticleVIMAN Network Connection issue
Hi, I'm a newbie for virtualization Manager Product. We installed Virtualization Manager v6.1.1.130 on hyper-v cluster. The product is useful but sometimes network connection cutting itself ! We...
View ArticleIs there a counter for co-stop
I apologize if this has been answered, I couldn't find it.Is there a counter in solarwinds for co-stop, or CSTP?
View Articlerestore virtualizaton manager on another server
May I ask how to migrate a virtual appliance (Virtual Machine on VMWare 5) running VMan to another another virtual machine that has a different ip address and name.
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Email 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 ArticleGuest OS Memory metrics vs. Solarwinds Memory metrics
So I have noticed something. When I RDP to my guest OS (2008 R2) and I go to Task Manager and check the physical memory is pegged at about 90%. But when I check Solarwinds and check the memory...
View ArticleESXi Host does not appear in Virtualization Summary
I have added my vCenter server and 'supposedly' all of my VMware/ESXi hosts into inventory using Network Sonar Discovery. Everything was found perfectly, and when browsing Settings > Node &...
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 ArticleCloud Cost EC2 Algorithm
Hi All. I work in the UK public sector. UK government has a 'Digital by Default' policy that mandates that cloud infrastructure is used by default, unless there is a very good reason why not to use...
View ArticleExcluding ESXi hosts from monitoring
We want to exclude some hosts from monitoring in the vCenter. How can we exclude the hosts in vMan ? We found in SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Administration guide - We can change the access...
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 ArticleShared Credentials - VMAN & NPM - Restricting visibility for VMAN but not NPM
We are using both NPM and VMAN to monitor our virtualization environment. Right now we have them as two separate tools but we want to perform the integration. Easy enough -- set up the master...
View ArticleVM Monitor for Hyper-V - Server 2012 R2
Hello, We have recently migrated our Hyper-V environment to 2012R2 and I have found the free tool VM Monitor for Hyper-V will no longer connect.I have checked a number of settings, Hyper-V host has...
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How do I get more information about reporting?
I am trying to figure out charge back, or show back, reporting specifically I need to arrange the VMs by a department or users. Can it be done? Is there any documentation on how the reporting works?
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 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
View ArticleWorking out storage contention
Hi Guys, Has any one been able to generate a report based upon storage contention? Obviously virtual manager already has reports for CPU contention, ie the ready state, but I am curious to see if a...
View ArticleUnlicensed Sockets - How to find them?
I have a big environment. Really big. We had originally spec'd out our environment a few months ago and purchased the appropriate licensing. Lo and behold, by the time we got VMAN rolled out people...
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