How do I check the immutable flag using VCM?
So VCM is patching our Oracle Linux servers great now (thank you 5.7.2) however there is an issue. On some of our servers the immutable flag is set on grub.conf. This is simple to fix. Just do a...
View ArticleNeverFail BCP product and VCM
We have 2 Windows 2008 servers - hostnames are server1 and server2. Both have the VCM (SCM) agent installed and can successfully communicate with the VCM server. Our users want to use a BCP client...
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Bad Request - Invalid Verb
Has anyone seen this before? I'm logged in as an admin. No matter what role, I get this error. This is a single tier installation. I have tried rebooting the VM as well. All VCM services are...
View Articleno windows bulletins
I'm new to VCM and just did a clean installation of VCM 5.7.1.372. It's my understanding that information about Windows bulletins automatically downloads to VCM. When I go to Patching > Windows...
View ArticleUsing vCenter Configuration Manager to patch clustered systems
Can vCM be used to successfully fail over a SQL DB in clustered environment, patch and restart the server, fail over the the SQL DB again and patch the other system? How is vCM being used for patching...
View ArticleAuto discovered Linux machines platform value is showing as Windows. Need help
Hi All, In my infra, we have set the discovery policy as AD & IP range. All the machines are getting discovered, however in platform tab of Unix/Linux machines shows as 'Windows', and due to this...
View ArticleVCM 5.7.2 installation problems windows 2008R2, MS SQL 2012. Tier 2
Hello! I'm having problems installing VCM 5.7.2 to Windows Server 2008R2. DB server is located on another server and is MS SQL 2012. I was able to validate my DB connection and Reporting service...
View ArticleUsing VCM to compare hardware metrics on physical servers
Hi, I have a large physical server estate (mix of Win, RHEL and Solaris) which all have had the latest VCM agent installed. What I want to do with VCM is to select one physical machine and make it a...
View ArticleHow to deploy hyperic agent as a package
Has anyone ever used VCM to successfully build and deploy a package to install the hyperic agent on all the servers in their environment? Looking for guidance. Steve
View ArticleCreate a single e-mail for a datastore
Have created a Compliance Template to check if a datastore has less than 5GB free space, an Alert and configured the alert (VE Alert Configuration).Issue is that it sends an e-mail for every host that...
View ArticleChecking compliance for ESXI Host Image Profile Acceptance Level
Hi guys, Anyone knows if VCM collect the value for Host Image Profile Acceptance Level for each ESXi hosts and where VCM store the value? I did not managed to find the value nor the parameter. Thanks,
View ArticleAlert and/or restart failed collections?
Have a collection that is failing about twice a week, says cannot ping although all other days it is fine. Is it possible to alert when this scheduled collection fails and auto-magically have it...
View ArticleProblems with VCM Losing Connection to Agents
Every month when we do normal OS patching we have a number of Windows servers have issues with communicating with VCM. Often we can re-establish mutual authentication and it works, but our recent...
View ArticleVCM license
Hi,I used VCM eval license. How can I enter or upade the license. I found KB talk about jlicense. Is it the only method for updating or to enter a new key?
View ArticleAdobe flash patch link broken/incorrect?
Cannot download Adobe patch that is called out for Bulletin APSB14-21 http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/15.0.0.152/install_flash_player_ax.exe I am able to download windows patches
View ArticleUnix Compliance Template issue
Hi...I have downloaded and installed Compliance template for Unix/Linux, but I am not able to see those templates in Compliance screen.. Need some assistance to resolve this issue.. Thanks in advance....
View ArticleFalse reporting on Compliance Checker for networking (No-VGT-VLAN-4095)
Hi All, I haven't found reference to this yet (although it may be my search skills) and wondered if anyone has seen similar.We're experimenting with the free Compliance checker tool to audit security...
View ArticleWelcome to the vCenter Configuration Manager Community
Welcome to the vCenter Configuration Manager community! We look forward to engaging with you on any questions or discussions you may have as we introduce configuration and compliance management to the...
View ArticleHow do I license my Physical Windows and Unix/Linux Servers for VMware VCM?
I currently have vCenter Operations Manager Suite Enterprise edition which will allow me to manage my VMware VMs with VCM.I would also like to manage my 300-500 Physical Windows and Linux/Unix...
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