Controlling Metrics from SMARTS Adapter
We're at version 5.7 and trying to figure out how we can turn on/off metrics for specific resources coming from SMARTS. It appears right now it is all or nothing. We can set for auto-discovery and it...
View ArticlevCops Memory Overcommit
Hi everyone, I'm tuning a vCenter operations manager policy for my enviroment and I was wondering, is there a way to find out exactly what percentage of memory overcommit should be used? Thanks for...
View ArticlevCOPs licensing
A couple questions about per VM licensing with vCOPs If I license all my VMs with per-VM licensing, will vCOPs still allow me to view host metrics? Or will I need to do CPU licensing for that?I have...
View Articlecorrelation of changes logged in VCM environment to performance in vCOPS
We have VCM and vCOPS in our environment. The adapter for VCM is functioning fine as far as I can tell. The VMware documentation indicates that you can correlate performance issues identified in...
View ArticleSame IP in both VMs of vCOps vApp
Hi, I have developed vCOPs v5.8.1.0. In the deployment wizard of vApp I selected the fixed option for the IPs and gave two previously reserved IPs to the VMs. After the deployment, the vApp was...
View Articleapplying vCops for View license
Hi, we have the full Horizon suite which comes with a vCops for View license. I have downloaded and installed the vCops virtual appliance but it says the license is incorrect when i try to apply the...
View ArticleHistorical Data
Okay, so I built out a new 5.5 vCenter. I currently have two 5.1 vCenters that vC Ops is monitoring/collecting data in. I will be transferring all hosts and guest from the two 5.1 vCenters. I know that...
View ArticleEvaluating vCOps 5.8.1 with vCenter 5.1
Hi, I deployed vCOps vApp in an environment with vCenter 5.1 and it came up okay, but only the Foundation version. Is this somehow related to fact that the vCenter is version 5.1? I would like to...
View ArticlevCops MP for Hyperic issues
Hi all, I have a ticket open with VMware support on this one, but it's been 2 months and no answers yet. Thought I'd ask the collective. I have installed the MP for Hyperic pack, and created an...
View ArticleHosting vCenter Server Address
Anyone know how to check the hosting vCenter Server Address that was input during the setup wizard after registration has completed?
View ArticleCustom Dashboard XML files Creation
Hello All, I am using VCOPS version 5.7, Can some one help me in creating the Iteration XML files for the following Predefined VM metric CPU usage %Memory Usage %Disk Usage (Any Metric related to vm...
View ArticleMonitoring User Totals for set blocks of time
I am using Vcenter Operations Manager for View and I am trying to find the metric that allows me to see the total number of users that are logging into our system. ( I would really prefer total of...
View ArticleCombining dashboards?
Hi guys, I was wondering if this is possible in vCOps? I have 3 custom dashboards, each for 1 branch office. Can I display the overall health status from the 3 custom dashboards to one main dashboard?...
View ArticleMy vCenter users are unable to view badges
My vCenter users are unable to view badges within the web client. They can log onto the vCops Manager. Am i missing something? I have running 5.5 and vcops 5.8.1.
View ArticleDaily Peak Super Metric for 30 days
Hello All, Is there any possibility to get the daily Peak value of Memory and CPU for a VM for a month period? Thanks in Advance Prakee
View ArticlePowercli Script - Custom Dashboard Integration
Hello All, Is there any possibility to get the powercli script output on vcops custom dashboard?if so please help me in the procedure on integrating them... Thanks in AdvancePrakee
View ArticleVM datastore space usage history per folder
HiCustomers regularly ask to see how their disk usage has grown in the past months. Each customer is grouped in a folder ("VM Folders & Templates"). I would like to be able to select such a folder...
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vCenter Operations Manager not showing Workload Matrix on 1 of 3 ESXi servers
Hello, I need some troubleshooting help. This past weekend we upgraded our main L3 router which caused a tizzy with the networks (duhh!) After the task was completed, Operations Manager(5.7.1)...
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Organizing Dashboards in Custom UI
Does anyone know how to customize the Dashboards menu in the Custom UI? We have 14 sites that will have custom dashboards and in an effort to organize the custom dashboards by site we would like to be...
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Beta Announcement for Blue Medora - VMware vC Ops Management Pack for SAP HANA
Blue Medora is pleased to announce a new private beta program for VMware vC Ops customers with an interest in using vC Ops to monitor and manage their SAP HANA instances - whether they be installed on...
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