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Re: Adding new evaluate license - Invalid license key: license file not found
Thank you for clearing that out! I guess I posted this thread wrong then.. Could anyone move it? So my problem is that I can't add a new evaluate license when I've upgraded vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1,...
View ArticleDatastore usage
All, I am just starting to really dig into our VCOPS 5.0 Advanced and I am looking at changing thresholds. We have a few datastores that will always run above say 95%. Is there a way to set the...
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Hi markdjones82, You may want to consider upgrading to 5.7. As of version 5.6 VMware added the capability to create custom groups, to which you can apply policies to set things like badge thresholds...
View ArticlevCenter Operatios and Active Directory
hi In the documentation it says vmware recommend to use AD users to work with vCenter Operations but I cannot find the procedure to integrate it? any one knows the procedure? thanks a lot
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Hi kopper27, For the vSphere UI - the default interface - the users are managed through vCenter. So, your AD users would need to be given permissions there. In other words, you don't need to...
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I am reading release notes and it has some info on putting some special license key in vcenter. We are only running 5.0 U2, do I have to have at least 1 vcenter 5.1 to use 5.7? It seems that may be...
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Mark, you can use vC Ops 5.7 with vCenter 5.0 U2. In the downloads for vC Ops in your portal there is a license key that you will need to use (I think it's the last item on the downloads list).
View ArticleRe: vCenter Operatios and Active Directory
I am confused here the vCenter Op access is to the VM or to the admin webpage? https://IP/vcops-vsphere since I ca access the dashboard only using the admin account not my AD account which is vcenter...
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You should be able to access the vsphere UI using your vCenter accounts, however if you set up a new role with specific permissions, make sure that the "Global > vCenter Operations Manager Admin" or...
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I have my users in Active Directory groups so I removed the groups and add them back.... Maybe the the roles were not updated
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Interesting, maybe that's the case - but glad it worked anyway!
View ArticleQuestion about licensing and how many I need
So I was planning on buying VMware vSphere with Operations Management Standard and I have two servers. Do I need to buy this for each server? Or do I just need it one time, and then can buy standard...
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You would be buying one license that you're looking at for each of the processors in your hosts. If you have dual CPU hosts then you would need 4 of those licenses plus another license for vCenter...
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Re: vcops custom report, datatype & precision
Hi all, thanks for you answers. At the end I solved my problem with a workaround: I defined a supermetric: avg(This Resource: cpu|usage_average) applied to my esxi hosts. Perhaps it's not the better...
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Re: vcops custom report, datatype & precision
with vc ops the possibilities are endless
View ArticlevCOPS 5.6 and MS System Center
Hello I am looking for some documentation on how to setup vCops so that it interacts with Microsoft SCOM and use it in custom UI.Does anybody knows a good link ? Thank you Matrix
View ArticleCpu usage and Cpu demand in Vcops 5.6
Hi All,I've seen that many vm configured in my virtual center there is a significant difference between %cpu usage and %cpu demand, with a very high %Cpu contention.For example, for a VM with 6 Vcpu...
View ArticleVM Global Settings in vcops 5.6
Hi, I somewhat customized my vcops 5.6 enterprise installation using the vSphere UI and I'm now struggling to make sense of the custom UI, which seems far more formiddable and cryptic to me. In the...
View ArticleRe: vCOPS 5.6 and MS System Center
Matrix, the adapter and the pdf should be all you need. I have scom 07 in my 56 vapp. no issues. Just know the port, db, and database source - i chose datawarehouse and its good. If you want to see...
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