VCOPS across multiple vCenters not in linked mode
Hi Is there any licencing limitation for me deploying VCOPS enterprise edition across multiple vCenter server instances where the vCenter servers are not in linked mode? All the vCenter servers are...
View ArticleHow does remote collector works?
I am unclear about the role of remote collector.How does remote collector works? Does it talks/transmits data to internal collector? What is the data flow? Thanks, -isayani
View ArticleNeed Admins for User Study - $100
Hello, Our VMware User Research team is conducting a study on troubleshooting and we are looking for a few admins who do troubleshooting in their environment to participate. The study will take place...
View ArticlevCops vApp vs. smb/cifs (EMC Symmetrix Adapter)
Hi all, I am trying to install the EMC Symmetrix Adapter, therefore I need a connection to a Win2k8 Server for accessing the ttp data files.Unfortunately I am _not_ permitted to turn on NFS on the...
View ArticlevCenter Operations Manager 5.0.2 Released - 2012-07-05
Please ensure to read the release notes before upgrading: Release Notes: https://www.vmware.com/support/vcops/doc/vcops-502-release-notes.html It also updates the log bundle feature to collect all...
View ArticleUpgrading vCOPS from Standard to Enterprise
I have upgraded my license from vCOPS Standard to vCOPS for View. All I did was change the license and install the View Adapter on a Win 2008 R2 server. Everything seems to be working fine, however,...
View ArticleNotifications not being sent via email - Exchange 2010
I've looked high and low, read the manuals, and search the forums and I cannot seem to figure this one out. Environment:Vcenter/vSpeher 4.1 - ESXi 4.1 vCenter OpMan 5.0Exchange 2010 -1 Cas/HT Server,...
View ArticleRemoved vApp from Inventory
We're running v5.0.1 and I removed the vApp from inventory, not knowing I would lose the vApp configuration (thought it would just remove the VMs within and leave the vApp "shell"). Are the vApp...
View ArticleAuto-Refresh possible?
Is there a way to have vCOPS automatically refresh the page?? Does it automatically refresh by default? If so - where are the options to change the interval at? Thanks so much!
View ArticleHealth, risk and Efficiancy Unknown
I've added an additional vCenter into vCenter Operations Manage but the Health, Risk and Efficiency are all showing up ‘Unknown’ I had the same problem when I added the first vCenter server in, but...
View ArticlevCenter Operations for View - Event Database
I'm having issues configuring the vCOPS for View adapter. When I want to configure the event database, I get the error:Connecting to the View event database...FAILED (View event database is not...
View ArticleStorage and Database requirements on vCenter operations 5.0.2
Hello, After going through the requirements for the latest version of vCenter Operations Manager 5.0.2 I noticed that the system can be deployed on Windows and that there is support for MS SQL...
View ArticlevCOPS 5 problem with datastores
I installed vCenter Ops Standard 5 and got it up and running. I have several red alerts in the dashboard, but the root cause of them all seems to be this one: TRIGGER: System DegradationRESOURCE:...
View ArticleEmail Alerts
Hi, currently running on 5.0.2. vCOPS sends me alerts two at a time, one for the alert and one for the cancelled alert. Many times I get the cancelled alert BEFORE the actual alert. These mostly...
View ArticleCan't recieve mail notifications
Hello guys,I encountered with the issue when email notifications from vCOPS server dont work.SMTP server is set and telnet to 25 port is opened. I can see even established connection to SMTP with...
View ArticleRestric acces to ressources
Hi, We are setting up vcops 5.0.2 to monitor our infrastructure. For some users, we want to give them the same access that they alredy have in their vSphere client. We do not want them to saw all the...
View Articleminimum permissions needed in vcenter
I would like to give access to VCops to one of my co-workers. They should not have access to vcenter. I does not seem that this can be done, so what is the minimum permissions I need to provide in...
View ArticleFail to install VMware-vcops-5.0.1.0-677931-vapp
hi;i try to install fail to install VMware-vcops-5.0.1.0-677931-vapp on vsphere 4.1 but i have some errors such as:on UI VM: starting openvpn .. donemutual trust already establishedtun0 : error...
View ArticleVery high storage capacity requirements
In the Deployment and Configuration Guide it recommends 800GB of storage for the Analytics VM and 100GB for the UI VM for a small deployment.These capacity figures seem extremely high.Has anyone that...
View ArticleHow do you calculate the potential metrics generated?
I'm trying to determine what the requirements will be for me to deploy vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise 5. How do you calculate the metrics generated? I have 6 vCenters in 4 locations, 2 in US, 2...
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