Are there any tools that work well out of the box for getting information on EMC data domain into vRealize Operations?

the impact is that certain cluster activities are greyed out but vROps seems ok

do these updates happen often?  i guess i need to figure out how to turn them off

here's the oddest part:  from the admin view the unknown update appears to be installing but from the ui it appears to be uninstalling - i have screen shots

i realize it might be time to open an SR but wanted to check here just in case

Im looking to create a report that looks at a custom disk space alert and would like to have a way in a report to show what drive/mount point is getting full.

I have an interesting request at the moment that requires a dashboard to display whether a group of VM's is powered on or not.

On the face of it the request seemed simple enough, but i am struggling to come up with an elegant solution. Let’s say I have 2 folders in vCenter and VM's in folder 1 are powered off and folder 2 are powered on. I want to show a simple dashboard that would show this. I have tried to use custom groups with the descendants of the relative folders, but it's not as elegant as I would like.

I think I am missing something, I then thought about a super metric to give me a single yes (if all the VM's are powered on) or no (if all the VM's are powered off) but I cannot filter on a VM folder here.

I cannot see the wood for the trees, can anyone think of a simpler way to implement this?

I would like to disable an alert for a default vSAN coming from an MDS switch. The alert is as follows:

"Notificatiob event - VSAN Status Event: VSAN Operational State Down"

What is the best course of action to take on such events you don't want reported?

Thanks

Hi

I'm trying to edit a view in vrops 6.4 (have tried chrome and edge) and get same issue.

When I highlight the view and click edit, the screen freezes. Sometimes the box is displayed, but with now data in it.

I'm running windows 10. My previous laptop running window 7 worked fine.

Anyone else had this issue?

Thanks

Pete

I've read several blogs and seen upgrade videos for vROps but am unable to locate the relevant upgrade bits on my.vmware.com.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike Gruen

I'm looking for a way to get a monthly report for 95th percentile for CPU and memory on my vm farm.  I don't necessarily need individual VMs...I just need the overall.  Is this something that can be done w/ vRops 6.6, or powerCLI?

I've been searching for days and finding some things that come close..but aren't quite what I need. 

I have configured a dashboard. And I want to show this dashboard as landing page once user logs in to the vrops.

Currently it is showing recommended actions page as landing page.

Good afternoon, I find the need to build a series of customized groups based on tags. Each group has a responsible person to whom I must notify an alert (the use of disk space). Defined in the notifications section a notification with scope "CUSTOM GROUP" but for what I am looking at the machines that are within that group do not activate the notification, unless the scope is a virtual machine.  How would you make a scenario of this type, where each custom group has a recipient of mail to notify the alerts / events that happen within it?  Thank you very much to all

Hey,

Is there an easy way to retrieve the vROps object ID of a VM object? I'm asking because I'm thinking of a way to generate the link that will take a vRA user straight to the All Metrics view in vROps for his VM.

I was thinking that this can be generated as a day 2 action in vRA, so that if users had performance issues with their VMs they can jump straight to vROps and take a peak at the metrics.

Has anyone implemented something similar successfully?

PS: I am aware of the health badge that shows up in vRA in on the item details view, but I'm looking for something more.

Thanks!

Hello,

I know that it's written somewhere in VMware documentation but I just cannot find it...do I need to add the data collector host names to the custom certificate that I'll be installing on the vROPS 6.6 cluster?

Thank you!

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Re-Configure Virtual Machine message appears continuously in Recent Tasks of our vsphere cluster. This is a Vmware view desktop environment and message appears every 15-30 min time for a given VM. Reconfigure message triggers for a complete VDI pool when it appears. vmware.log for a VM shows below entries,

2016-04-07T14:26:27.752+05:30 DEBUG (04A4-04F8) <TimerService> [ws_vmx] VMX machine.id has changed.

2016-04-07T14:26:27.752+05:30 DEBUG (04A4-1398) <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> [ws_configmgr] Update accepted while paired

2016-04-07T14:26:27.752+05:30 INFO  (04A4-1398) <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> [ws_configmgr] Configuration update for vcopsServerUrl - HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Node Manager\VCOps Server URL is now |93e194c29ede3c2f84674d323f1bd2d971e6a00c2c4ab24dcc61ef77839ff1cf|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

View Agent log shows below messages for the same VM,

2016-04-07T14:26:27.752+05:30 DEBUG (05DC-0834) <Thread-20208> [Main] Main Reconfigure: agent/bbe363e2-f8f2-452d-94ad-961106931952, cn=xxxxx,ou=xxxxx,dc=xxx,dc=vmware,dc=int, OFF

2016-04-07T14:26:27.752+05:30 DEBUG (05DC-0834) <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> [] Got a Reconfigure message, check to be reloaded (restartedNeeded=0, configurationUpdated=1)

2016-04-07T14:26:27.752+05:30 DEBUG (05DC-0834) <Thread-20209> [EventLoggerService] Info_Event:[AGENT_RECONFIGURED] "Machine yyyyyy has been successfully reconfigured": Source=com.vmware.vdi.events.client.EventLogger, Time=Thu Apr 07 14:26:27 IST 2016, Severity=INFO, Node=yyyyyyy.zzzz.ssss, PoolId=xxxxx, MachineName=yyyyyyyy, MachineId=bbe363e2-f8f2-452d-94ad-961106931952, Module=Agent, Acknowledged=true

2016-04-07T14:26:27.768+05:30 DEBUG (05DC-0E04) <theEventPublishingManager> [EventPublishingManager] Waiting for message to publish.

2016-04-07T14:27:13.691+05:30 DEBUG (04A4-14F8) <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> [wsnm_desktop] DesktopManager got a SendSessionReport message

2016-04-07T14:27:13.707+05:30 DEBUG (05DC-0834) <Thread-20210> [ComponentResponse] Message is <?xml version="1.0"?>

<TERMINALRESPONSE><ID></ID><SERVERDN>cn=bbe363e2-f8f2-452d-94ad-961106931952,ou=servers,dc=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int</SERVERDN><SERVERPOOLDN>cn=yyyyyyyy,ou=server groups,dc=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int</SERVERPOOLDN><SERVERDNSNAME>yyyyyyy.yyyyyy.zzzzz</SERVERDNSNAME><DYNAMICIPADDRESS>10.236.104.14</DYNAMICIPADDRESS><PLATFORM>WINDOWS</PLATFORM><OSVERMAJOR>6</OSVERMAJOR><OSVERMINOR>1</OSVERMINOR><AGENTVERSION>6.0.1</AGENTVERSION><AGENTBUILDNUM>2088845</AGENTBUILDNUM><REAVERSION>(FP 6.0.2)</REAVERSION><REABUILDNUM>13304</REABUILDNUM><VPENABLED>true</VPENABLED><PROTOCOL><NAME>RDP</NAME><PORT>3389</PORT><STATUS>ready</STATUS></PROTOCOL><PROTOCOL><NAME>PCOIP</NAME><PORT>0</PORT><STATUS>negotiate</STATUS></PROTOCOL><PROTOCOL><NAME>BLAST</NAME><PORT>0</PORT><STATUS>negotiate</STATUS></PROTOCOL><AGENTREADY>true</AGENTREADY><ACCEPTINGCONNECTIONS>true</ACCEPTINGCONNECTIONS><ERROR-CODE>AGENT_ERR_OK</ERROR-CODE><STARTTIME>1457398596</STARTTIME><MAXSESSIONS>1</MAXSESSIONS><SESSIONCOUNT>1</SESSIONCOUNT><PENDINGSESSIONCOUNT>0</PENDINGSESSIONCOUNT><CONNECTEDSESSIONCOUNT>0</CONNECTEDSESSIONCOUNT><DISCONNECTEDSESSIONCOUNT>1</DISCONNECTEDSESSIONCOUNT><TERMINALSERVICESENABLED>false</TERMINALSERVICESENABLED><LISTENERS><LISTENER>FRAMEWORKCHANNEL:32111</LISTENER></LISTENERS><LISTENERS><LISTENER>VDPSERVICECHANNEL:9427</LISTENER></LISTENERS><DOMAIN><NAME>UL</NAME></DOMAIN><DOMAIN><NAME>yyyyy</NAME></DOMAIN><SESSION><SESSIONGUID>cbca227e-0e91-4870-992e-6524b6a96809</SESSIONGUID><USERDN>cn=s-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-53599,cn=foreignsecurityprincipals,dc=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int</USERDN><BROKERUSERSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-53599</BROKERUSERSID><CONNECTIONID>6EC54686_E399_4DA3_ADC7_BD771DD8D42F</CONNECTIONID><LOCATIONID>d88efe6d7ecfc2436184577934cabd9b5d982f706df7766b8c02fedb1febf60e</LOCATIONID><USERNAME>21532</USERNAME><DOMAINNAME>UL</DOMAINNAME><BROKERINGENDPOINTID></BROKERINGENDPOINTID><SECURITYGATEWAYID></SECURITYGATEWAYID><SESSIONTYPE>DESKTOP</SESSIONTYPE><SESSIONID>2</SESSIONID><STATE>Disconnected</STATE><CLIENTNAME></CLIENTNAME><CLIENTADDRESS></CLIENTADDRESS><PROTOCOL>PCOIP</PROTOCOL><USERSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-53599</USERSID><LOGGEDINASUSER>21532</LOGGEDINASUSER><LOGGEDINASDOMAIN>UL</LOGGEDINASDOMAIN><STARTTIME>1457879944</STARTTIME><STARTTICK>481340890</STARTTICK><FIRSTCONNECTTICK>481341093</FIRSTCONNECTTICK><LASTCONNECTTICK>481341093</LASTCONNECTTICK><LASTDISCONNECTTICK>483307421</LASTDISCONNECTTICK><LOGOFFTICK>0</LOGOFFTICK><REMOTABLECONTENT>true</REMOTABLECONTENT><GROUPSIDS><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-513</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-1-0</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-32-545</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-4</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-2-1</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-11</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-15</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-5-0-226530300</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-2-0</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-38327</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-1169</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-40903</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-39783</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-1148</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-41615</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-1504</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-1323</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-1112</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-918640946-341144947-926709054-57729</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-918640946-341144947-926709054-4741</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-918640946-341144947-926709054-2815</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-918640946-341144947-926709054-14629</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-918640946-341144947-926709054-51898</groupSID><groupSID>S-1-5-21-1668029676-4265773607-1367741862-1678</groupSID></GROUPSIDS></SESSION></TERMINALRESPONSE>

2016-04-07T14:27:13.707+05:30 DEBUG (05DC-0E00) <theTopicPublishingManager> [TopicPublishingManager] Message published.

hostd.log shows below for the VM,

2016-04-07T03:33:01.482Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.

2016-04-07T06:27:06.391Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: vsep: AUDIT: VFileFltPostOpCreate : File (\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask-Roam) in a transaction, ignore

2016-04-07T06:27:06.406Z| vcpu-1| I120: Guest: vsep: AUDIT: VFileFltPostOpCreate : File (\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask-Roam) in a transaction, ignore

2016-04-07T08:42:35.646Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS received request in VMX to set option 'synctime' -> '0'

2016-04-07T08:42:35.674Z| vmx| I120: VMXVmdb_SetCfgState: cfgReqPath=/vm/#_VMX/vmx/cfgState/req/#3e/, remDevPath=/vm/#_VMX/vmx/vigor/setCfgStateReq/#26374/in/

2016-04-07T08:42:35.899Z| vmx| I120: reconfiguring all DVFilters

2016-04-07T08:42:35.899Z| vmx| I120: Activating filters on ethernet0

2016-04-07T08:43:35.904Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.

2016-04-07T08:45:22.513Z| vcpu-1| I120: Guest: vsep: AUDIT: VFileFltPostOpCreate : File (\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask-Roam) in a transaction, ignore

2016-04-07T08:45:22.524Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: vsep: AUDIT: VFileFltPostOpCreate : File (\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask-Roam) in a transaction, ignore

When we stop the VROPS broker services for vcenter servers and view adapter, the message stops. We have two VROPs servers and two vcenter servers and two view connection servers.

Need to find what triggers these reconfigure messages and why,

Thanks.

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to generate a ESXi Host trend & forecasting report. I tried creating a custom group with the list of clusters that I need and ran the report with the help of created group. However I am getting the trend & forecasting of all hosts in a single graph.

Is it possible to generate the same with separate graphs for individual hosts OR at least separate graph for the hosts running on each cluster that I added in custom group. Appreciate your help in this regards.

Thank you !

I just upgraded our lab environment and have been looking at the changes that have been made to the main area that we use.

Allocation based capacity. If you currently use this i would suggest you dont upgrade because as far as i can tell it has been removed as a configurable option.

So first the polices

As you can see there is no configuration for an allocation based model. We have 21 different environments that we use different over allocation ratios. After the upgarde they will no longer be valid. All i have access to is a set of 3 pre defined metrics 

But these dont line up to what we use. Also it does not take into account any buffers or HA settings in the clusters because again these are not configurable in the policies

The last thing is the removal of all the custom profiles that we use for capacity planning and deployments.

If this is the case and i am not missing something then i am totally disappointed in this release

I am attempting to create a custom "C-Suite" dashboard for upper management to view the environment and have a couple of questions. The requirements given to me are to show something like the attached photo.

I have played around with dashboards a bit, and was able to create the three Utilization Trend Views no problem. Where I am running into issues is on the total capacity blocks, which I would have thought would be the simpler of the two tasks. In looking through the widget options, I cannot seem to find one that will show me this. I thought Property List, but don't seem able to configure it correctly.

Hello,

is it possible to create a report which looks like the Troubleshoot a VM Dashboard. I really like the look and feel of the report.

Purpose is I wan't to create a report per selected VM with exactly the same data as the dashboard within a requested timeframe. 

I tried to create the same report but I lack the vRealize Operations expertise.

Best regards

Davy Crijns

We are using Login PI to benchmark our VM performance. The software connects to a VDI session and starts a workload. This is now skewing our vRops data Is there any way to exclude this?

Has anyone else tried doing this? I've tried it a couple of times in my lab and it skips all the IP addressing stuff. As a result the vApp uses DHCP for all its settings. When I use the Flash-based client I get an extra step in the OVF deployment wizard where I can manually set all my IPv4 stuff.