Index
A
- Active Directory (AD) / VMware vMA features
- Active Directory Authentication (adauth) / The vMA authentication mechanism
- Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) / AD unattended access
- Active directory single-sign-on / VMware vMA features
- All Paths Down (APD)
- auto deploy problems / Commonly known auto deploy problems
B
- ballooning
- about / Ballooning
- batch mode
- metrics, capturing in / Offline performance monitoring – batch mode
- BeyondTrust
- URL / AD integration
C
- certificate authority (CA) / vSphere SSL certificates
- certificates
- regenerating / Regenerating certificates
- Certificate Signing Request (CSR) / Replacing VMCA root certificate
- chart
- creating / Creating a chart and configuring metrics
- charts
- reference link / Creating a chart and configuring metrics
- CLI
- VLAN configuration, verifying from / Verifying VLAN configuration from CLI
- cluster information
- cluster performance
- monitoring / Cluster performance monitoring
- CMDLETS reference
- Common Information Model (CIM) / Understanding the hardware health of vSphere hosts
- communication methods
- direct conversation / Precise communication
- Voice/Video chats / Precise communication
- web sessions / Precise communication
- Email/Text chat / Precise communication
- community-supported script, VMware community
- compatible SAN storage, for vSphere hosts
- FC / Storage adapters
- FCoE / Storage adapters
- iSCI / Storage adapters
- components, VMware vMA
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 64-bit / VMware vMA features
- VMware Tools / VMware vMA features
- vSphere CLI / VMware vMA features
- vSphere SDK, for Perl / VMware vMA features
- Java JRE 1.6 / VMware vMA features
- vi-fastpass / VMware vMA features
- comprehensive reference, of log files
- about / A comprehensive reference of log files
- vSphere log files / vSphere log files – vSphere host 5.1 and later
- logs from vCenter Server components, on vSphere host 5.1/5.5/6.0 / Logs from vCenter Server components on vSphere host 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0
- vCenter log files / vCenter log files
- vCenter inventory service log files / vCenter inventory service log files
- vSphere Profile-Driven Storage log files / vSphere Profile-Driven Storage log files
- configuration
- verifying, from DCUI / Verifying configuration from DCUI
- CPU Metrics
- PCPU USED / Enabling more esxtop fields
- PCPU UTIL / Enabling more esxtop fields
- CORE UTIL / Enabling more esxtop fields
- ID / Enabling more esxtop fields
- GID Name / Enabling more esxtop fields
- NWLD / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %USED / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %RUN / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %SYS / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %WAIT / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %VMWAIT / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %RDY / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %IDLE / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %OVRLP / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %CSTP / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %MLMTD / Enabling more esxtop fields
- %SWPWT / Enabling more esxtop fields
D
- datastore maintenance mode failure / Datastore maintenance mode failure
- datastores
- error, in umounting / Unable to unmount a datastore
- detaching, with vMA / Detaching datastores with vMA
- detaching, with vSphere PowerCLI / Detaching a datastore using vSphere PowerCLI
- DCUI
- configuration, verifying from / Verifying configuration from DCUI
- network connectivity, verifying from / Verifying network connectivity from DCUI
- management network, verifying from / Verifying management network from DCUI
- default route
- adding, in vSphere hosts / Adding a default route
- Device Average Latency (DAVG)
- about / Storage metrics
- Disk.MaxLUN
- configuring / LUN and claim rules
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) / vCenter log files
- DNS
- modifying, on Multiple vSphere Hosts / PowerCLI - changing DNS on multiple vSphere hosts
- DRMDump
- about / DRMDump
- DRS-enabled storage
- about / DRS-enabled storage
- failed DRS recommendations / Failed DRS recommendations
- datastore maintenance mode failure / Datastore maintenance mode failure
- dvsdata.db file
- reading / Repairing a dvsdata.db file
E
- EMC PowerPath
- ESX/vSphere host
- esxcli network command
- about / ESXCLI network
- ESXi
- SSL certificates, implementing for / Implementing SSL certificates for ESXi
- esxplot
- URL, for downloading / Offline performance monitoring – batch mode
- esxtop
- using / Using esxtop/resxtop
- running, in interactive mode / Live resource monitoring – the interactive mode
- esxtop, for memory statistics
- about / Esxtop for memory statistics
- esxtop fields
- enabling / Enabling more esxtop fields
- ESXtopNGC
- URL, for downloading / Offline performance monitoring – batch mode
- esxtop results, analyzing
- about / Analyzing esxtop results
- CPU statistics / Understanding CPU statistics
F
- failed DRS recommendations / Failed DRS recommendations
- failing heartbeat datastores
- about / Failing heartbeat datastores
- Fast Pass Authentication (fpauth) / The vMA authentication mechanism
- fault-tolerant virtual machines
- about / Fault-tolerant virtual machines
- Fault Tolerance (FT) / Insufficient resources and vSphere HA failover
- features, VMware vMA
- vSphere SDK / VMware vMA features
- vSphere CLI / VMware vMA features
- vSphere SDK API, using / VMware vMA features
- authentication, with vi-admin / VMware vMA features
- authentication, with vi-user / VMware vMA features
- Active directory single-sign-on / VMware vMA features
- vi-logger / VMware vMA features
- AD integration / AD integration
- AD unattended access / AD unattended access
- vMA web UI / vMA web UI
- vi-user / vi-user
- logrotate file, creating / Creating a logrotate file
- authentication mechanism / The vMA authentication mechanism
- Fiber Channel (FC)
- about / Storage adapters
- Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
- about / Storage adapters
- Flings
- about / Using esxtop/resxtop
- URL, for downloading / Using esxtop/resxtop
G
- Group ID (GID)
- about / Enabling more esxtop fields
- group of worlds
- about / Analyzing esxtop results
- Guest Average Latency (GAVG)
- about / Storage metrics
H
- HA agent
- troubleshooting / vSphere HA agent troubleshooting
- unreachable state / Unreachable or uninitialized state
- uninitialized state / Unreachable or uninitialized state
- initialization error / The HA agent initialization error
- reinstalling / Reinstalling the HA agent
- reinstalling, manually / Reinstalling the HA agent
- host failed state / HA agent host failed state
- heartbeating datastores
- modifying / Changing heartbeating datastores
- host bus adapter (HBA)
- about / Storage metrics
- hostd.log file
- about / The hostd.log file
I
- I/O control troubleshooting
- about / I/O control troubleshooting
- Input/Output Operations Per Second
- about / Storage metrics
- insufficient heartbeat datastores / Insufficient heartbeat datastores
- interactive mode
- esxtop, running in / Live resource monitoring – the interactive mode
- inventory service
- logging for / Logging for an inventory service
- IOMeter
- iSCSI
- error correction methods / iSCSI error correction
- iSCSI-related issues
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting iSCSI-related issues
J
- Java JRE 1.6 / VMware vMA features
K
- Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) / AD unattended access
- Kernel Average Latency (KAVG)
- about / Storage metrics
- Knowledgebase / Documenting and keeping track of changes
L
- log bundles
- collecting, PowerCLI used / Using PowerCLI to collect the log bundle
- collecting, from vCenter Server / Collecting log bundles from vCenter Server
- collecting, from vSphere host / Collecting log bundles from a vSphere host
- collecting, from vSphere log browser / Collecting log bundles from the vSphere log browser
- logging level
- configuring, for performance / Configuring logging level for performance
- logrotate file
- creating / Creating a logrotate file
- logs
- configuring / Configuring logs and collecting logs
- collecting / Configuring logs and collecting logs
- generating, on stdout / Generating logs on stdout
- exporting / Exporting logs
- LUNs
- about / LUN and claim rules
- identifying / Identifying storage devices and LUNs
- detaching, automating of / VMware vMA to automate detaching of LUNs
- troubleshooting tips / LUN troubleshooting tips
M
- machine certificates
- replacing / Replacing machine certificates
- management network
- verifying, from DCUI / Verifying management network from DCUI
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / AD unattended access
- memory compression
- about / Memory compression
- esxtop, for memory statistics / Esxtop for memory statistics
- memory management, vSphere host
- memory metrics
- MEM overcommit avg / Esxtop for memory statistics
- PMEM / Esxtop for memory statistics
- VMKMEM / Esxtop for memory statistics
- PSHARE / Esxtop for memory statistics
- SWAP / Esxtop for memory statistics
- ZIP / Esxtop for memory statistics
- MEMCTL / Esxtop for memory statistics
- memory metrics, virtual machine
- MCTL / Esxtop for memory statistics
- MEMSZ / Esxtop for memory statistics
- SWTGT / Esxtop for memory statistics
- MCTLSZ / Esxtop for memory statistics
- SWCUR / Esxtop for memory statistics
- SWR/s / Esxtop for memory statistics
- SWW/s / Esxtop for memory statistics
- SWPWT / Esxtop for memory statistics
- CACHEUSD / Esxtop for memory statistics
- Zip / Esxtop for memory statistics
- Unzip / Esxtop for memory statistics
- memory overcommitment / Memory overcommitment
- memory overhead / Memory overhead
- memory statistics
- about / Memory statistics
- metrics
- capturing, in batch mode / Offline performance monitoring – batch mode
- configuring / Creating a chart and configuring metrics
- miscellaneous tools / Miscellaneous tools
- multipathing
- multipath policy
- selecting, from vSphere client / Multipath policy selection from the vSphere client
- multiple multipathing plugins (MPPs)
- about / Multipathing and PSA troubleshooting
- functions / Multipathing and PSA troubleshooting
- Multiple vSphere Hosts
- DNS, modifying on / PowerCLI - changing DNS on multiple vSphere hosts
N
- Name Service Switch (NSS) / AD integration
- Native Multipathing Plugin (NMP)
- about / Native Multipathing Plugins
- NetFlow
- monitoring with / Monitoring with NetFlow
- Network Addressing Authority Identifier
- network connectivity
- verifying, from DCUI / Verifying network connectivity from DCUI
- networking log files
- about / Log files
- network isolated error / Network partitioned or network isolated errors
- network metrics
- about / Network metrics
- PORT - ID / Understanding network metrics
- DNAME / Understanding network metrics
- SPEED / Understanding network metrics
- FDUPLX / Understanding network metrics
- PKTTX/s / Understanding network metrics
- MbTX/s / Understanding network metrics
- PKTRX/s / Understanding network metrics
- MbRX/s / Understanding network metrics
- %DRPTX / Understanding network metrics
- %DRP / Understanding network metrics
- network partitioned error / Network partitioned or network isolated errors
- network performance
- diagnosing / Diagnosing network performance
- network troubleshooting commands
- about / Network troubleshooting commands
- NFS issues
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting NFS issues
P
- path
- unmasking / Unmasking a path
- paths
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting paths
- Path Selection Plugin (PSP)
- about / Native Multipathing Plugins
- Fixed - VMW_PSP_FIXED / Native Multipathing Plugins
- Round-Robin - VMW_PSP_RR / Native Multipathing Plugins
- Most recently Used - VMW_PSP_MRU / Native Multipathing Plugins
- path selection policy
- modifying, from VMware vMA / Changing the path selection policy from VMware vMA
- path state
- modifying, vMA used / Using vMA to change a path state
- performance
- logging level, configuring for / Configuring logging level for performance
- performance metrics
- replaying / Replaying performance metrics – replay mode
- performance monitoring
- tools / Tools for performance monitoring
- Permanent Device Loss (PDL)
- about / Troubleshooting paths
- physical trunks
- verifying / Verifying physical trunks and VLAN configuration
- planned PDL
- about / Planned PDL
- Platform Services Controllers (PSC) / Replacing machine certificates
- Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) / AD integration
- port mirroring
- troubleshooting with / Troubleshooting with port mirroring
- PowerCLI
- about / PowerCLI
- used, for connecting to vCenter Server / Connecting to vCenter Server or an ESX/vSphere host with PowerCLI
- used, for connecting to ESX/vSphere host / Connecting to vCenter Server or an ESX/vSphere host with PowerCLI
- used, for setting up syslog server / Setting up a syslog server using PowerCLI
- used, for collecting log bundles / Using PowerCLI to collect the log bundle
- SNMP agents, configuring from / Configuring SNMP agents from PowerCLI
- VLANs, verifying from / Verifying VLANs from PowerCLI
- power tools
- troubleshooting with / Troubleshooting with power tools
- precise communication
- about / Precise communication
- Private VLAN (PVLAN) / Troubleshooting VLANs
- PSA troubleshooting
- PVLANs
- verifying / Verifying PVLANs and secondary PVLANs
R
- resignaturing
- about / VMFS snapshots and resignaturing
- resxtop
- Return on Investment (ROI) / Obtaining the required knowledge of the problem space
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA) / Creating a knowledge base of identified problems and solutions
- route
- deleting / Deleting a route
- Runtime Name / Identifying storage devices and LUNs
S
- SAN display problems
- about / SAN display problems
- SAN performance
- troubleshooting / SAN performance troubleshooting
- secondary PVLANs
- verifying / Verifying PVLANs and secondary PVLANs
- Secure Shell Session (SSH) / Running vm-support in a console session on vSphere hosts
- Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- about / vSphere SSL certificates
- SIOC
- about / I/O control troubleshooting
- enabling / I/O control troubleshooting
- SIOC logging
- about / SIOC logging
- enabling / SIOC logging
- SNMP agents
- tuning / Tuning the SNMP agents
- configuring, from PowerCLI / Configuring SNMP agents from PowerCLI
- SNMP traps
- configuring, for continuous monitoring / Configuring SNMP traps for continuous monitoring
- configuring, with vMA / Configuring SNMP traps with vMA
- SSL certificates
- implementing, for ESXi / Implementing SSL certificates for ESXi
- stdout
- logs, generating on / Generating logs on stdout
- storage adapters
- about / Storage adapters
- Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP)
- about / Native Multipathing Plugins
- storage devices
- identifying / Identifying storage devices and LUNs
- listing, from vMA / Listing storage devices from vMA
- Storage DRS
- common errors / More common errors of Storage DRS
- Storage I/O Control (SIOC)
- about / The storageRM.log file
- storage log files
- about / Storage log files
- hostd.log file / The hostd.log file
- storageRM.log file / The storageRM.log file
- vmkernel.log file / The vmkernel.log file
- DRMDump / DRMDump
- storage metrics
- about / Storage metrics
- CMDS/s / Storage metrics
- DAVG/cmd / Storage metrics
- KAVG/cmd / Storage metrics
- QAVG/cmd / Storage metrics
- GAVG/cmd / Storage metrics
- READS/s / Storage metrics
- WRITES/s / Storage metrics
- MBREAD/s / Storage metrics
- MBWRTN/s / Storage metrics
- QUED / Storage metrics
- ABRTS/s / Storage metrics
- RESETS/s / Storage metrics
- CONS/s / Storage metrics
- storage module troubleshooting
- about / Storage module troubleshooting
- storage path masking
- about / Storage path masking
- storageRM.log file
- about / The storageRM.log file
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 64-bit / VMware vMA features
- Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing
- sysLog server
- setting up, manually / Setting up a sysLog server manually
- syslog server
- vMA, configuring as / Configuring vMA as a syslog server
- setting up, PowerCLI used / Setting up a syslog server using PowerCLI
- systematic flowchart, for storage troubleshootin
- reference link / Identifying storage devices and LUNs
- systems
- accessing, from vMA / Accessing systems from vMA
T
- third-party MPPs
- Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing / Multipathing and PSA troubleshooting
- EMC PowerPath / Multipathing and PSA troubleshooting
- tools, for performance monitoring
- about / Tools for performance monitoring
- esxtop / Using esxtop/resxtop
- resxtop / Using esxtop/resxtop
- Windows Performance Monitor / Using Windows Performance Monitor
- transparent page sharing (TPS)
- about / Transparent page sharing
- ballooning / Ballooning
- memory compression / Memory compression
- memory blockage, diagnosing / Diagnosing memory blockage
- troubleshooting techniques
- about / Troubleshooting techniques
- precise communication / Precise communication
- knowledge base, creating of identified problems and solutions / Creating a knowledge base of identified problems and solutions
- required knowledge, obtaining of problem space / Obtaining the required knowledge of the problem space
- problem space, isolating / Isolating the problem space
- documenting / Documenting and keeping track of changes
- keeping track of changes / Documenting and keeping track of changes
U
- universally unique identifier (UUID)
- unplanned PDL
- about / Unplanned PDL
- uplinks
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting uplinks
- USB-attached virtual machines
- user solution certificates
- replacing / Replacing user solution certificates
V
- vCenter inventory service log files
- vCenter log files
- about / vCenter log files
- vCenter managed hosts
- about / vCenter managed hosts
- vCenter performance charts
- about / vCenter performance charts
- vCenter server
- datastores, rejecting / vCenter server rejects specific datastores
- vCenter Server
- connecting to / Connecting to vCenter Server or an ESX/vSphere host with PowerCLI
- log bundles, collecting from / Collecting log bundles from vCenter Server
- vCenter Server database
- about / vCenter Server database
- vCenter Server logs
- viewing / Viewing vCenter Server logs
- vCenter Server statistics intervals
- setting up, from vSphere web client / Setting up vCenter Server the statistics intervals from vSphere Web Client
- vDisk limits
- modifying, for virtual machine / Changing vDisk shares and limits for a virtual machine
- vDisk shares
- modifying, for virtual machine / Changing vDisk shares and limits for a virtual machine
- vGhetto script, GitHub
- vi-admin / VMware vMA features
- vi-fastpass / VMware vMA features
- vi-logger / VMware vMA features
- vi-user / VMware vMA features, vi-user
- vicfg-* commands, relevant to network troubleshooting
- vicfg-route / ESXCLI network
- vicfg-vmknic / ESXCLI network
- vicfg-dns / ESXCLI network
- vicfg-nics / ESXCLI network
- vicfg-vswitch / ESXCLI network
- vimtop
- virtual machine
- vDisk shares, modifying for / Changing vDisk shares and limits for a virtual machine
- vDisk limits, modifying for / Changing vDisk shares and limits for a virtual machine
- virtual machine connectivity
- testing / Testing virtual machine connectivity
- virtual machine troubleshooting
- about / Virtual machine troubleshooting
- virtual network creation process
- virtual switches
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting virtual switches
- VLAN configuration
- verifying / Verifying physical trunks and VLAN configuration
- verifying, from CLI / Verifying VLAN configuration from CLI
- VLANs
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting VLANs
- verifying, from PowerCLI / Verifying VLANs from PowerCLI
- vm-support
- running in console session, of vSphere hosts / Running vm-support in a console session on vSphere hosts
- using, in vMA for logs collection / Using vm-support in vMA to collect logs
- vm-support tool
- using / Using the vm-support tool
- reference link / Using the vm-support tool
- vMA
- configuring, as syslog server / Configuring vMA as a syslog server
- authentication mechanismTopicnabout / The vMA authentication mechanism
- systems, accessing from / Accessing systems from vMA
- using / Using vMA and resxtop
- datastores, detaching with / Detaching datastores with vMA
- SNMP traps, configuring with / Configuring SNMP traps with vMA
- storage devices, listing from / Listing storage devices from vMA
- used, for modifying path state / Using vMA to change a path state
- vMA scripts samples / vMA scripts samples
- vMA web UI
- about / vMA web UI
- VMCA root certificate
- replacing / Replacing VMCA root certificate
- VMFS issues
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting VMFS issues
- VMFS snapshot
- about / VMFS snapshots and resignaturing
- vmkernel.log file
- about / The vmkernel.log file
- VMkernel interfaces
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting VMkernel interfaces
- VMware Authentication Framework Daemon (VMAFD) / vSphere SSL certificates
- VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA)
- about / vSphere SSL certificates
- VMware Community
- URL / Getting help
- VMware Community PowerPack
- VMware Directory Services (VMDird) / vSphere SSL certificates
- VMware Endpoint Certificate Store (VECS) / vSphere SSL certificates
- VMware Knowledge Base
- VMware official networking guide, for vSphere 5.5
- reference link / Troubleshooting VLANs
- VMware Tools / VMware vMA features
- VMware User Group (VMUG)
- URL / Getting help
- VMware vMA
- configuring / Configuring the vSphere management agent
- installation, prerequisites / Installation
- URL, for downloading / Installation
- installation steps / Installation steps
- features / VMware vMA features
- components / VMware vMA features
- powering-on / Powering-on vMA
- path selection policy, modifying from / Changing the path selection policy from VMware vMA
- detaching, automating of LUNs / VMware vMA to automate detaching of LUNs
- VPX Operational Dashboard (VOD) / vCenter log files
- vSphere APD
- disabling / Disabling vSphere APD
- vSphere CLI / VMware vMA features
- vSphere client
- multipath policy selection, selecting from / Multipath policy selection from the vSphere client
- vSphere Client
- using / Using vSphere Client
- vSphere DNS
- managing / Managing vSphere DNS
- vSphere Fault Tolerance, for virtual machines
- about / vSphere Fault Tolerance for virtual machines
- common troubleshooting / Common troubleshooting of fault tolerance
- vSphere HA
- about / vSphere HA
- vSphere HA failover
- vSphere host
- log bundles, collecting from / Collecting log bundles from a vSphere host
- memory management / Memory management in a vSphere host
- relocating / Relocating or removing a vSphere host
- removing / Relocating or removing a vSphere host
- disconnecting / vSphere host disconnection and reconnection
- reconnecting / vSphere host disconnection and reconnection
- vSphere hosts
- vm-support, running in console session / Running vm-support in a console session on vSphere hosts
- hardware information / Understanding the hardware health of vSphere hosts
- default route, adding in / Adding a default route
- compatible SAN storage / Storage adapters
- vSphere log browser
- log bundles, collecting from / Collecting log bundles from the vSphere log browser
- vSphere log files
- vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) / Troubleshooting with power tools
- vSphere PowerCLI
- datastores, detaching with / Detaching a datastore using vSphere PowerCLI
- vSphere Profile-Driven Storage log files
- vSphere SDK / VMware vMA features
- vSphere SDK, for Perl / VMware vMA features
- vSphere SDK API
- using / VMware vMA features
- vSphere SSL certificates
- about / vSphere SSL certificates
- vSphere web client
- using / Using vSphere Web Client
- vCenter Server statistics intervals, setting up from / Setting up vCenter Server the statistics intervals from vSphere Web Client
W
- Windows Performance Monitor
- used, for examining statistics / Using Windows Performance Monitor
- World Wide Names (WWN)
- about / LUN and claim rules