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Monitoring VMWare vSphere with Grafana and Telegraf

Monitoring VMWare vSphere with Grafana and Telegraf

  • 13. Juli 2020
  • Systemadministration / Virtualization
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Collector Configuration You need the latest Telegraf version which includes the vSphere Plugin! On Ubuntu or Debian you can get it with: wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.14.5-1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i telegraf_1.14.5-1_amd64.deb Now add…

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Install VMware Tools on Debian Squeeze

  • 18. Mai 2011
  • Linux / Systemadministration / Virtualization
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1. Install required packages aptitude install autoconf automake binutils cpp gcc linux-headers-$(uname -r) make psmisc 2. Mount VMware Tools mkdir /tmp/vmtools mount /dev/cdrom /tmp/vmtools 3. Unzip the tools tar -C…

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VMWare Open Virtualization Format Tool

  • 30. November 2010
  • Virtualization
  • 1 Comment

Command line utility that supports import and export of OVF packages. Download Download VMWare Open Virtualization Format Tool here: http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere/automationtools/ovf You can download this tool for Windows (64-Bit or 32-Bit),…

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How to Use VNC to access VMware Servers

  • 25. Oktober 2010
  • Virtualization
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Die ".vmx" Datei der virtuellen Maschine bearbeiten und folgende Zeilen anfügen:Edit the ".vmx" file of your virtual machine and add this lines: RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = "TRUE" RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "5900" RemoteDisplay.vnc.password =…

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VMware Server 2, Proxysvc SSL Handshake problems

  • 20. September 2010
  • Linux / Virtualization
  • 1 Comment

Get this server in /var/log/vmware/hostd.log if you want to connect to your VMWare Server ? Proxysvc SSL Handshake on client connection failed: SSL Exception Open about:config in Firefox and change…

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VMWare Server 2 – Unable to build the vsock module

  • 16. März 2010
  • Linux / Virtualization
  • 2 Comments

Just a quick Post, the solution for the "Unable to build the vsock module" error message if you install VMWare Server 2 on Debian or Ubuntu: tar xvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vsock.tar cd…

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VMWare Workstation / Player Installer 6.5.3 Hangs

  • 13. September 2009
  • Virtualization
  • 2 Comments

The installer of VMWare Workstation (and Player) hangs on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10. "Cause: the installer runs vmware-modconfig-console which produces enough output with some kernels that the python engine deadlocks is…

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VMWare Server 2 – RuntimeFault: Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems

  • 29. Mai 2009
  • Linux / Virtualization
  • 2 Comments

If you add a new User (New Permission) to the VMWare Server 2 via the VMware Infrastructure Web Access you may get the message "The server response included one or…

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VMWare Infrastructure Client with VMWare Server

  • 18. Mai 2009
  • Linux / Virtualization / Windows
  • 9 Comments

I had a lot of problems with the new webinterface of VMWare Server 2. The interface is very unstable and not very comfortable for the VMWare configuration. I need an…

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VMWare Server 1.0.5 – Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04

  • 30. Mai 2008
  • Linux
  • 2 Comments

Der VMWare Server lässt sich unter Ubuntu 8.04 nicht mehr über den Paketmanager installieren. Man muss ihn deshalb manuell installieren. Dazu läd man sich zuerst den VMWare Server von der…

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