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Getting started with vMA

05/30/2010 by William Lam 4 Comments

Documentation

What is vMA?

  • Here is a video explaining vMA on VMware KBTV

Visit the vMA Home Page:

  • VMware vMA

vMA Forum:

  • VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)

You will find latest Downloads, Reference Documentation and Community Discussions and links to resources.

Downloads

  • vMA 4.x Download - Supports ESX(i) 3.5u2/4.x and vCenter 2.5/4.x
  • VIMA 1.0 Download - Supports ESX(i) 3.5u2+

Tutorials

    Setting up vMA video by David Davis

    • Using the new VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)

    Setting up vMA to be a syslog server by Simon Long

    • Using vMA As Your ESXi Syslog Server

    vi-fastpass

    • vMA 4.1 - Authentication Policy (fpauth vs adauth)
    • How to configure and use vMA's vi-fastpass with fpauth and adauth on vSphere 4.1
    • How to automate & cron vi-fastpass scripts on vMA 4.1

    Upgrade vMA:

    • Why you should upgrade from vMA 4.0 to vMA 4.1

    How to clone vMA:

    • Cloning vMA still not supported?

    Backup & Restore vMA + vi-fastpass DB:

    • How to backup/restore vMA's config + vi-fastpass DB

    Scripts and Tools

    vGhetto Script Repository:

    • vGhetto Script Repository

    New tools and scripts to add/manage ESX(i) and vCenter targets on vMA 4.x:

    • http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/p/vmware-vma-vima.html

    vMA Compatible Agent/Scripts(Third Party) Community List:

    • vMA Compatible Agent/Scripts(Third Party) Community List

    Health check reports on your VMware environment:

    • VMware vSphere Health Check Report - vMA 4.x
    • VMware Health Check Report - VIMA 1.0

    Taking screenshots of your VM using vMA 4.x:

    • takeVMScreenshot.pl using vMA 4.x

    Host and VM shutdown with UPS integration using vMA:

    • ghettoUPSHostShutdown.pl

    Backup VMs using vMA:

    • ghettoVCBg2 - Free alternative for backing up VMs in ESX(i) 3.5 and 4.x (no SSH console required!)

    Utilize vi-fastpass On vMA to run Perl script without clear text password:

    • useVIFastpassOnvMAToRunPerlScriptWithoutClearTextPassword.pl

    Tweaks

    Hot add memory to vMA or other supported Linux guestOSes using vSphere ESX(i) 4.x:

    • Hot add memory to vMA or other supported Linux guestOSes using vSphere ESX(i) 4.x

    How to increase/resize vMA Disks:

    • How to increase/resize vMA 4.0 Disks
    • How to increase/resize vMA 4.1 Disks

    Offline patching of vMA 4.x:

    • Update vMA without internet access

    How to install VMware VDDK on vMA:

    • How to install VDDK 1.1 on vMA 4.0 (libfuse.so.2 fix)

    Reconfigure networking on vMA:

    • vmware-vima-netconf.pl

    vMA & Active Directory:

    • vMA 4.1 - Active Directory IntegrationTip

    Removing stale targets from vMA:

    • How to remove stale targets from vMA

    Enable root account:

    Edit /etc/passwd using vi

    sudo vi /etc/passwd

    Change

    root:x:0:0:root:/root:/sbin/nologin

    to


    root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

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    Comments

    1. Shea Bennett says

      03/22/2012 at 4:42 pm

      When is this going to be updated to 5.0?

      Reply
      • Bazedko says

        08/02/2012 at 9:01 am

        I guess after 10 years 😛

        Reply
    2. Sachin Khade says

      12/22/2013 at 10:27 am

      When is this going to be updated to 5.5?

      Reply

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