Great addition to v9.1 but I'm struggling with getting them into a view.
I've tried adding them to the default Node details view and the Vmware resources then show in all node details.
Is it possible to change the default node details view for all our ESX boxes?
Thanks
Check your configuration for Views By Device Type. When you upgraded to 9.1 it should have set this so that your ESX nodes used the new ESX Details view. It sounds like maybe that didn't work in your case.
Tim DannerSolarWinds Development Team
When I look at one of our ESX server I get all the normal node details stuff + a list of VM's that are on that box in the bottom left corner.
What I don't get are the pretty looking graphs of VM mem, cpu usage, network usage etc.
tdanner: Check your configuration for Views By Device Type. When you upgraded to 9.1 it should have set this so that your ESX nodes used the new ESX Details view. It sounds like maybe that didn't work in your case.
Where is that configuration? My ESX nodes are identified as a machine type VMware ESX Server, but it does not use the ESX Server Details view.
Geo.
To configure views by device type, click Admin, then "Views by Device Type" in the Views box (top right).
The correct view is selected but I'm still not seeing all the VM graphs etc.
What are you seeing? Screenshot?
Denny LeCompte Sr. Product Manager, Orion SolarWinds Austin, TX
Apart from the ESX details table the only difference to normal node details view is whats in the screen capture.
I've also had a look at the ESX Nodes details view and it has the VM graph resources enabled but they just don't get displayed.
Jon,
We're not sure why you're not seeing it. Can you open a Support ticket?
I just loaded 9.1 on my test server and added a ESX server but it's not seeing any of the VM hosts on it. The Device View is correct (ESX Server View) but all I see is the normal node detail stuff.
Not sure what I'm missing.BB
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Update...I tried changing the Device View around but nothing helps. Now if I go an edit the ESX view and click preview then I see the VM details, nodes, etc. But if I select submit and go back to the main page and look at the VM server all the VM details are missing and I get a standard node view.
BB
Try a MIB walk of the VMware MIB to make sure that you are getting values (1.3.6.1.4.1.6876).
You should see a listing of your VMs and a bunch more information. Other customers with similar issues have had to configure the SNMP on their ESX server to enable the values from this MIB.
See this thread.
http://thwack.com/forums/p/11459/46959.aspx#46959
If this doesn't help, then we will need to probably have you open a ticket to get a MIB walk, etc.
Karlo Zatylny SolarWinds Orion Development
Another possibility is that your Orion user account could have a specific node details view set rather than "By Device Type". You can check this under Admin > Account Views.
That was it Tim. By default it is set for Node details. Any way to make the default going forward "By Device Type"? I think it's been "Node Details" for a very long time. We have alot of accounts and I would have to go in and manually update each one. Is there a way to update all the user accounts to use "By Device Type"?BB
This SQL will set all of your accounts to use the "By Device Type" view for nodes:
UPDATE Accounts SET NodeDetailsViewID=-1
