I don't know, I don't think we have Update Manager. I'm mounting a Dell disc to update the BIOS and firmware on the R900 itself.
Jeff On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Martin Blackstone <mblackst...@gmail.com>wrote: > Can you still run Update Manager against it in a disconnected state? > > > > *From:* Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 1:35 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: VMWare alarm question - SOLVED > > > > I was poking around the support site and ran across a bulletin instructing > you to disconnect the host to make a change to a configuration file on it. > Checking VC help, it said: > > *Disconnecting a managed host does not remove it from the VirtualCenter > inventory. It temporarily suspends all VirtualCenter monitoring activities. > The managed host and its associated virtual machines remain in the > VirtualCenter inventory.* > > So disconnecting the host from VC will suppress the alerts from being > sent. > > Jeff > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Greg Mulholland <g...@krystaltek.com> > wrote: > > i'd encourage you then to log it with vmware. this seems like something > they should fix as it will continue to drive people crazy. > > > > Greg > > ________________________________________ > > From: Jeff Bunting [bunting.j...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2009 7:00 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: VMWare alarm question > > > > I just tried on another host which has never been in production and > > still got an alert email when I restarted it in maintenance mode. > > > > Just found this post: > > http://communities.vmware.com/thread/119038 > > > > so guess this feature doesn't work (we have v2.5 running) > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Martin Blackstone <mblackst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What if you put the host into Maintenance Mode? That should stop the > alarm. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:09 AM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: VMWare alarm question > >> > >> Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this.... > >> > >> I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual > >> center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an > >> alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable > >> this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The > >> host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I > >> obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm > >> for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution > >> either. Is there a better way? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jeff > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
