Naming requirement for correct functioning of the "Guest to Agent Relationship" feature

Challenge To make the VM and OpsMgr Agent integration work properly, it is necessary that VMs discovered by the VMGUEST contains OpsMgr Agent discovery have an identical display name and NETBIOS name. Cause If the VMware display name is different from the NETBIOS name, the VM will have two source...

The service discovery portion of the SPI frequently fails due to a timeout

Challenge Due to weak virtual infrastructure, the discovery process takes more time than the default timeout in the HP agent. Cause Performance related problems on VMware vCenter side. Solution Workaround is to adjust settings of the agent timeout by using the following commands: ovconfchg -ns...

CVE-2011-0355

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VEM 4.04 SV11 through SV13b, as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service ESX or ESXi host OS crash by sending an 802.1Q tagged packet over an...

Design/Logic Flaw

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VEM 4.04 SV11 through SV13b, as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service ESX or ESXi host OS crash by sending an 802.1Q tagged packet over an...

CVE-2011-0355

The CVE-2011-0355 issue affects Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) Release 4.0(4) SV1(1) through SV1(3b) used with VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0–4.1. A flaw in how the VEM handles dropped packets allows a guest OS user to trigger a denial of service (host OS crash) by sending an 802.1Q tagged ...

CVE-2011-0355: Undefined Security Weakness

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VEM 4.04 SV11 through SV13b, as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service ESX or ESXi host OS crash by sending an 802.1Q tagged packet over an...

VMSA-2011-0002:Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM updates address denial of service in VMware ESX/ESXi

VMSA-2011-0002 Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM updates address denial of service in VMware ESX/ESXi VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2011-0002 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM updates address denial of service in VMware ESX/ESXi VMware Security...