Enhancement suggestion: Filter showing VMs that don't have the agent installed

Davidj 0

A filter that only lists VMs that need the agent installed would be very helpful. Here are a few thoughts.

The "has agent" mark should persist after VM shutdown. Can we use tags, or should we look for an alternative?
VMs that have the agent running should be marked as having the agent. Can we update the agent so that it add the tag itself at startup?
XO should remove the marker from any VMs that have been running for more than 5 minutes and do not have the agent running.

With this setup, it is easy to determine which VMs need the agent, including VMs that are shut down at the moment.

olivierlambert

Question for @julien-f I suppose

julien-f

@Davidj-0 You can list VMs without a management agent with the following filter: power_state:running !managementAgentDetected?.

XO does not support this for halted VMs but that could be added indeed.

DustinB

power_state:running !managementAgentDetected?

Is there any way to save filters so they can be used again later, besides in a notes app?

ph7

@DustinB
Use the save function

olivierlambert

Yes you can save it and make it even default for your current user

DustinB

@DustinB
Use the save function

God I'm blind..... been wishing for this for a while...

Yes you can save it and make it even default for your current user

As my dad would say "If it were a snake it would've bit you in the ass by now"

olivierlambert

I love delivering a feature request already done

Davidj 0

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Davidj 0

XO does not support this for halted VMs but that could be added indeed.

Can you change the title of my thread to "Enhancement suggestion: Update 'ManagementAgentDetected?' to support halted VMs" ?