Install Hp Insight Management Agents On Esxi

Why there is not a definitive guide on the Internet I do not know. HP’s site for the install is horribly vague, and the VMware site is similarly vague, referencing the HP site. Oh yeah that helps. Since I am not a linux geek by any measure, it was a bit frustrating.

So I had to write my own. For anyone that happens to trip here from google, enjoy. These are written for the uninitiated. Installing HP Insight Management Agents on ESX Server In this case, I am using HP Insight Management Agents for VMware 8.1.0 (available ).

This article gives the steps to install HP Management Tools on a Vmware ESX 4.x host. Versions of agents before installing the new Insight Manager Agents.Note. VMware ESX – “Upgrading ESX 4.0 to 4.0 Update 1 on HP Proliant systems can fail or time out and leave the host in an unusable state if the host has HP Insight Management Agents running” Where is the missing HP Customised VMware ESXi 4.0 ISO?

I am also using ML370 G5 and DL380 G5 Proliant servers with VMware versions 3.0.1, 3.0.2, and 3.5 and a pre-existing HP SIM server running in my Windows Server environment. (Click through for the full instructions) Note: do not include the quotes (”) when entering commands. PREP: 1 Download the correct Insight Manager agents for VMware. 2 Unzip the tgz file using WinRAR or something similar, and peruse the readme for up-to-date info. 3 Using the ILO utility or the physical console, hit Alt-F1, login as root at the command line. 4 To allow root ssh access in ESX as well as enable sshd client access (SFTP, SSH), we have to change the local sshd_config file. 5 At the command line, type: “vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config” 6 Go to the line that says PermitRootLogin, change from “no” to “yes” 7 If you are unfamiliar with vi, use arrow keys to navigate, put cursor on the “n” of “no”, hit the i key to insert, then type in “yes” and delete/backspace “no”.

Then hit ESC twice to exit Insert mode. Type colon (:) to get the in-editor command line, type “wq!” and hit enter.

This will save the doc and exit vi. 8 Back at the command line type: “service sshd restart”, hit enter. Intel Sata Ahci Controller Driver Hp 650 here. 9 After the service restarts, type “logout” to exit the console, hit alt-f11 to go back to the esx screen.

REMOTE, FROM PC: 1 Download or a similar SCP utility (PuttySCP, etc). You will also need for this process as well. 2 Open WinSCP, connect to your server with root, and upload the.tgz file you just downloaded to the /home folder on the remote system. You can close WinSCP after the transfer is done. OR Select the host and browse the datastore where we have to upload the file Browse to the folder and then select and upload the file 3 Log in to the remote system using PuTTY, login with root. This should look and feel like the console. 4 Switch to /home directory: “cd /home”, where you copied the.tgz file.

5 Issue the following command to unzip the contents: “tar -zxvf hpmgmt-8.1.0-vmware3x. Hp Envy Beats Audio Driver Windows 10 there. tgz” 6 This will create two new directories (/hpmgmt/810) under your current directory. 7 Change to the new directory by typing: “cd./hpmgmt/810″ 8 Run the command “./installvm810.sh -–install”, it will start the install. 9 Follow the defaults of the wizard (in depth script answers are below), when asked for the public string enter “public” 2 times (it will not be visible), and be sure to have the HP SIM server’s IP or FQDN and the unique private trap string. Pretty much always answer yes when enabling ports and the snmpd daemon. The only things that you will have to change from default is the snmp string info (see script section below).