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Joel Miller
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May 14th, 2012 15:00
OME - Install for VMWare question
I am hoping this is an easy question but I have not found the answer yet. My configuration is several VMWare hosts and OME running on a virtual machine. When scanning, all of my servers are showing up as unclassified. I installed the Dell VIBs for ESXi 5 when they came out but the newer instructions seem a bit different. I am going to try the new instructions this weekend to see if that makes a difference.
My question is about whether you need to install the Dell VIBs on the ESXi host and the OMSA on the Windows 2008 guests to see everything appropriately on the servers. Is the OMSA needed on those guest VMs?
Also, I would like to be able to inventory and maybe patch my dell workstation nodes also. Is there something I can install on them (maybe OMCI) so that OME can at least inventory them if not patch them?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Joel Miller
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Posted May 14th, 2012 15:00
Perfect answer. Thanks!
DELL-Abhijit P
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Posted May 14th, 2012 15:00
Hi,
Thanks for your post. There is an updated white paper on managing ESXi 5 hosts with OME. This will guide you through the steps needed.
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20071085.aspx
The short answer is, OMSA VIB is needed for monitoring hardware health of the ESXi host. OME obtains the inventory information from VMWare's CIM provider. OME will be able to show the hardare inventory for the hosts. The current version of OME does not allow patching ESXi hosts. That functionality is coming in the next release in Q3/Q4 timeframe this year.
If you are having trouble discovering ESXi 5 hosts, you can try increasing the timeout to 10 in the WS-MAN discovery page.
OME doesn't really manage the guest VMs since it is a hardware monitoring and management tool. The guest VMs will be classified as unknowns in OME.
Regarding workstations, OME currently doesn't support client systems. We are looking at adding that support for the upcoming Q3/Q4 release. It will not support patching but may be able to get the inventory information for clients.
Regards
Abhijit