How To Install Hp Insight Manager Agent On Esxi

I keep reading about HP Insight Manager in various blog posts and Server Fault questions. I am currently working with 3 HP ProLiant DL360 G4's, 2 DL380 G3's and a ML110 G6. All have iLo installed and configured on the local network.I would like to see an overview of the current server state I.e.

Does server A need updating and if so click here to do so.What I was wondering is if someone could explain:. Where I can get HP insight manager from?.

Is it free?. Can I access all the iLO servers from one interface?. Does the software need it's own server?Additional question; most of the servers will be running the HP specific version of ESX 4.1.

Is there a specific way to install any agents required on them? This may be similar to my other question about specific use-cases of HP SIM at:Either way, is free and available from:You can access ILO interfaces detected on your network from one place.

HP SIM will also associate the ILO interfaces with the physical servers for you.The software should probably run on its own Windows (or Linux) server, but for the size of the environment you're describing, it can run in a VM. Here are the minimum hardware specs from the: Any HP ProLiant with the following configuration:Minimum: 1.5-GHz processor with 4GB RAM (for x86) / 6GBRAM (for x64)1 GB free disk space recommendedRecommended: 2.4-GHz processor with 6GB RAM ( for x86) / 8GB RAM(for x64)As for monitoring VMs, HP SIM is aware of VMWare ESX and ESXi and will display information about VMs discovered on your host servers. The HP-specific ESXi version will show hardware status and won't require any agents. They've already been integrated into the ESXi build.A note on the ESXi builds. I don't believe you'll get full hardware health info from any systems earlier than a G5. You won't be able to get ESXi 4 to run on the G3 servers (not 64-bit capable).

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Download the necessary HP agent version for your server model from HP’s website.Using WinSCP, or browsing to the datastore of the server, copy the.tgz file there (in my case, I renamed it HPSIM.tgz).Place your hosts in maintenance mode.Log in to the remote system using PuTTY. Login with root.Switch to /home directory: “cd /home”, where you copied the.tgz file.Issue the following command to unzip the contents: “tar -zxvf HPSIM.tgz”This will create two new directories (/hpmgmt/910a) under your current directory.Change to the new directory by typing: “ cd./hpmgmt/910a″Make a copy of hpmgmt.conf.example: cp hpmgmt.conf.example hpmgmt.confEdit the new conf file: nano hpmgmt.conf (see section hpmgmt.conf below). Once you’ve finished editing, CTRL+X and then Y to save and exit.Run the command “. /install910avibs.sh –silent –inputfile hpmgmt.conf”, it will start the install using the hpmgmt.conf file.Or run “. /install910avibs.sh –install” and go through the answer script.

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(see section “Answer Script” below)Once the wizard is done and it restarts the services, you should see: “HP Insight Manager Agents have been installed successfully!”Before rebooting the host, verify that the necessary firewall ports are open.esxcfg-firewall -o 162,tcp,out,snmpesxcfg-firewall -o 161,tcp,in,snmpAlso, edit the NIC setting in the cma.conf file located in /opt/hp/hp-snmp-agents/. Specify the NIC through which alerts would be sent. Simply removing the comment from that line (the last line in the configuration file) should suffice.To check if the configuration has succeeded, log in to the HP System Homepage:2381/.You should see the server name on the right side. Use the root login to access the homepage.You’re done!