ServerView Agents VMware for VMware ESX Server

The ServerView Agents VMware are released for

It is recommended to install the newest service pack or update.

Before The Installation

The ServerView Agents VMware are located on the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite Software CD in directory /Software/ServerView/VMware/Agents as RPM packages. See also the Table of RPM Packages of ServerView Agents VMware below.

For detailed requirements and installation instructions see the readme text files. The list of released PRIMERGY systems is included in the corresponding file Supported PRIMERGYs.

ServerView Agents VMware require an appropriate SNMP service on the system:

Table of Net-SNMP Packages
Distribution SNMP packages Explanation
VMware ESX Server V3.x net-snmp-5.0.9 the NET-SNMP extensible agent system

Installation

Standard Installation

To Install of ServerView Agents VMware

  1. save the script srvmagt_REF.sh to install a reference system below /tmp
    (a reference system is equipped with appropriate kernel source and development tools to create the ServerView kernel modules)
    -- or --
  2. save the script srvmagt_TGT.sh to install a target system below /tmp
    (a target system needs ServerView kernel modules created on a reference system)
  3. open (as root) a Terminal and enter
  4. cd /tmp
  5. sh srvmagt_REF.sh for a reference system
    6. -- or ---
  6. sh srvmagt_TGT.sh for a target system

The script performs the installation automatically.

User-defined Installation

You also can install the RPM packages on a VMware system individually one by one from CD-ROM, if you mount the CD-ROM there and then perform the following actions.

To download the appropriate package for RX800 S2, click on the package archive in the table below:

RPM Package Archive for IBM USB Advanced System Management (ASM II)
Download Package Archive for RX800 S2 Explanation Supported PRIMERGYs Version
ibm_svc_rsa2_hlp242b_linux_32-64.tgz readme

To download ServerView Agents VMware packages, click on the package in the table below:

Table of RPM Packages of ServerView Agents VMware
Download Package for VMware ESX Explanation Supported PRIMERGYs Version
srvmagt-mods_src-4.60-18.vmware.rpm readme
srvmagt-eecd-4.60-18.vmware.rpm readme
srvmagt-agents-4.60-18.vmware.rpm readme
srvmagt-scs-4.60-18.vmware.rpm readme
Download Install Script for VMware ESX Explanation Supported PRIMERGYs Version
srvmagt.sh srvmagt.8.html

To install the appropriate IBM USB ASM II package for PRIMERGY RX800 S2

  1. start (as root) a terminal
  2. mount the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite Software CD with
    mount -t iso9660 -o loop /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
  3. cd /cdrom/Software/ServerView/Linux/Agents/RX800S2
  4. follow the install instructions in the IBM USB ASM II readme, for example:
    tar xzf ibm_svc_rsa2_hlp2xxa_linux_32-64.tgz; ./install.sh --update
    where xx is the version number of the package.

To install the ServerView Agents VMware

  1. start (as root) a terminal
  2. mount the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite Software CD with
    mount -t iso9660 -o loop /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
  3. cd /mnt/cdrom/Software/ServerView/VMware/Agents
  4. rpm -i srvmagt-mods_src-4.60-18.vmware.rpm
  5. rpm -i srvmagt-eecd-4.60-18.vmware.rpm
  6. rpm -i srvmagt-agents-4.60-18.vmware.rpm
  7. rpm -i srvmagt-scs-4.60-18.vmware.rpm

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