To view a Video of the installtion process click Here or scroll to the bottom of the post.
Check for the latest version, VMware will tell you the latest version here: http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/sys_mgmt_links.html (v8.3.1 at the time of writing)
Download the latest HP Management Agents for VMware ESX Server 4.x
Upload the HP Management Agent to your ESX Host
Installing the HP Management Agent on your ESX Host
Please note, that the commands will need to be changed if you have a different version of the Agent
# export CMALOCALHOSTRWCOMMSTR – SNMP read/write community string for local
# host access.
# ex. export CMALOCALHOSTRWCOMMSTR=private
# export CMALOCALHOSTROCOMMSTR – SNMP read-only community string for local host
# access.
# ex. export CMALOCALHOSTROCOMMSTR=public
#export CMALOCALHOSTRWCOMMSTR=
#export CMALOCALHOSTROCOMMSTR=
# export CMAMGMTSTATIONRWIPORDNS – IP address or DNS host name of a system with
# read/write access to server as a management station.
# ex. export CMAMGMTSTATIONRWIPORDNS=192.168.1.1
# export CMAMGMTSTATIONRWCOMMSTR – SNMP read/write community string for a system
# with read/write access that serves as a management station.
# ex. export CMAMGMTSTATIONRWCOMMSTR=private
export CMAMGMTSTATIONRWIPORDNS=10.0.0.1
export CMAMGMTSTATIONRWCOMMSTR=MyReadWriteString
# export CMAMGMTSTATIONROIPORDNS – IP address or DNS host name of a system with
# read-only access to server as a management station.
# ex. export CMAMGMTSTATIONROIPORDNS=192.168.1.1
# export CMAMGMTSTATIONROCOMMSTR – SNMP read/write community string for a system
# with read-only access that serves as a management station.
# ex. export CMAMGMTSTATIONROCOMMSTR=private
export CMAMGMTSTATIONROIPORDNS=10.0.0.1
export CMAMGMTSTATIONROCOMMSTR=MyReadOnlyString
(Note: These were the only settings I needed to change. Please check the whole hpmgmt.conf file to make sure your establishment doesn't require any other settings to be changed.)
HP Insight Manager agents have been configured successfully!
HP SNMP agents are installed and configured
Reboot the system to make the changes effective.
Testing to make sure the HP Management Agent was successfully install on your ESX Host
Follow the steps taken in the Video
I decided to put a Video together of the installation process to show you how easy it was. This is the first of many Video's coming via SLOG TV. Any comments on the Video would be gratefully received. I am toying with idea of putting music in the background, any thoughts?
(Note: In the video I selected the HP Management Agents for HP C-Class Blades because that's what I'm using. Make sure you select the Servers that you will be installing the Agents on.)
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Simon, thanks for this post. I could not get this work following HP's own instructions. Work flawlessly using yours!
Thank you for this, I was not looking forward to doing this on a DL 380 G5 I need to install ESX 4 on but this will hopefully take care of everything.
Hi Simon,
I am trying to make an SNMP trap test with management agent 8.4 on ESX 4.x.
I easily access the web management page on port 2381.
Settings --> SNMP trap and I try to launch a trap test but we never receive anything from the SNMP agent to our monitoring email address.
Any hint?
Thank you,
Emanuele
Simon you are always good at this. Hope I could learn your secrets.
That video is a really good support for this article! Thanks a lot.
Hi Simon,
sorry if I write in this old post...
with this tools installed on ESX 4.1 can you monitor the storage status of your host from the vcenter?and possibly get an alert if something is not working?I cannot do this cause I have some problems with snmpd service, I thinkthank you