Owner's Manual

When you run the command, the following components are installed on your system:
l Server Administrator Instrumentation Service
l Remote Enablement
l Server Administrator Storage Management
l Remote Access Controller
You must install the Server Administrator Web Server separately on a management station. For information on installing the Server Administrator Web Server,
see "Installing Managed System Software on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems" and "Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux Operating
Systems".
After installing Server Administrator, you have to enable Server Administrator Services. For information on enabling these services, see "Enabling Server
Administrator Services on the Managed System."
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Troubleshooting
l When attempting to use the vihostupdate command, the following error may be displayed:
unpacking c:\OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-6.5.0-<bldno>.VIB-ESX<version>i_<bld-revno>.zip
metadata.zip.sig does not exist
signature mismatch : metadata.zip
Unable to unpack update package.
This error is displayed if you are using an older version of the Remote CLI. Download and install the vSphere version of the CLI.
l When attempting to use the vihostupdate command, the following error may be displayed:
Unable to create, write or read a file as expected.I/O Error (28) on file : [Errno 28] No space left on device.
See the VMware KB article 1012640 at kb.vmware.com to fix this error.
Enabling Server Administrator Services on the Managed System
The Server Administrator Web Server communicates with the VMware ESXi system through the Server Administrator Common Interface Model (CIM) provider.
The Server Administrator CIM provider is an OEM provider on the VMware ESXi system. CIM OEM providers are disabled by default on VMware ESXi. You must
enabletheCIMOEMprovidersontheVMwareESXi4.0/ESXi4.1systembeforeaccessingitusingServerAdministratorWebServer.
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Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere Client (for VMware ESXi 4.0/ESXi 4.1)
To enable CIM OEM providers using VMware vSphere Client, you need to have the vSphere Client tool installed. You can download and install the tool from
https://<IP_address of ESXi host> where <ip_address> is the IP address of the VMware ESXi system.
To enable CIM OEM providers on the VMware ESXi system using vSphere Client:
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1. Log on to the VMware ESXi host system using vSphere Client.
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2. Click the Configuration tab.
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3. Under the Software section on the left side, click Advanced Settings.
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4. In the Advanced Settings dialog box, click UserVars on the left pane.
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5. Change the value of the CIMOEMProvidersEnabled (for ESXi 4.0) or CIMoemProviderEnabled (for ESXi 4.1) field to 1.
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6. Click OK.
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7. For the changes to take effect without restarting the system, use the Restart Management Agents option in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
on the local console of the VMware ESXi system.
If the changes are not effective and you cannot connect to the VMware ESXi host using Server Administrator, restart the VMware ESXi host system.
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Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere CLI (for VMware ESXi 4.0/ESXi 4.1)
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1. If you are using vSphere CLI on Microsoft Windows, navigate to the directory in which you have installed the vSphere CLI utilities.