Users Guide

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5 Change the value of the Enable OEM Provider field to 1 .
6 Click OK .
7 For the change 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 system.
Enabling CIM OEM Providers using VMware Infrastructure Remote CLI
(for VMware ESXi 3.5)
To enable CIM OEM providers using the VI Remote CLI, you need to have
the VI Remote CLI tool installed. You can download and install the tool from
the VMware website at http://www.vmware.com/go/remotecli/.
To enable CIM OEM providers using the VI Remote CLI on Windows:
1
Open a command prompt.
2 Navigate to the directory where the Remote CLIs are installed. The default
location is
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin .
3 Execute the following command:
vicfg-advcfg.pl --server < ip_address of the ESXi
host
> --username < user_name > --password < password >
--set 1 Misc.CimOemProvidersEnabled
NOTE: If you do not specify a user name and password, you are prompted to
specify the same.
4 For the change 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 system.
For more information about using VI Client and VI Remote CLI, see the
VMware support site at www.vmware.com/support.