Users Guide

112 Dell OpenManage on VMware ESXi
Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere Client (for VMware ESXi
4.0)
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 4 host> where <ip_address> is the IP
address of the VMware ESXi 4 system.
To enable CIM OEM providers on the VMware ESXi 4 system using vSphere
Client:
1
Log on to the VMware ESXi 4 host system using vSphere Client.
2 Click the Configuration tab.
3 Under the Software section on the left side, click Advanced Settings .
4 In the Advanced Settings dialog box, click UserVars on the left pane.
5 Change the value of the CIMOEMProvidersEnabled field to 1 .
6 Click OK .
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 4 host
system.
Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere CLI (for VMware ESXi 4.0)
1 If you are using vSphere CLI on Microsoft Windows, navigate to the
directory in which you have installed the vSphere CLI utilities.
If you are using vSphere CLI on Linux, you can execute the command in
step 2 from any directory.
2 Execute the following command:
vicfg-advcfg.pl --server < ip_address of ESXi 4.0
host
> --username < user_name > --password < password >
--set 1 UserVars.CIMOEMProvidersEnabled
NOTE: The .pl extension is not required if you are using vSphere CLI on Linux.