Users Guide

Upgrading Guidelines.......................................................................................................................................39
Upgrade............................................................................................................................................................40
Modify...............................................................................................................................................................40
Repair............................................................................................................................................................... 41
Uninstalling Managed System Software................................................................................................................ 41
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Provided Media..............................................................42
Uninstalling Managed System Software Features Using The Operating System............................................42
Unattended Uninstall Using The Product GUID............................................................................................... 43
Unattended Uninstallation Of Managed System Software.............................................................................. 43
4 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESX..............45
Software License Agreement.................................................................................................................................46
RPM For Individual Components............................................................................................................................ 46
OpenIPMI Device Driver.........................................................................................................................................50
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is Started...............50
Installing Managed System Software.................................................................................................................... 51
Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software................................................................................. 51
Installing Managed System Software Using The Provided Media.................................................................. 52
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility..............................................................................................55
Managed System Software Installation Using Third Party Deployment Software..........................................57
Uninstalling Managed System Software................................................................................................................ 58
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script...............................................................58
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command...............................................................58
5 Installing Managed System Software On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core
And Microsoft Hyper-V Server.................................................................................................. 59
Running Prerequisite Checker In CLI Mode........................................................................................................... 59
Installing Managed System Software In CLI Mode................................................................................................59
Uninstalling Systems Management Software........................................................................................................ 60
6 Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi...........................................61
Using The vSphere CLI............................................................................................................................................61
Using The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)................................................................................. 62
Using The VMWare Update Manager (VUM).........................................................................................................62
Using The Power CLI.............................................................................................................................................. 63
Accessing Server Administrator on VMware ESXi................................................................................................ 64
Enabling Server Administrator Services On The Managed System.......................................................................64
Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere Client (For VMware ESXi4.0/ESXi 4.1)...................................... 64
Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere CLI (For VMware ESXi 4.0/ESXi 4.1)......................................... 65
Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vMA (For VMware ESXi 4.0/ESXi 4.1)..................................................... 65
Uninstalling The Existing Systems Management VIB...................................................................................... 65
Configuring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running VMware ESXi....................................................................... 66