esxi 5.1 snmp & openmanage
snmp seems a lot easier to configure in esxi…
esxcli system snmp set –communities <community>
esxcli system snmp set –targets <ip address>@162/<community>
esxcli system snmp set –enable true
for openmanage on 5.1 i tried the method of adding the patch to VUM and created a new baseline for it. i scanned and remediated the patch for the specified host. the install showed up as successful, but it doesn’t appear that OMSA actually installed (i’d like to revisit this again in the future).
i am retrying with:
esxcli software vib install -d <zip file absolute path>
this was successful…what’s interesting is that OMSA for esxi no longer supports https://<esxi host>:1311 for direct OMSA access. instead you must access the node from either openmanage essentials (OME) or a windows host running OMSA. to access from a windows OMSA instance enter this as the URL: https://<windows host>:1311/servlet/OMSALogin?manageDWS=false
you’ll then be requested to enter the info for the remote host. enable the option for “ignore certificate warnings”.
sources:
http://deinfotech.blogspot.com/2012/10/install-dell-openmanage-server.html
http://deinfotech.blogspot.com/2011/08/installing-dell-openmanage-server.html
at this point i still couldn’t see the ESX host in OME even after doing a new discovery and inventory scan.
looks like you need to edit the discovery range configuration and enable WS-Man Discovery. enable secure mode, skip common name check, & trusted site. all these details are in a dell document named “How to setup and configure ESXi 5 for OME.pdf”
update 10/25/2013: *important*
for a while now i’ve heard that agentless monitoring was coming to dell servers. however, when i searched for openmanage and 12 gen servers i came up with the info listed above. a dell representative set me straight on all this recently. there’s agentless options for 11th gen (w/ latest DRAC firmware) and 12th gen servers. the DRAC itself is taking the place of OMSA.
settings for idrac6 (11th gen)
System->Alerts
System->Alerts->Trap Settings
System->Alerts->Email Alert Settings
iDRAC Settings->Network/Security->Services->SNMP Agent
settings for idrac7 (12th gen)
Server->Alerts
Server->SNMP and E-mail Settings
iDRAC Settings->Network->Services->SNMP Agent
also interestingly enough, with the 12th gen idracs some firmware updates can be applied through the DRAC (i haven’t tried this yet). also the old dell systems build and update utility is now a part of the lifecycle controller. and final note…i’ve always wondered where IPMI fits in w/ everything else. evidently you would only use IPMI for monitoring if you did not have DRACs or if SNMP monitoring from the OS was not possible/suitable for your situation.
based on all that extra info, i am looking into getting away from installing OMSA agents and relying solely on the DRACs for hardware monitoring.