Anyone have any luck installing Dell OMSA on 5?
When I do vihostupdate.pl it responds "This operation is NOT supported on 5.0.0 platform."
You can use esxcli (at the console or using the vCLI).
~ # esxcli software
Usage: esxcli software {cmd} [cmd options]
Available Namespaces:
sources Query depot contents for VIBs and image profiles
acceptance Retrieve and set the host acceptance level setting
profile Display, install, update or validates image profiles
vib Install, update, remove, or display individual VIB packages
If you want use VUM instead, see: http://vinfrastructure.it/2011/09/installing-dell-omsa-on-esxi-5/
Andre
Thanks. Here's what worked for me:
1. Install VMware vSphere CLI (Command Line)
2. Download latest VIB : Dell_OpenManage_ESXi_OM650-offline_bundle-467660.zip
3. Shut down VMs and put the host in Maintenance Mode
4. Use the Datastore browser to copy the zip into the Datastore somwhere (I put in datastore1/ISO)
5. Here are the commands to run in CLI
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esxcli --version
esxcli --server= <servername> --username=root --password=<pass> software vib list
esxcli --server= <servername> --username=root --password=<pass> software sources
vib list --depot="/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISO/Dell_OpenManage_ESXi_OM650-offline_bundle-467660.zip"
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esxcli --server= <servername> --username=root --password=<pass> software vib install -d "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISO/Dell_OpenManage_ESXi_OM650-offline_bundle-467660.zip"
6. Restart the ESX server
7. Install latest OMSA on a Windows host and browse to OMSA host to manage, https://<omsahost>:1311
fill in ip of esx, user=root, pw=?, activdir=no, ignore cert=yes
(I got login failed interal error until I uninstalled OMSA and re-installed OMSA on my local Windows)
Best references from dell are here
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/OpenManage+Support+for+VMware+ESX+5.0#fbid=gU2pZlKsFfk
and here
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+OpenManage+Downloads+Explained
It did not work for me, CLI is not working to connect to ESXi 5 server at least the build I'm using that is ESXi5 469512
Any luck making this work?
I've used only the VUM way.
But maybe you can try also the esxupdate from SSH or the console.
It's slightly different for the new versions, basically SSH has to be on.