How to install the HP SNMP Agent on ESX4

This article is very good, it is very timely. I'm just going to install the HP SIM agent on my ESX4 so my sim server can manage the monitoring to ESX. Thanks a lot ... Exultation, and overjoyed to reprint at this. See the original: http://xtravirt.com/installing-and-configuring-hp-snmp-agents-esx-40

To view a video of the installtion process click here or scroll to the bottom of the post.

Check for the latest version, VMware'll tell you the latest version here:http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/sys_mg Mt_links.html (v8.3.1 at the time of writing)

Download the latest HP Management Agents for VMware ESX Server 4.x

Open the HP Software Downloads page:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/techsupport/productroot.jsp?lang=en&cc =us&taskid=135

Follow the steps to select the server hardware.

Select the operating System as Esx/esxi 4

Find HP Management Agents for VMware ESX Server 4.x and click the Download button.

Upload the HP Management Agent to your ESX Host

Login to vcenter using the Virtual infrastructure Client

Highlight the ESX Host you want to install the HP Management Agent on and View thesummary tab.

Right Click on the datastore this contains the ESX Service Console VMDK (usually local Storage) and Click Browse datastore . (*note the datastore name*)

Click on the Upload files to this datastore icon and select Upload File ...

Browse to where the downloaded HP Management Agent. tgz file are stored and select that file and click Open.

The. Tgz would now upload to the datastore

Installing the HP Management Agent on your ESX Host

Please note, that the commands would need to be changed if you have a different version of the Agent

Open Putty and SSH to the "ESX Host" you just uploaded the ". tgz to.

Login and su–

Next we want to move the. tgz to The/home dir using the following Command:mv/vmfs/volumes/<datastore Name for you noted On section 5>/hpmgmt-8.3.1-vmware4x.tgz/home

Cd/home

Run the following Command:tar xvzf hpmgmt-8.3.1-vmware4x.tgz

Navigate into the DIRECTORY:CD hpmgmt/831 (this dir name may change with version numbers)

Make a copy of HPMGMT.CONF.EXAMPLE:CP Hpmgmt.conf.example hpmgmt.conf

Edit the new conf File:nano hpmgmt.conf

Edit the Conf file, the only parts your need to change are highlighted in red below.

# Export CMALOCALHOSTRWCOMMSTR–SNMP Read/write community string for local

# host Access.

# Ex. Export cmalocalhostrwcommstr=private

# Export CMALOCALHOSTROCOMMSTR–SNMP read-only community string for local host

# Access.

# Ex. Export Cmalocalhostrocommstr=public

#export cmalocalhostrwcommstr=

#export cmalocalhostrocommstr=

# Export CMAMGMTSTATIONRWIPORDNS–IP address or DNS host name of a system with

# Read/write access to server as a management station.

# Ex. Export cmamgmtstationrwipordns=192.168.1.1

# Export CMAMGMTSTATIONRWCOMMSTR–SNMP Read/write Community string for a system

# with Read/write access that serves as a management station.

# Ex. Export cmamgmtstationrwcommstr=private

Export cmamgmtstationrwipordns=10.0.0.1

Export cmamgmtstationrwcommstr=myreadwritestring