https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/getting-vmware-8-02-cim-provider-to-work/m-p/7199126#M4097 <P>I'm just putting this here to help others. &nbsp; If your VMWare is yelling at you because the CIM provider support is not there then install the&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>"HPE SMX Provider Component for ESXi 7.0". &nbsp;It works with 8.0 and its not part of the HPE custom image. &nbsp;I was using a ML110 Gen10. &nbsp; &nbsp;You still need to enable the sfcdb-watchdog</SPAN></P> Fri, 20 Oct 2023 21:51:43 GMT braymond 2023-10-20T21:51:43Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/getting-vmware-8-02-cim-provider-to-work/m-p/7199126#M4097 <P>I'm just putting this here to help others. &nbsp; If your VMWare is yelling at you because the CIM provider support is not there then install the&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>"HPE SMX Provider Component for ESXi 7.0". &nbsp;It works with 8.0 and its not part of the HPE custom image. &nbsp;I was using a ML110 Gen10. &nbsp; &nbsp;You still need to enable the sfcdb-watchdog</SPAN></P> Fri, 20 Oct 2023 21:51:43 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/getting-vmware-8-02-cim-provider-to-work/m-p/7199126#M4097 braymond 2023-10-20T21:51:43Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/getting-vmware-8-02-cim-provider-to-work/m-p/7199273#M4101 <P>Hello&nbsp;<a href="https://community.hpe.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2212620">@braymond</a>,</P> <P>Thank you for sharing the information. Hope this helps other users in the Community.</P> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:43:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/getting-vmware-8-02-cim-provider-to-work/m-p/7199273#M4101 Sunitha_Mod 2023-10-24T09:43:00Z