HP SIM VMM cannot correctly identify ESX Linux guests

[Jeff Allen_5]

You should not have to edit the machine properties at all. SIM should be able to pickup all the info it needs from the Host via WBEM.

1.Delete the VM from the SIM db (If you are using VSE and it returns and error saying that it is a container object, delete the logical server first from VSE).

2. You must have WBEM credentials properly setup in Global Protocol settings of SIM for the ESX server.

3. Make sure you are on SIM 5.2 SP1 or later.

4. Vmware tools MUST be installed on Linux in the VM.

5. Installing the vmware tools is also not enough. You have to run vmware-config-tools.pl and answer any prompts. On the first run, it will ask about X display resolution. After that, it just asks if you want to change it (yes/no). This is ABSOLUTELY critical in discovering the Linux VMs (Windows too) correctly.

You can check to see if the tools are running properly a few different ways:

1. Service vmware-tools restart
If they restart just one service and return an error, you didn't config them yet
If they restart about 10 services, then you are OK
If they say they aren't started, you need to config the tools

or
2. Chkconfig --list | grep vmware
It should show vmware-tools set to start at level 3 (and probably 5)
If it lists nothing, you need to config the tools as described above.

Hope this is helpful to you