HP SIM 5.2 - Can't Install initial PSP

[kris takach]

When i try to install the 8.15 PSP on an HP server, i get an error stating "Dependancy Failed. Its installation requires one or more of the following to be installed.
- HP Proliant advanced system management controller driver for windows
- HP Proliant iLO advanced and enhanced system management controller driver for windows
-HP Proliant iLO 2 management controller driver for windows."

I installed those but with error.

Anyone have any ideas?

[David Claypool]

Which server model?

[kris takach]

It is a DL 380. But it is a VMWare ESX server. Could that be the problem? If so, what can i do to fix it?

[Steven Baillie]

You need to install the hp management agent on to the vmware server and that will monitor the hardware.

latest here for esx 3.5
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=1842753&prodNameId=3288152&swEnvOID=4025&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-7324eb54248d41b9a356236889


steven

[kris takach]

So you can not use HP SIM to monitor a server's health which has VMWare installed? The VMWare ESX software installs the HP agent and the ESX interface monitors the health?

[Rob Buxton]

You install the agents as described above.
The agents are configured to send SNMP Traps if they detect a hardware issue. HPSIM polls to ensure the server is available.
This is the same process for Windows, ESX and Linux on HP Proliant servers.

The installation is different on ESX. I recommend extracting the file and then editing up the hpmgmt.conf file as described in the README file and using that in a silent install.