If ServerView RAID Manager is not installed automatically during setup with the ServerView Installation Manager or you would like to use RAID management without the whole ServerView Suite installed on your system you can install ServerView RAID Manager independently.
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If you have used or installed other programs for RAID management before ServerView RAID Manager is installed, you must uninstall them. Further information on this is provided in the relevant release notices. |
Assuming that the current release of ServerView RAID Manager is Version 6.4.0, please perform installation as follows:
Open the console window (Linux/VMware) or Explorer (Windows) and navigate to the directory containing the current ServerView RAID Manager installation package.
RHEL5-32 | ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.el5.i386.rpm |
RHEL5-64 | ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.el5.x86_64.rpm |
RHEL6-32 | ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.el6.i686.rpm |
RHEL6-64 | ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.el6.x86_64.rpm |
RHEL7-64 | ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.el7.x86_64.rpm |
SLES11-32 | ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.sles11.i586.rpm |
SLES11-64 | ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.sles11.x86_64.rpm |
SLES12-64 | ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.sles12.x86_64.rpm |
Windows 32 bit | ServerView_RAID.msi |
Windows 64 bit | ServerView_RAID_x64.msi |
For initial installation under Linux RHEL6-64 please enter rpm -ivh ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.el6.x86_64.rpm. An update installation is performed using rpm -Uvh ServerView_RAID-6.4-0.el6.x86_64.rpm. You can also delete the older version beforehand. To do this, enter rpm -e ServerView_RAID. You can then proceed as for initial installation. The procedures are all started by pressing the Enter key.
On a Windows system you start the update/installation by double-clicking on the installation package. Follow the installation instructions which you are offered in the dialog boxes.
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During installation on windows system, you can select installation type from the following 3 types:
As for "Standard" and "Complete", components to be installed are identical, that is, every useful component will be automatically selected and installed. With "Custom", you can choose which hardware supports and/or SNMP support to be installed as you want. Since most components are enabled in "Custom" by default, you need to deselect unnecessary items before proceeding your installation process. Note: When you are going to do upgrade installation, you must follow the same installation type and components you chose when installing previous version. |
The Core Editions of Windows Server 2008 and newer provide a command line interface only. To install ServerView RAID Manager on these operating systems use the following command line: msiexec SERVICES=start REBOOT=ReallySuppress ALLUSERS=1 /i ServerView_RAID.msi /qr. Instead of ServerView_RAID.msi on 32-bit versions use ServerView_RAID_x64.msi on 64-bit versions.
To monitor RAID controllers of VMware ESXi servers you have to configure some settings after installation of ServerView RAID Manager (see VMware ESXi below).
If you want to work with the graphical user interface of ServerView RAID Manager and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) has not yet been installed, it may be necessary to install a current Java Runtime Environment on your client.
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To find out which combination of web browser and Java plugin can be used read the documentation of your web browser and the information provided by Oracle on java.com. If there is no Java plugin available for a specific 64-bit web browser then prepare a 32-bit web browser environment. Please bear in mind that you are personally responsible for compliance with the license terms. |
To communicate with ServerView RAID Manager web browsers use an HTTPS connection (i.e. a secure TLS connection). Therefore ServerView RAID Manager needs a certificate (X.509 certificate) to authenticate itself at the web browser. During installation a self-signed certificate is created automatically. When connecting to ServerView RAID Manager the browser will issue a certificate error with suggestions how to proceed. To fulfill high-level security requirements typical for enterprise usage this self-signed certificate can be replaced by a certificate that is signed by a trusted Certificate Authority. Use amCLI to import such a certificate. In case of certificate chaining, user can optionally specify single intermediate certificate.
Example syntax:
amCLI -i <certificate file> <private key file> [intermediate certificate file]
To check which version of ServerView RAID Manager is installed you can do the following:
To delete ServerView RAID Manager installation do the following:
On the Central Management Station (virtual or physical) with running ServerView RAID Manager use amCLI or GUI to add required server connection information for ESXi hypervisors to be managed.
Example syntax (CLI):
amCLI -e 21/0 add_server name=<FQDN or Hostname or IP> port=5989 username=root password=<ESXi root password>
This command adds an existing ESXi server to the ServerView RAID Manager configuration. The FQDN or Hostname requires an entry in DNS otherwise use the IP address of the server. The username must be "root" (or any other with these rights) and the password must be the valid password of this user on the ESXi server. This is required ESXi information to connect to the CIMOM using https on port 5989.
Note: Passwords including characters that have a special meaning for the used command line interpreter must be escaped by suitable means (e.g. double quotes).
After adding a server it is recommended to check the configuration and connection with amCLI –e 21/0 verify_server name=<FQDN or Hostname or IP>. If the result is "Status: OK", configuration and connection status are OK. Otherwise, please check the configuration of the ESXi server.
For changes to the configuration you can use amCLI -e 21/0 modify_server name=<FQDN or Hostname or IP> ... and to delete a server amCLI -e 21/0 delete_server name=<FQDN or Hostname or IP> with the name which was used by add server. A list of configured servers can be seen by using the command amCLI -e 21/0 show_server_list. For more syntax details use amCLI -? exec 21/0.
Note: If the CMS is rebooted or shut down no monitoring of ESXi servers takes place.
On the start screen of ESXi you can invoke the menu Customize System. Ensure that the parameter Configure Lockdown Mode is set to Disabled.
It is possible to add ESXi server with the GUI as well. To do that one needs to right-click on the topmost node of the storage device tree, choose "ADD ESXi server" and enter connection parameters. This procedure is depicted on screenshots given below.
ServerView RAID Manager offers its own MIB file RAID.mib (Windows) or FSC-RAID-MIB.txt (Linux/VMware/Solaris) in which its SNMP trap information is defined.
If you are planning to use your own SNMP manager to receive SNMP traps from ServerView RAID Manager, it is highly recommended to integrate this file into the SNMP manager beforehand. That way, traps from ServerView RAID Manager can be processed properly in the SNMP manager. Otherwise, some traps may be displayed as 'Unknown trap'.
You can find the file in the following directory after installing ServerView RAID Manager:
Note: Registering one of the files RAID.mib or FSC-RAID-MIB.txt is enough, since they have identical contents.
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In case of registering FSC-RAID-MIB.txt into ServerView Operations Manager, it is necessary to rename the file into RAID.mib in advance. Please observe the letter case of the file name RAID.mib. ServerView Operations Manager is strictly case-sensitive. |
Regarding more details how to register the file, please refer to your favorite SNMP manager's user guide. If you use ServerView Operations Manager, please refer to "MIB Integration" of "ServerView Suite ServerView Event Manager" (sv-event-mgr-en.pdf).
Please observe the other ServerView RAID Manager system requirements also.