ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

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ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby calamarz » Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:58

Hello,

We have two servers Primergy RX300 S5 Fujitsu ESXi4 and I want to have alerts in case of failure of a hard disk.

I created two VM Centos 6.3 and installed the server raid manager, but when I accede to the latter via https://myIP:3173 I see only one map "Linux Multiple Devices" and nothing other.

How can I do?

Thank you in advance.

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Re: ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby me@work » Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:53

Please elaborate:

Are you trying to tell us that SV-RAID works ok in one of the two CentOS VMs but not in the other one?

In that case, you need to determine the differences between these two installations, of course.

If the access doesn't work in both of these VMs, then, although it may sound monotonous and boring: Did you follow the directives outlined in the SV-RAID manual, chapter VMware ESXi, as mentioned on this forum numerous times? And which type of controller are you trying to monitor?

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Re: ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby calamarz » Thu Nov 08, 2012 15:06

thank you for your reply,

Well no it does not work on any of my Centos VM, I would monitor an LSI MegaRAID SAS Raid card 1078, I will use the documentation but I want to realize the least possible modification on my ESXi because they are in production.

thank you

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Re: ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby me@work » Thu Nov 08, 2012 15:10

There is no modification necessary on the ESXi system. The mentioned timeout setting is just a suggestion, but not required for operation. All amCLI steps described need to be executed on the (virtual) machine where SV-RAID installed.

Oh, and why I asked for the controller type: 1064/1068 cannot be monitored in ESXi4. But 1078 is ok.

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Re: ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby calamarz » Thu Nov 08, 2012 17:49

In fact I did not understand the command in centos so I typed:

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amCLI -e 21/0 add_server name=192.168.1.200 port=5989 username=root password=mypassword


no error message, but when I entered :

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amCLI - 21/0 = 192.168.1.200 verify_servername I have the following message: Unsupported operation for object '21 / 0 '(Multiplexer).


I do not see my mistake, if you have an idea ....

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Re: ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby me@work » Thu Nov 08, 2012 21:39

Sorry, but your second command is just plain wrong rubbish. Can you please tell us where you got this suggestion from?

Like in the first command, the first parameter for execute is "-e", and not just a hyphen. Next, the object indication "21/0" needs to be followed by an operation (like in the first command: "add_server"), and not an equal sign. Then, "verify_servername" is not in the documentation at all. I think I'll stop here.

Please have a look at the ServerView RAID manual, chapter VMware ESXi on page 14, like I already previously suggested.

And to add to your mistakes, you need to restart the SV RAID service after you performed add_server.

Then, finally, which version of SV-RAID did you install? Not to mention that CentOS (especially recent version 6.3) is NOT on the list of supported OSes for SV-RAID (although it should probably work).

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Re: ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby calamarz » Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:13

thank you I found these commands in the documentation 5.5, it is also present in your documentation (page 14)

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Create: amCLI -e 21/0 add_server name=1.1.1.1 port=5989 username=root password=*****
List:     amCLI -e 21/0 show_server_list
Delete: amCLI -e 21/0 delete_server name=1.1.1.1


yes I know it is preferable to use redhat but it pays and is the same as centos I wanted to test.

I think I'll try with an older version of centos

thank you

PS: my version is 5.5.7

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Re: ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby me@work » Fri Nov 09, 2012 18:32

thank you I found these commands in the documentation 5.5, it is also present in your documentation (page 14)

Perhaps you got a different edition, but I do not find the phrase verify_servername in this manual, neither on page 14, nor anywhere else.

You could, of course, try an older version of CentOS, but as I wrote: It will probably work in 6.3 as well. Provided, of course, you follow all the directives printed in the manual. I didn't try 6.3 yet, but had it working in 6.2 32-bit and 64-bit.

BTW: Latest SV-RAID version is 5.5.12.

Oh, and don't forget any firewalls that might be present in your CentOS (or in between your CentOS and the ESXi management interface)! Port 5989 needs to be opened.

In case you have another box that runs your CentOS natively (and uses an SV-RAID supported controller), you may also try and install SV-RAID there. Once you got it up and running properly to monitor the local controller, you have at least a known-good installation, to which you then can try and add the ESXi host.

Another sidenote: This ESXi host must not be configured to lockdown mode, of course.

Good luck!

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Re: ServerRaid Manager VM on esxi 4

Postby calamarz » Mon Nov 12, 2012 17:13

Ok I checked with version 5.5.12 and I have always the same problem.

The firewall is disabled on centos, and being in esxi 4.0 I have no firewall esxi side ...

Well I'll still do a test and after I leave ....

Thank you for your help


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