So I had this issue where I needed to modify RAID controller settings and add more drives on a DL380 G6 running VSphere 4.0 Update 1 while in production with no downtime.
Here’s how it’s done:<\/p>\n
Download the “HP Management Agents for VMware ESX 4.x” here<\/a><\/span> and the<\/span> “HP Array Configuration Utility for Linux” here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/span>Using the vSphere client utility to copy the files to the server preferably in a new folder.<\/p>\n Now, SSH into the server and CD into the directory where the new files are and extract the .tgz file by run the following: now run the shell script using the –install switch: install the ACU by running: enable remote ACU control: And that’s it. UPDATE:<\/span><\/p>\n So I had this issue where I needed to modify RAID controller settings and add more drives on a DL380 G6 running VSphere 4.0 Update 1 while in production with no downtime.Here’s how it’s done: Download the “HP Management Agents for VMware ESX 4.x” here and the “HP Array Configuration Utility for Linux” here. Using … <\/p>\n
tar -zxvf hpmgmt-8.3.0-vmware4x.tgz<\/span><\/p>\n
.\/<\/span><\/span>hpmgmt\/830\/<\/span>install830vibs.sh –install<\/span><\/p>\n
rpm -i cpqacuxe-8.35-7.0.noarch.rpm <\/span><\/p>\n
cpqacuxe -R<\/span><\/p>\n
Now you should be able to access the HPSIM homepage by browsing to
https:\/\/yourserver
logging in with your vSphere root credentials, and now you should have a link to ACU at the homepage.<\/p>\n
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