tirsdag 7. desember 2010

Fix på problem med ESX-host som har "disconnect" status i VirtualCenter

[root@tro-bl-esx02 root]# service mgmt-vmware restart
Stopping VMware ESX Server Management services:
VMware ESX Server Host Agent Watchdog [ OK ]
VMware ESX Server Host Agent [ OK ]
Starting VMware ESX Server Management services:
VMware ESX Server Host Agent (background) [ OK ]
Availability report startup (background) [ OK ]

[root@tro-bl-esx02 root]# service vmware-vpxa restart
Stopping vmware-vpxa: [ OK ]
Starting vmware-vpxa: [ OK ]
[root@tro-bl-esx02 root]#

torsdag 2. desember 2010

How to upgrade iLO Firmware on c7000 blades

1. Last ned fila CP013601.scexe fra HP >> CP013601.scexe
2. Logg inn som root på ESX-server
3.Gi rettigheter til å kjøre fila >> chmod +x CP013601scexe
4. Bekreft oppgradering av firmware.
5. iLO firmware er oppgraert :-)

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[root@tro-bl-esx01 tmp]# chmod +x CP013601.scexe
[root@tro-bl-esx01 tmp]# ./CP013601.scexe

FLASH_iLO2 v1.12 for Linux (Aug 31 2009)
Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Firmware image: ilo2_201.bin
Current iLO 2 firmware version  1.70; Serial number ILOCZJ80504HC

Component XML file: CP013601.xml
CP013601.xml reports firmware version 2.01
This operation will update the firmware on the
iLO 2 in this server with version 2.01.
Continue (y/N)?y
Current firmware is 1.70 (Dec 02 2008 17:50:39)
Firmware image is 0x300000 bytes
Committing to flash part...
******** DO NOT INTERRUPT! ********
Flashing completed!                                  
Attempting to reset device.
Succeeded.
Waiting for iLO 2 to reboot...
iLO 2 reboot completed.
[root@tro-bl-esx01 tmp]#