The EAM Sample
Solution is a vCenter solution that runs on a web application server, such as
Apache Tomcat.
By default, the EAM Sample
Solution deploys ESX agent virtual machines to demonstrate how to deploy an ESX
agent. You can configure the EAM Sample Solution to install a vSphere
Installation Bundle (VIB), create a virtual switch, or set up DvFilter
integration between the ESX agent virtual machine and the VIB.
The EAM Sample Solution performs
the following actions:
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Registers itself as a
vCenter extension.
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Appears in Solutions
Manager.
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Adds a
Solution tab in
Solutions Manager that you can use to deploy ESX agents on the hosts that the
vCenter Server instance manages.
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Adds a
Manage tab in
Solutions Manager that you can use to monitor and manage ESX agents on the
hosts that the vCenter Server instance manages.
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Uses OVF to deploy ESX agent
virtual machines on the ESXi hosts that the vCenter Server instance manages.
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Adds the ESX agent virtual
machines to a resource pool in the vCenter inventory.
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Optionally deploys ESX agent
virtual machines from a vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB). The virtual machines
set up a virtual switch and perform DvFilter integration between the ESX agent
virtual machine and the VIB.
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ESX Agent Manager then
performs the following tasks:
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Registers the ESX agent
virtual machines with ESX Agent Manager.
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Publishes health
information about the running ESX agents to Solutions Manager.
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Prevents users who do
not have the EAM.View or
EAM.Modify
permissions from performing operations on the running ESX agents that ESX Agent
Manager manages.
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Monitors ESX agent
virtual machines, for example for changes in power state, and reports issues
that users can see and resolve.
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You can modify the EAM Sample
Solution to experiment with solution development. The EAM Sample Solution
serves as the basis for other sections in this publication.