You can monitor
the status of the sample ESX agent in ESX Agent Manager. The EAM Sample
Solution provides basic management actions that you can perform in the EAM
Sample Solution view.
With the EAM Sample Solution,
you can uninstall the solution, monitor status and logging information about
the ESX agent and resolve issues in ESX Agent Manager.
Prerequisites
Verify that you used the EAM
Sample Solution to deploy an ESX agent.
Procedure
1 | Click
Home in the
navigation bar of the
vSphere Web
Client, and then click
Administration.
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2 | Click
vCenter
Server Extensions.
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3 | Use the
vSphere
ESX Agent Manager and
EAM Sample
Solution to view and manage the ESX agents that you deployed, as
described in the following table.
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See events that ESX Agent Manager has logged in the
vCenter Server
database
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Select
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The logged events appear in the
Tasks
& Events tab.
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See the list of virtual machines that ESX Agent
Manager manages
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Select
and click the
Virtual Machines
tab.
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View information about the running ESX
agencies
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Select
and click the
ESX
Agencies tab.
The Sample Service
appears in the list of running ESX agencies, with information that ESX Agent
Manager has logged about the agency in the
vCenter Server
database.
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View the Sample Service (1) ESX agent virtual
machine that the EAM Sample Solution has deployed
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Select
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View information about the agency that ESX Agent
Manager has logged in the vCenter database.
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Select
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Click the
ESX
Agencies tab.
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4 | From the
vSphere
ESX Agent Manager window, choose
Virtual
Machines from the navigation menu. Power off an ESX agent virtual
machine, and click
Yes to ignore the
warning about powering off a machine that ESX Agent Manager manages.
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5 | Select the
Configure tab.
The status of the ESX
agency that the EAM Sample Solution deployed has changed to red.
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6 | Select the agency with
the red status, and then right-click the agency and select
Resolve
All Issues from the pop-up menu. Click the
Refresh button.
ESX Agent
Manager powers on the ESX agent virtual machine. The status of the ESX agency
turns yellow while the ESX agent powers on, then turns green when it is
running.
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7 | From the
vSphere
ESX Agent Manager window, choose
Virtual
Machines from the left navigation menu. Power off an ESX agent
virtual machine, delete it from the disk, and click
Yes to ignore the
warning about powering off a machine that ESX Agent Manager manages.
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8 | Select
.
The status of the ESX
agency that the EAM Sample Solution deployed has changed to red.
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9 | Select the agency with
the red status, and then right-click the agency and select
Resolve
All Issues from the pop-up menu. Click the
Refresh button.
ESX Agent
Manager deploys a clone of the ESX agent that you deleted. The status of the
ESX agency turns yellow while the ESX agent powers on, then turns green when it
is running.
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10 | Uninstall the solution,
unregister the running ESX agency, and delete its ESX agent virtual machines.
a | Go to the
tab and click the link in the Solutions portlet to open the EAM Sample Solution
Configuration page.
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b | From the Solution
Actions panel, click
Uninstall.
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c | In the vCenter
Server Extensions window, go to the
tab and right-click the Sample Service.
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d | From the pop-up
menu, select
Delete
Agency.
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The Recent Tasks panel
shows the progress as the EAM Sample Solution and ESX Agent Manager uninstalls
the ESX agent, powers off the virtual machine, and deletes the virtual machine
and resource pool from the
vCenter Server
inventory.
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What to do next
Use the EAM Sample Solution to
deploy an ESX agent virtual machine and a vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB).