You can run the EAM Sample Solution to demonstrate how a solution integrates vCenter Server Extensions and ESX Agent Manager.
This information guides you through the process of setting up and running the EAM Sample Solution to provide a high-level introduction to the concepts and functions of vCenter Server Extensions and ESX Agent Manager. For information about how to implement and integrate a solution with vCenter Server Extensions and ESX Agent Manager, see Integrating Solutions with vCenter Server Extensions and Integrating Solutions with vSphere ESX Agent Manager.
1 | The ESX Agent Manager SDK is part of the vSphere SDK. The ESX Agent Manager SDK provides a working example of a vSphere solution, the EAM Sample Solution. |
2 | The EAM Sample Solution is a Web-based application. The solution demonstrates how to use OVF and vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) files to deploy ESX agent virtual machines to ESXi servers that a vCenter Server instance manages. |
3 | After you start the EAM Sample Solution in an application server, it appears in vCenter Server Extensions in the vSphere Web Client. You can monitor, manage, and configure the EAM Sample Solution and use it to deploy ESX agents. |
4 | Before the EAM Sample Solution can deploy ESX agents on ESXi hosts, you must configure the virtual infrastructure so that vSphere can assign networks and datastores to the ESX agent virtual machines. |
5 | The EAM Sample Solution uses an OVF template to deploy ESX agent virtual machines from an application server onto ESXi hosts. |
6 | 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. |
7 | The EAM Sample Solution optionally deploys an ESX agent virtual machine and a vSphere installation bundle (VIB). |