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Server Administrator Version 7.4 Installation Guide

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Using The Power CLI

To install Server Administrator using Power CLI:
  1. Install the supported PowerCLI of ESXi on a supported Windows system.
  2. Copy the OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-<version>-<bldno>.VIB-ESX<version>i_<bld-revno>.zip file to the ESXi host.
  3. Navigate to the bin directory.
  4. Run Connect-VIServer and provide the server and other credentials.
  5. Log on to the ESXi host using supported vSphere CLI of ESXi 5.0 U1 and create a datastore.
  6. Create a folder OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-<version>-<bldno>.VIB-ESX<version>I on ESXi 5.0 U1 host under /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name> directory.
  7. Copy the ESXi zip file on ESXi 5.0 U1 host to /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-<version>-<bldno>.VIB-ESX<version>I directory.
  8. Unzip the zip file in the above specified directory.
  9. Run the following command in Power CLI Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost 10.94.171.97 - HostPath /vmfs/volumes/< datastore_name>name>/OMSrvAdmin- Dell-Web-<version>-< build ID>.VIBESX< version>i/ cross_oem-dell-openmanage-esxi_<version>-0000- metadata.zip
  10. Reboot the ESXi host.
  11. Run the following command to check if OpenManage is installed successfully on the host. esxcli software vib list|grep -i open OpenManage is displayed.
    • NOTE: For more information on Power CLI, see the VMWare official website.

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