Server Administrator Version 7.4 Installation Guide

Using The Power CLI

To install Server Administrator using Power CLI:

Install the supported PowerCLI of ESXi on a supported Windows system.
Copy the OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-<version>-<bldno>.VIB-ESX<version>i_<bld-revno>.zip file to the ESXi host.
Navigate to the bin directory.
Run Connect-VIServer and provide the server and other credentials.
Log on to the ESXi host using supported vSphere CLI of ESXi 5.0 U1 and create a datastore.
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.
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.
Unzip the zip file in the above specified directory.
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
Reboot the ESXi host.
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.