Uninstalling Megaraid Storage Manager For Vmware; Megaraid Storage Manager Support On The Vmware Esxi Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 Software User's Manual

Chapter 6: MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation
ager Support and Installation on VMWare
6.5.2 Uninstalling MegaRAID
Storage Manager for VMWare
6.5.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager
Support on the VMWare ESXi Operating
System
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To uninstall the Server Component of MSM on VMWare, use the Uninstall command
in the Program menu or run the script /usr/local/MegaRAID Storage
Manager/uninstaller.sh.
Note the following points:
 A MSM upgrade is supported in this release. This release can be upgraded by future
releases.
 To shut down the MSM Framework service, run the following command:
/etc/init.d/vivaldiframeworkd stop
It is recommended that you stop the Monitor service before you stop the MSM
Framework service. To stop the Monitor service run the following command:
/etc/init.d/mrmonitor stop
This section outlines the product requirements needed to support the VMWare ESX
operating system. Classic VMWare includes a Service Console that is derived from the
Linux 2.4 kernel, but with reduced functionality.
The MSM server part cannot be installed directly in VMWare ESX 3i. Management is
possible only through Common Information Model (CIM) providers. These CIM
providers integrated into the ESX 3i system build an interface between the hardware
driver of the MegaRAID controller and remote applications, such as MSM.
Management is performed through MSM installed on a remote machine
(Linux/Windows). See Section 6.5.4.1, VMWare ESX 3i Management through CIM and
CMPI for more information.
The Linux installer of MSM works under console with minimal changes. Hardware RAID
is currently supported in ESX 3.x.
NOTE: There is a known limitation that virtual drives that are created or deleted will not
be reflected to the kernel. The workaround is to reboot the server or to run
esxcfg-rescan <vmhba#> from COS shell.
The network communication is a key element for a proper setup. The communication
between the ESXi CIM provider and the management software is an active/passive
combination, which requires a highly reliable network. Therefore, we recommend that
you install the management on a VM within the ESXi. Follow these steps to install and
configure MSM support on the VMWare ESX operating system:
1. Network Configuration of the ESXi Host:
— Assignment of a ESXi hostname.
Even if it is not relevant for your network, you need a FQDN (Fully Qualified
Domain Name).
Example: local.lsi.com to be entered using the local ESXi console
— Configuration of a virtual network environment:
You can use the already existing Vswitch, which has a VMkernel port already
attached for the communication.
Alternatively, you can build a new Vswitch without a link to the Host network
card.
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