Installing VIB files

[mattx]

I'm trying to install a VIB files which I have copied over to a location on Data_Store_02 VIBs folder. Every time I run:

 

esxcli --server=esxi-lon02 software vib install -d "/VIBS/hp-HPUtil-esxi5.5-bundle-2.1-18.zip" or

 

esxcli --server=esxi-lon02 software vib install -d "/Data_Store_02/VIBS/hp-HPUtil-esxi5.5-bundle-2.1-18.zip"

 

The error message is informing me the location (No such file or directory) is wrong - any idea how you work out the correct path ?

Pulling my bloody hair out.

[mattx]

Just tried:

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>esxcli --server=esxi-lon02 software vib install -d http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/sep2014/esxi-550-bundles/hp-HPUtil-esxi5.5-bundle-2.1-18.zip

Enter username: root

Enter password:

[ValueError]

Only server local file path is supported for offline bundles. (http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/sep2014/esxi-550-bundles/hp-HPUtil-esxi5.5-bundle-2.1-18.zip) seem to be remote URIs.

Please refer to the log file for more details.

[mattx]

And this also fails - nice product, shame its a frigging black art to try and install something:

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>esxcli --server=esxi-lon02 software vib install -v http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/sep2014/esxi-5x-vibs/hpssacli/hpssacli-2.0.23.0-5.0.0.vib

Enter username: root

Enter password:

[VibDownloadError]

('http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/sep2014/esxi-5x-vibs/hpssacli/hpssacli-2.0.23.0-5.0.0.vib', '', '[Errno 4] IOError: ')

url = http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/sep2014/esxi-5x-vibs/hpssacli/hpssacli

-2.0.23.0-5.0.0.vib

Please refer to the log file for more details.

[Ergo_Computing_IS_Support]

Hello,

 

If you have copied the offline bundle ZIP file to the data store, you can access the datastores from the following directory on the ESXi host:

 

 

/vmfs/volumes/

 

 

 

So in theory the full path in your case would be /vmfs/volumes/Data_Store_02/VIBS/hp-HPUtil-esxi5.5-bundle-2.1-18.zip

 

 

I believe VMware recommend copying the offline bundle to /var/log/vmware/ and then running the install command from his location rather than direct from the datastore. VMware KB: Installing async drivers on VMware ESXi 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5

[mattx]

Installed - just need to work out how to use the Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hpssacli now to create a new mirror of two hard drives I've installed.

[Ergo_Computing_IS_Support]

Hello,

 

I'm glad you have now installed it.

 

There is some useful information available here ... http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03934591.pdf from page 10, and the document links to a few other documents as well.

Edited November 21, 2014 by elsiegee40

[mattx]

Hello again :-)

I've created the array using HP's command line utility via SSH using the command on 2x300 GB drives

 

hpssacli ctrl slot=1 create type=ld drives=1I:1:7,1I:1:8 size=300 raid=1

 

Great - lights are on and all is good - do a quick status check ( note the new array is array C )

 

array A

 

physicaldrive 1I:1:5 (port 1I:box 1:bay 5, SAS, 72 GB, OK)

physicaldrive 1I:1:6 (port 1I:box 1:bay 6, SAS, 72 GB, OK)

physicaldrive 2I:1:3 (port 2I:box 1:bay 3, SAS, 72 GB, OK)

physicaldrive 2I:1:4 (port 2I:box 1:bay 4, SAS, 72 GB, OK)

 

array B

 

physicaldrive 2I:1:1 (port 2I:box 1:bay 1, SAS, 36 GB, OK)

physicaldrive 2I:1:2 (port 2I:box 1:bay 2, SAS, 36 GB, OK)

 

array C

 

physicaldrive 1I:1:7 (port 1I:box 1:bay 7, SAS, 300 GB, OK)

physicaldrive 1I:1:8 (port 1I:box 1:bay 8, SAS, 300 GB, OK)

 

Problem I have now is that it's not appearing in the storage, even when I re-fresh it or try to add additional storage. Is there something else I need to do to the newly created array ? On a quick google I can't see anything. I'm wondering if it's because I created the mirror with the actual size of the drives however if this was going to be a problem I'm sure it would have bombed when I created it.

[Ergo_Computing_IS_Support]

Hello,

 

If you haven't already tried - I'd do a re-scan of the HBA's, a refresh and then try and add new storage. If this doesn't work, it might be that the host needs a reboot before it detects the new RAID group.

 

Thanks.

[Sam_Brown]

Hello,

 

If you have copied the offline bundle ZIP file to the data store, you can access the datastores from the following directory on the ESXi host:

 

 

/vmfs/volumes/

 

 

 

So in theory the full path in your case would be /vmfs/volumes/Data_Store_02/VIBS/hp-HPUtil-esxi5.5-bundle-2.1-18.zip

 

 

I believe VMware recommend copying the offline bundle to /var/log/vmware/ and then running the install command from his location rather than direct from the datastore. VMware KB: Installing async drivers on VMware ESXi 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5

 

Thanks for this. Helped me out tonight.