Oh….. how I have searched for this… For hours… really. And to just come across this by chance today. Duh!
Search for a customized bundle for HP hardware and it is very easy to find.
Try the same search for IBM – no…….
My frustration has been expressed on Twitter a number of times – because this is not the way it should be.
Is there a way to create a an offline VIB from a vendor customized ISO #bah #IBM
— Maish Saidel-Keesing (@maishsk) June 7, 2012
I would like to thank Darryl Miles for his post IBM’s customized ESXi 5.0 FAQ’s – and just by chance – I see that he had another post about the VIB’s IBM VIBs for VMware ESXi 4.1U2 and 5.0 – which I had never noticed before.
Thank You!! Thank You!! Thank You!!
1. Package Contents =================================================================
This is a VMware ESXi patch for IBM IMM CIM providers. The following CIM providers are included:fupb 5.01-7.170
concretejob 500-2ACE12AUS
filetrans 500-2ACE12AUS
fwupdate 500-2ACE12AUS
hwckvm 500-ESXI01ACN
immpassthru 500-2ACE12AUS
pciinfo 500-PRIVATE
soibms 500-ESXI01ACN
ilfu 500-1.01.20120504
brcmfwup 500-1.00.201205072. Hardware Support =================================================================
The bundle can be applied to the following servers:http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/
3. OS Support
===================================================================
The bundle can be applied on the following OS platforms:* VMware ESXi 5.0u1 build 623860
4. Additional Notes ===================================================================
1. This IBM bundle only includes the providers created by IBM.
2. ilfu/brmfup have no added value without LSI and Broadcom providers installed.After the bundle is installed on ESXi system, IBM ToolsCenter UpdateXpress System Packs Installer can be used to upgrade ESXi system, or to update firmware of IMM, uEFI, pDSA and FPGA. IBM ToolsCenter Dynamic System Analysis can be used to get information of IBM IMM and other hardware devices.
The links he provided there did not really work for me – IBM’s search engine did not find what I wanted. Here are the correct links (you will need an IBM ID to download) – I did not find any differences between the models – so here are the links to each package
IBM Fix Central - IBM CIM Providers for VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0u1
IBM Fix Central - IBM CIM Providers for VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0
IBM Fix Central - IBM CIM Providers for VMware vSphere Hypervisor 4.1 U2
This is what is inside the package that you download.
And the bundle itself contains
One last request to IBM. Please make this available as a depot so that it can be added to Update Manager and the CLI tools. PLEASE!!!
Perhaps I should just create my own depot….. (but I do not know how legal that is…)
14 comments:
i had no problem importing as a patch...
Thanks Marcos - you mean after you downloaded it from the IBM site?
yes i downloaded the patch from the ibm site got to vsphere 5 u1 import offline patches imported the 5.0u1IBMOfflineBunde_20120608.zip and attached as a patch baseline updated thats it... proof in the image...
Perfect! Thanks for the update
your welcome and thank you for the info couldn't have done this without your tip.
hi Maish,
I had the same problem finding this VIB on the IBM website! But you can find it "easily"
if you search on IBM FixCentral for "CIM providers VMware". I asked the same question to Darryl Miles
back in February about the Online VIB depot but I never got an answer from him. :( Hopefully this is soon!
Hi Ronny, hopefully my blog helped find the info you needed. As soon as I hear any news on an IBM VIB depot, I'll post it on my blog. Darryl
Hi Darryl,
yes, thanks to your blog I actually knew that IBM published the CIM providers separately! :) thank you! I'll keep an eye on your blog about the VIB depot. Ronny
Ronny and Darryl - Thank you both for participating in the conversation.
I did the same and applied the extension baseline to several x3650 m3 794 hosts at VMware ESXi 5.0u1 build 623860.
When i try to apply it I get Compliance Not Applicable. Any Ideas?
Are there no details as to why the server is not compliant?
esxupdate.log showed the errors Unrecognized file vendor-index.xml in Metadata file
ex.
2012-07-20T22:29:59Z esxupdate: downloader: DEBUG: Downloading http://10.170.3.199:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/IBM/metadata_1342823120.zip to /tmp/tmp9v0E5H...
2012-07-20T22:30:00Z esxupdate: Metadata.pyc: INFO: Unrecognized file vendor-index.xml in Metadata file
Has anyone used Update manager to Successfully install the IBM CIM Providers on a clean install of ESXi5 Update 1 ( Using VMware ISO and not IBM Customized ISO)?
I never tried with update manager, but i got a similiar problem when installing the CIM Providers via CLI. My Problem was that the package had a bad/unkown signature for the vmware update process, so i just added the parameter -nosigcheck and the install was completed. I am afraid that there is no such parameter option for the update manager.
Thanks for the update Marcel - good to know,
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