It does, when in eval mode, it let's you write to the config setting that adds a community string and/or trap destinations to the ESXi box, because it's technically the full version, when you change to your full free license, it makes that config setting read only
Nice hack, wish I had found it before my ESXi box was too old to switch back to eval Good luck with it Cheers, Brandon Burton sysadmin and technologist http://www.inatree.org/ On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Dustin Puryear <dpury...@puryear-it.com>wrote: > Oh wow. Wait, does this let you do full SNMP monitoring of the ESXi box? > Cause, yeah, if you have ESXi then SNMP monitoring is out. > > > > --- > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > *From:* discuss-boun...@lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lopsa.org] *On > Behalf Of *Brandon Burton > *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2010 2:59 PM > > *To:* r...@linux.com > *Cc:* discuss@lopsa.org > *Subject:* Re: [lopsa-discuss] virtualizing XP under Linux and remote > IEtesting > > > > One other thing to note, you need to setup an SNMP community string before > applying your free ESXi license, or it becomes unwritable, as ESXi free > version doesn't support SNMP monitoring :/ > > > > http://salawank.performance-weaver.com/?p=66 has the steps for getting > SNMP setup before applying your license > > > > Cheers, > > > Brandon Burton > sysadmin and technologist > http://www.inatree.org/ > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Ryan Pugatch <r...@linux.com> wrote: > > Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > >> Yeah, I have been leaning toward ESXi. No problem with that since I > >> can > >> load OpenManage in it which lets me manage the RAID, etc. > > > > If you can load OpenManage on ESXi, please tell me how. That is > something I > > would desperately love to do, but as far as I know, cannot be done. > > > > I did research it extensively a few months ago, and even read some > official > > Dell PDF on the subject, all of which suggested it couldn't be done. > > > > I haven't tried it yet, but: > > http://www.excaliburtech.net/archives/92 > > There is also a "Dell OpenManage Offline Bundle and VIB for ESXi 4.0" > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lopsa.org > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > >
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