Deploy ESX Agents from
OVF Using the EAM Sample Solution
The EAM Sample
Solution uses an OVF template to deploy ESX agent virtual machines from an
application server onto
hosts.
- Verify that you have set up and started the EAM Sample Solution in an application server.
- Verify that you have configured the virtual infrastructure on which to deploy ESX agents.If you have not configured the ESX agent network and datastore settings on the host, ESX Agent Manager sets the status to red and ESX agents do not deploy. See Configure the Virtual Infrastructure for ESX Agent Deployment.
The EAM Sample Solution
enables an ESX agent, creates a resource pool, creates a virtual machine
folder, deploys an OVF template, and powers on the virtual machine.
The ESX agents that the EAM
Sample Solution deploys from OVF are empty. The ESX agents do not add functions
to the
server on
which you deploy them. The EAM Sample Solution demonstrates how a solution
deploys ESX agents on compute resources. A solution deploys agents on a
standalone host or on a cluster of hosts. If you deploy the EAM Sample Solution
on a cluster of hosts, then it deploys ESX agents on all the hosts in the
cluster.
The EAM Sample Solution
displays information about the virtual machines that it creates, and how you
can monitor and manage ESX agents in ESX Agent Manager. The EAM Sample Solution
also demonstrates how ESX Agent Manager integrates with vSphere High
Availability (HA), maintenance mode, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and
Distributed Power Management (DPM).
- ClickMenuin the navigation bar of the , and then clickAdministration.
- ClickvCenter Server Extensions.
- ClickEAM Sample Solutionin the list of running solutions.
- From theSummarytab, click the link from the Solutions portlet.The EAM Sample Solution Configuration page opens in a new window.
- In theCompute resourcespanel, select the host name of the ESXi host or cluster on which to deploy ESX agents and clickUpdate Configuration.TheRecent Tasksview at the bottom of the shows the progress of the EAM Sample Solution.
- ClickMenuin the navigation bar of the and then clickHosts and Clusters.The EAM Sample Solution created a resource pool namedESX Agentsand an ESX agent virtual machine namedSample Service (1)on the host that you selected. The virtual machine has an icon in the inventory that denotes that it is an ESX agent.
- Click theSample Service (1)virtual machine icon, then click theSummarytab.added a panel labeledManaged byto theSummarytab, which shows that ESX Agent Manager manages this ESX agent virtual machine.
- If you deployed the EAM Sample Solution on a cluster of hosts, put one of the hosts into maintenance mode.ESX Agent Manager powers off the ESX agent that is running on that host.
- If you deployed the EAM Sample Solution on a cluster of hosts and you have configured DRS on the cluster, add a host to the cluster.
- FromAgent VM Settings, select a datastore and network on the new host.
ESX Agent Manager deploys an ESX agent on the new host and prevents any other virtual machines from migrating to the host until the ESX agent virtual machine is running.
You used the EAM Sample
Solution to deploy an ESX agent virtual machine from an OVF template that the
solution defines. The EAM Sample Solution registered that ESX agent with ESX
Agent Manager.
Use EAM Sample Solution and
ESX Agent Manager to monitor and manage the running ESX agent virtual machine.