VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 7.0

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Monitor and Manage the Sample ESX Agency and Agent

You can monitor the status of the sample ESX agent in ESX Agent Manager. The EAM Sample Solution provides basic management actions that you can perform in the EAM Sample Solution view.
Verify that you used the EAM Sample Solution to deploy an ESX agent.
With the EAM Sample Solution, you can uninstall the solution, monitor status and logging information about the ESX agent and resolve issues in ESX Agent Manager.
  1. Click
    Menu
     in the navigation bar of the
    vSphere Client
    , and then click
    Administration
    .
  2. Click
    vCenter Server Extensions
    .
  3. Use the
    vSphere ESX Agent Manager
     and
    EAM Sample Solution
     to view and manage the ESX agents that you deployed, as described in the following table.
    Option
    Action
    See events that ESX Agent Manager has logged in the
    vCenter Server
     database
    Select
    Administration
    vCenter Server Extensions
    vSphere ESX Agent Manager
    Monitor
    .
    See the list of virtual machines that ESX Agent Manager manages
    Select
    Administration
    vCenter Server Extensions
    vSphere ESX Agent Manager
    VMs
     and click the
    Virtual Machines
     tab.
    View information about the running ESX agencies
    Select
    Administration
    vCenter Server Extensions
    vSphere ESX Agent Manager
    Configure
     and click the
    ESX Agencies
     tab.
    The Sample Service appears in the list of running ESX agencies, with information that ESX Agent Manager has logged about the agency in the
    vCenter Server
     database.
    View the Sample Service (1) ESX agent virtual machine that the EAM Sample Solution has deployed
    Select
    Administration
    vCenter Server Extensions
    EAM Sample Solution
    VMs
    Virtual Machines
     .
    View information about the agency that ESX Agent Manager has logged in the vCenter database.
    Select
    Administration
    vCenter Server Extensions
    EAM Sample Solution
    Configure
    . Click the
    ESX Agencies
     tab.
  4. From the
    vSphere ESX Agent Manager
     window, choose
    Virtual Machines
     from the navigation menu. Power off an ESX agent virtual machine, and click
    Yes
     to ignore the warning about powering off a machine that ESX Agent Manager manages.
  5. Select the
    Configure
     tab.
    The status of the ESX agency that the EAM Sample Solution deployed has changed to red.
  6. Select the agency with the red status, and then click the vertical ellipsis icon and select
    Resolve All Issues
    . Click the
    Refresh
     button.
    ESX Agent Manager powers on the ESX agent virtual machine. The status of the ESX agency turns yellow while the ESX agent powers on, then turns green when it is running.
  7. From the
    vSphere ESX Agent Manager
     window, choose
    Virtual Machines
     from the left navigation menu. Power off an ESX agent virtual machine, delete it from the disk, and click
    Yes
     to ignore the warning about powering off a machine that ESX Agent Manager manages.
  8. Select
    vSphere ESX Agent Manager
    Configure
    .
    The status of the ESX agency that the EAM Sample Solution deployed has changed to red.
  9. Select the agency with the red status, and then click the vertical ellipsis icon and select
    Resolve All Issues
    . Click the
    Refresh
     button.
    ESX Agent Manager deploys a clone of the ESX agent that you deleted. The status of the ESX agency turns yellow while the ESX agent powers on, then turns green when it is running.
  10. Uninstall the solution, unregister the running ESX agency, and delete its ESX agent virtual machines.
    1. Go to the
      Administration
      vCenter Server Extensions
      EAM Sample Solution
      Summary
       tab and click the link in the Solutions portlet to open the EAM Sample Solution Configuration page.
    2. From the Solution Actions panel, click
      Uninstall
      .
    3. In the vCenter Server Extensions window, go to the
      vSphere ESX Agent Manager
      Configure
       tab and select the Sample Service.
    4. Click the vertical ellipsis icon and select
      Delete Agency
      .
    The Recent Tasks panel shows the progress as the EAM Sample Solution and ESX Agent Manager uninstalls the ESX agent, powers off the virtual machine, and deletes the virtual machine and resource pool from the
    vCenter Server
     inventory.
Use the EAM Sample Solution to deploy an ESX agent virtual machine and a vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB).

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