Fri Oct 4 11:29:42 +07 2019

VMware monitor Dell hard disks

Starting with ESXi 6.x, VMware could not monitor Dell hard disks properly on PowerEdge 1950, 2950, R510 and R710: some specific driver is not included anymore and an error message is saying that The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has been reported. You may need to install a CIM provider for your storage adapter.

The article Monitor storage for a Dell PERC H710 Mini on vSphere 6.5 by Wil van Antwerpen suggest to install the driver directly drom Broadcom-LSI.

I installed the vib /home/pc-application/WINAPPS/VMware/VMW-ESX-5.5.0-lsiprovider-500.04.V0.66-0002-offline_bundle-5751577.zip and rebooted the server.

I may also need to manually start sfcbd daemon:

/etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog status /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog stop esxcli system wbem get esxcli system wbem set --enable true /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog start

virtual and virtual3 have been installed but not rebooted yet, others are OK.


Posted by Olivier | Permanent link | File under: administration, vmware
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