Smarts IP: Hypervisor discovered in APM doesn't have Memory details like other Hosts; sysOid .1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.1 does does not show memory component in 9.4.1

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

ESX Server 5.0 certification ESX Server 5.0 with System Object ID .1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.1 does not show any memory components on IP version 9.4.1 

 

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Cause

Only the following is currently supported on IP 9.4.1 for this devices:

The following components of the ESX server are certified: 
  Disk 
  File System 
  Processor 
  Interface

Resolution

The memory component is will be supported in later releases of  IP 9.4.1.X, IP 9.4.2.X and in IP 9.5.0.0 

However, in the meantime the following workaround will work:

1. On your IP server, use smarts/bin/sm_edit ../rules/discovery/ic-hostresources-mib2-other.asl
2. after line 111 add the following:
hrDeviceVolatileMemory = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.1.20";
before: 
hrStorageCompactDisc = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.1.7";
hrStorageFlashMemory = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.1.9";
after:
hrStorageCompactDisc = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.1.7";
hrStorageFlashMemory = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.1.9";
hrDeviceVolatileMemory = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.1.20";
 

3. after line 402 add the following:
storageTypeTable[memoryIndex] != hrDeviceVolatileMemory &&
before:
storageTypeTable[memoryIndex] != nwhrStorageCacheNonMovable &&
storageTypeTable[memoryIndex] != nwhrStorageCodeAndDataMemory ) {
after:
storageTypeTable[memoryIndex] != nwhrStorageCacheNonMovable &&
storageTypeTable[memoryIndex] != hrDeviceVolatileMemory &&
storageTypeTable[memoryIndex] != nwhrStorageCodeAndDataMemory ) {

4.  save changes and rediscover device.