Configuring an End Point Operations Management Agent to support IBM POWER SYSTEMS platform

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

When configuring the End Point Operations Management Agent in IBM POWER SYSTEMS platform, there are some supporting libraries to be added in the system to make End Point Operations Management Agent work without failures.
This article provides guidance on configuring the additional dependencies to be installed on End Point Operations Management Agent.

Environment

VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.0.x

Resolution

Requirements

• Linux Operating System
• As a prerequisite, the End Point Operations Management Agent’s artifact should be extracted in the system path.
• End Point Operations Management Agent’s installation path permission should allow the script to add new libraries.
• Download the epops_lib_installer.zip file attached to this Knowledge Base article and extract the downloaded epops_lib_installer.zip artifact in any of the system directory.

Note: This patch file applies to Linux agent deployment only. 

 

Install the additional dependencies

1. Download the attached epops_lib_installer.zip file.
2. Using an SCP utility, such as WinSCP or FileZilla, copy the zip file to the /tmp directory of the Linux machine.
3. Log into the Linux machine as root via SSH or console.
4. Change to the /tmp directory:

cd /tmp

5. Extract the epops_lib_installer.zip file:

unzip epops_lib_installer.zip

6. Change permissions on the extracted directory to make the files executable:

chmod -R 755 epops_lib_installer

7. Change to the epops_lib_installer directory:

cd epops_lib_installer

8. Run the following command to execute the script:

./install-lib.sh path_to_epops_dir

Note: Replace path_to_epops_dir with the path of the End Point Operations Agent directory.
Example: ./install-lib.sh /opt/vmware/epops-agent-7.0.0

This will update the appropriate libraries with correct output messages.

 

Additional Information

Output of the script for a successful execution :
   
   sh-3.2# ./install-lib.sh /opt/vmware/epops-agent-7.0.0/
   ###########################################################
   # VMWARE - EPOPS LIB INSTALLER #
   ###########################################################
   EPO_AGENT_BUNDLE : agent-7.0.0
   ==> copying /opt/vmware/epops_lib_installer/lib/wrapper-linux-ppc64le-64 to /opt/vmware/epops-agent-7.0.0//wrapper/sbin/wrapper-linux-ppc64le-64
   ==> copying /opt/vmware/epops_lib_installer/lib/libwrapper-linux-ppc64le-64.so to /opt/vmware/epops-agent-7.0.0//wrapper/lib/libwrapper-linux-ppc64le-64.so
   ==> copying /opt/vmware/epops_lib_installer/lib/libsigar-ppc64le-linux.so to /opt/vmware/epops-agent-7.0.0//bundles/agent-7.0.0/pdk/lib/libsigar-ppc64le-linux.so
   ==> copying /opt/vmware/epops_lib_installer/lib/libsigar-ppc64-linux.so to /opt/vmware/epops-agent-7.0.0//bundles/agent-7.0.0/pdk/lib/libsigar-ppc64-linux.so
   Execution done - check /opt/vmware/epops_lib_installer/operations.log for more information

Note: In case of errors, operations.log will have the execution status of each commands performed by the script, which helps in further debugging.