HP Tower Uninterruptible Power System - Manual (Page 122)

Installing on a virtual operating system 122
Installing HPPP on VMware ESXi Server 5.X
To install HPPP on VMware ESXi Server 5.X:
1. Download the latest version of HPPP from the HP website ( http://www.hp.com/go/rackandpower ).
The ESXi Server is automatically detected, and a shutdown command script is generated. The shutdown
ESXi perl script is installed in <installation folder>/bin/, by default
/usr/local/HP/PowerProtector/bin/.
2. Upload the package to the VIMA/vMA environment with an SCP Client.
3. Connect to the vMA with SSH. You must have corresponding rights to execute and install programs on
VIMA/vMA. For more information, see the VMware documentation.
4. If you are not the root user when executing the installer, the following error message might appear:
Error: Can't create transaction lock.
Enter sudo -s to get a root console, and then run the installer again.
5. Install HPPP by entering:
[vma ~]$ rpm -i hppp-linux-x.xx.xxx-x.x86_64.rpm
6. Connect to HPPP by launching a supported web browser. A browser window appears.
7. In the URL field, enter one of the following:
http://<@IP-or-name-of-vMA>:4679/
https://<@ IP-or-name-of-vMA>:4680/
The HPPP interface appears.
Using HPPP with VMware ESXi Server 5.X
When the HPPP installation is complete, follow these steps to use HPPP:
1. From a remote machine, launch a supported web browser. A browser window appears.
2. In the URL field, enter one of the following:
https://<name or IP address of vMA hosting HPPP>:4680/
http://<name or IP address of vMA hosting HPPP>:4679/
3. In SSL mode, click Yes to accept the certificate.
4. Enter the login name and password (admin/admin), and then click Login.
5. Start the application. A Quick scan runs and discovers the networked UPSs.
6. To assign a networked UPS as the power source, select the node, and then click Configure Power
Source. The Status icon illuminates green.
The discovered nodes are displayed in Settings>Device Discovery.
For the other nodes, perform the discovery based on IP address ranges. Using the Range Scan
operation, the nodes that are outside of the network segment, and the nodes that are not compatible
with the Quick scan feature are discovered.
7. Select Settings>User Accounts to assign the access rights by login and password.
8. Select Edit the shutdown configuration, set the Shutdown type to Script, and then enter the following in
the Shutdown script field:
bin/shutdownESXi.pl --server @ServerIP/Name --username Server_username
--password Server_Password
9. Modify the Shutdown script parameters for your environment as follows: