HP VMware Utilities User Guide VMware ESXi 5.0 U3 for June 2014

HPTESTEVENT command-line examples
This section provides sample examples to run the utility.
Table 9 hptestevent command-line examples
DescriptionCommand-line
Run command directly on the ESXi host/opt/hp/tools/hptestevent
Use esxcli to run the commandesxcli hptestevent execute
Generating an ADU report (diagnostics) from within HPSSACLI for ESXi
5.0 and updates
The HPSSACLI application contains the ability to generate a diagnostic report of the system and
its Smart Array storage configuration. The following steps are required in order to obtain an ADU
report from a remote machine running ESXi 5.0 and updates.
1. Obtain and install the HP Smart Storage Administrator Diagnostics Utility (HP SSADU) CLI:
1. Browse to http://www.hp.com
2. Click on Support & Drivers
3. Select Drivers & Software
4. In the search box, type HP Smart Storage Administrator Utility
5. Select the operating system of the client machine that will be used to remotely access the
machine running ESXi 5.0 and updates.
6. Under the Software – System Management menu, proceed to download the HP Smart
Storage Administrator Diagnostics Utility (HP SSADU) CLI by clicking on the link.
NOTE: The desired version is 9.x or newer.
7. Install the Windows component or Linux RPM package onto the client machine.
2. The location where the package has installed the included applications and then update your
system path to include this location.
3. The client machine used to access the remote ESXi 5.0 and updates machine must also have
the vSphere CLI esxcli command line tool installed and must be accessible through the
system path. Ensure that the client machine location is included in the path.
4. Use the following tool and associated command-line parameters to perform the creation and
retrieval of the report:
hpssaduesxi --server=<server_ip_address> --user=<username>
--password=<password> <targetfile.zip>
Example Usage:
hpssaduesxi --server=10.12.132.5 --user=root --password=root.123
myreport.zip
The hpssaduesxi application uses the supplied parameters to remotely obtain the report from your
target ESXi 5.0 and updates machine and saves the data into the target zip file. The zip file can
then be opened with any third-party zip application or with the unzip command under Linux.
The hpssaduesxi application also contains onboard help which can be obtained by typing
hpssaduesxi with no parameters.
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