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2. Click the Summary tab.
AMS is listed in the Subsystems and Devices table. The possible values follow:
• Not available—AMS is not available because it was not detected, the server is in POST,
or the server is powered off.
• OK—AMS is installed and running.
Verifying AMS status: Windows
1. Open the Windows Control Panel.
If the AMS Control Panel is present, then AMS is installed.
2. Open the AMS Control Panel.
3. Click the Service tab.
If AMS is enabled, the following message appears:
Agentless Management Service (AMS) is enabled.
Verifying AMS status: SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1. To verify that AMS is installed, enter the following command: rpm –qi hp-ams.
2. To verify that AMS is running, enter the following command: service hp-ams status.
Verifying AMS status: VMware
1. Verify that AMS is installed.
a. Access the VMware host from the VMware vSphere Client.
b. Navigate to the Inventory→Configuration→Health Status tab for the server.
c. Click the plus sign (+) next to Software Components.
The software installed on the host is listed. The AMS component includes the string
hp-ams.
NOTE: The full name of the AMS component is different for each supported version
of ESX/ESXi.
2. To verify that AMS is running, enter the following command: /etc/init.d/hp-ams.sh
status.
Verifying AMS status: Ubuntu
1. To verify that AMS is installed, enter the following command: dpkg –l hp-ams.
2. To verify that AMS is running, enter the following command: sudo service hp-ams
status.
Restarting AMS
• Windows—Navigate to the Windows Services page and restart AMS.
• SUSE and Red Hat—Enter the following command: service hp-ams restart.
• VMware—Enter the following command: /etc/init.d/hp-ams.sh restart.
• Ubuntu—Enter the following command: sudo service hp-ams restart.
Nagios plug-in for Agentless Management
The Nagios plug-in for Agentless Management interacts with the Agentless Management
infrastructure to provide out-of-band monitoring of ProLiant Gen8 servers, ProLiant Gen9 servers,
and Synergy compute modules.
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