Generate HPE Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) Report on VMware ESXi – Step-by-Step

You can follow below steps to generate ADU report on a production ESXi host without rebooting the server to access Array Configuration Utility. I have tested this on a HPE DL360 Gen9 server with VMware ESXi 6 installed. If you have used a customized ESXi version from the HPE site to install ESXi, it contains drivers and packages/tools/utilities to manage and monitor the hardware.

If you have not used an ESXi version customized for HPE servers, to install Smart Storage Administrator follow steps listed later in the document.

If Smart Storage Administrator is available.

1. Enable SSH on ESXi host through vSphere Web Client or vSphere Client.

2. Connect to ESXi host using PuTTY or other SSH client.

3. Type ls and check for the opt directory.

4. Change to opt directory by cd /opt.

5. Look for the smartstorageadmin directory.

6. Navigate to smartstorageadmin/ssacli/bin.

7. List down the files and you can see ssacli utility.

8. Type ./ssacli ctrl all show config detail to generate the ADU report.

9. To save the ADU report inside tmp directory as a text file type, 

    ./ssacli ctrl all show config detail >>/tmp/ADUreport.txt

10. Use a tool like WinSCP to connect and download the ADU Report to the Admin PC.

 

To install Smart Storage Administrator CLI

1. Browse to drivers download page of your specific server model in HPE website.

2. Search for HPE Smart Storage Administrator (HPE SSA) CLI for VMware. Download the relevant package for the respective version of VMware ESXi (6.x or 7.x). You can see a .vib (vSphere Installation Bundle) file.

3. Using a tool like WinSCP copy the installation bundle file to /tmp directory in ESXi host.

4. Login to ESXi host using PuTTY and Install SSA CLI by running 

esxcli software vib install -v <path><filename.vib> 

(e.g., esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/ssacli-4.15.3.0-6.0.0.vib)

 

5. Now you can generate ADU report using Smart Storage Administrator CLI

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