Installation (ESX)

Password Complexity Disable

In order to be able to change a user (or root) password to one that breaches password complexity checking

1. Disable PAM module
   • esxcfg-auth --usepamqc -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
2. Disable complexity checker
   • esxcfg-auth --usecrack -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
3. Change password
4. Re-enable PAM module
   • esxcfg-auth --usepamqc=-1 -1 -1 -1 8 8

HBA and SAN Operations

HBAnywhere Installation

1. Download the Driver and Application kit for VMware from Emulex's website.
   • At time of writing the current version of package was elxvmwarecorekit-esx35-4.0a45-1.i386.rpm
2. Copy the package to the server
   • EG pscp -pw [password] elxvmwarecorekit-esx35-4.0a45-1.i386.rpm platadmn@dtcp-esxsvce01a:/home/platadmn
3. Install the package
   • EG rpm -ivh elxvmwarecorekit-2.1a42-1.i386.rpm

HBA Firmware Upgrade

Requires HBAnywhere to be installed 1st, see HBAnywhere Installation for further info.

1. Download the correct firmware version from Emulex's website
   • EG for LPe11002's
2. Extract, and copy file to server
3. Find adapter's WWPN's
   • EG /usr/sbin/hbanyware/hbacmd ListHBAs
4. Download new firware version to each HBA
   • EG /usr/sbin/hbanyware/hbacmd download 10:00:00:00:c9:82:97:9e zf280a4.all

EMCgrab Collection

1. Download correct verion from EMC's website
   • At time of writing the current version file was emcgrab_ESX_v1.1.tar
2. Copy to server
   • EG pscp emcgrab_ESX_v1.1.tar platadmn@dtcp-esxsvce02a:/home/platadmn
3. Uncompress the file
   • EG tar -xvf emcgrab_ESX_v1.1.tar
4. Run grab (can take a few minutes, best done out of hours)
   • EG ./emcgrab.sh
5. Results can be found in \emcgrab\outputs folder