The following procedure describes how to collect system
information on a remote system running the VMWare embedded hypervisor
using removable media.
Before you begin
Prerequisites: - The remote system running VMware must be accessible to the system
running DSA.
- The system running DSA must have port 5989 open.
Procedure
- Download
the latest release of the DSA tool for Windows or Linux, or copy the
latest DSA tool to the media.
- Boot the system.
- Select DHCP or configure the IP
address manually following VMWare instructions.
- Complete these steps:
- Insert the media into the system, and if necessary,
mount the removable media.
- From
a command line, change to the directory for the
latest version of the DSA tool.
- Enter the following command to collect system information:
ibm_utl_dsa_v.r.m_portable_plaform --vmware-esxi user_id:password@ip_address
where v.r.m is
the version of Dynamic System Analysis and user_id:password@ip_address specifies
the user ID, IP address, and port number to use for authentication
with the hypervisor.
Note: Not all information is
available using this method. Certain raw data, such as: LSI RAID,
Emulex, and SSD raw data cannot be collected through ESXi. In this
case, you have to reboot and use the built-in preboot DSA tool.