We are completing our migration in our TEST environment to our new vCenter 5.1 server. We have migrated our ESXi 4.0 U2 and 4.1 U2 hosts to vCenter 5.1. We are using the latest version of the HP CIM providers for these servers. When attempting to view the Hardware Satus for these servers in vCenter 5.1, we receive the message "No alerts or warnings for 0 sensors", and no data is displayed. When choosing to reset sensors, sometimes receive the message "No new host data available, Data will be updated in 5 minutes", then following by another message shortly after "Host sensor data is not updated. Communication error with the server". Other times when resetting sensors, after a minute it goes back to the "No alerts or warnings for 0 senors". Choosing to Update sensors does nothing and goes back to the same "No alerts or warnings for 0 sensors"
I can access the Hardware Health information for the hosts when logging in directly to the host.
I've tried disconnecting the host and reconnecting to vcenter, as well as rebooting, but still having the error. I also tried a solution mentioned here:
But vCenter 5.1 does not have a register.bat file in the inventory service directory, so had to back out. Not sure if that article would apply to vCenter 5.1.
We had a spare server and I installed the HP version of ESXi 5.1 and the Hardware Status tab displaying the information correctly for this server.
We have quite a few ESXi hosts that need to be updated to ESXi 5.1, but will take some time. In the meantime we are unable to receive email alerts from vCenter on these servers due to this issue.
Are there any known issues using the HP CIM providers for ESXi 4.1 and 4.0 servers in vCenter 5.1? Does anyone here have any ESXi 4.0 or 4.1 servers with the HP CIM providers in vCenter 5.1 and the hardware status tab functions correctly? This may be a showstopper for us moving forward in production until the issue is resolved.
Thanks