GUI – Downloading the vCOps management package

IBM® Spectrum Control Base Edition provides management package in the form of a PAK file which can be deployed on the vCenter Operations Manager.

About this task

Although vCOps can display IBM Storage information even without the management package (storage adapter) installation, the IBM Storage adapter is required for displaying the dedicated dashboards, graphic icons, and user-friendly attribute names for the IBM storage elements. The adapter is provided through a PAK file that you need to download, as described in the following procedure.

Procedure

To download the PAK file from IBM Spectrum Control Base:

  1. Go to Monitoring pane of the Spectrum Control Base GUI.
  2. Click the Edit button. The Set vCOPs Server dialog box is displayed.
  3. On the bottom of the dialog box, click Download PAK file.
    Figure 1. Download PAK File button
    This image shows the Download PAK file button
    Alternatively, you can download the package from the following directory on Spectrum Control Base:

    /opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/downloads/static/IBM_Storage_Adapter-2.0.0.pak

  4. Save the file to your computer to later upload it to the vCenter Operations Manager.

What to do next

See Deploying the management package on vCOps.