18.1 Installing the maxView Plugin for vSphere 7 HTML5 Client

1. Download and install the maxView vSphere plugin from the Web site.
2. Install the maxView-plugin.zip locally by coping the downloaded maxView-plugin.zip in /etc/vmware-vpx/locale/ maxView-plugin.zip.

1. Extract the vsphere-client-sdk-7.zip provided by the VMware.
2. Navigate to \html-client-sdk\tools\vCenter plugin registration\prebuilt\ location that contains the plugin registration script.
3. Run the following command to register the plugin from the Windows machine:
   • Using Microchip Web URL (download.adaptec.com/raid/storage_manager/maxView-plugin.zip):

     extension-registration.bat -action
                         registerPlugin --key com.pmc.maxview.maxviewvsphere -url
                         https://IP_ADDRESS/sdk --username Username --version 1.0.0
                         --vcenterServerThumbprint vcenterServerThumbprint
                         --pluginUrl
                         https://download.adaptec.com/raid/storage_manager/maxView-plugin.zip
                         –serverThumbprint serverThumbprint

   • Installing the maxView-plugin.zip locally:

     extension-registration.bat -action
                         registerPlugin --key com.pmc.maxview.maxviewvsphere -url
                         https://IP_ADDRESS/sdk --username Username --version 1.0.0
                         --vcenterServerThumbprint vcenterServerThumbprint
                         --pluginUrl https:// IP_ADDRESS
                         /catalog/maxView-plugin.zip –serverThumbprint
                         serverThumbprint

     Note: For more detail on the commands, check with VMware.
   where:

   • IP_Address is the IP address of the vCenter Server Appliance
   • Username is the username of the vCenter Server Appliance
   • vcenterServerThumbprint is the vCenter Server Appliance SHA1 Thumbprint. To retrieve SHA1 Thumbprint, perform the following steps:

     1. Launch the vCenter Server appliance in the Web browser.
     2. Click the Lock icon on the address bar to get the certificate.
     3. View the SHA1 Thumbprint on the certificate.
        Note: Check the JDK version. vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) requires JDK 8 to run the plugin.
   • The maxView plugin is placed either at download.adaptec.com/raid/storage_manager/maxView-plugin.zip or, you can use the IP address of the machine where the maxView_plugin.zip is placed.
   • serverThumbprint is required from the Microchip website.

   A password is prompted. Enter the password of the vCenter Server Appliance.

4. Run the following command to de-register the plugin from Windows machine.

   extension-registration.bat -action unregisterPlugin
             --key com.pmc.maxview.maxviewvsphere -url https://IP_ADDRESS /sdk
             --username Username --vcenterServerThumbprint
             vcenterServerThumbprint

   Note: For more detail on the commands, check with VMware.
   where:

   • IP_Address is the IP address of the vCenter Server Appliance
   • Username is the username of the vCenter Server Appliance

   • vcenterServerThumbprint is the vCenter Server Appliance SHA1 Thumbprint. Retrieve the SHA1 Thumbprint certificate as described in the preceeding step.

   A password is prompted. Enter the password of vCenter Server Appliance.

Once the maxView vSphere plugin is registered, the maxView icon is displayed in shortcut of vCenter Server Appliance (https://VCSA_IP/ui/app/shortcuts).